1. BOMBAY’S TRANSPORT
CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS.
By
Abhijit Mehta
Political And Social Analyst
Friday 8 March 2013

2. NO WHERE TO GO !!!
A solution looks elusive.
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3. SO,LETS DEFINE THE PROBLEM
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4. DEMAND
AND
SUPPLY
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5. TRAFFIC LOAD IN 2005
Source CTS, MMRDA
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6. TRAFFIC LOAD IN 2005
Source CTS, MMRDA
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7. TRAFFIC NOT LINEAR
ANYMORE
Source CTS, MMRDA
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8. Source CTS, MMRDA
UNDERSTANDING
DEMAND
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9. Source CTS, MMRDA
UNDERSTANDING
DEMAND
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10. UNDERSTANDING
SUPPLY
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11. UNDERSTANDING SUPPLY
50,000 PHPDT Source CTS, MMRDA
(Per track, 12 car rake, 3 minute headway at 7 persons per
SqMtr)
PHPDT: Peak Hour Peak Direction Traffic
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12. BEST BUS SERVICE
Fleet: 4,680
Daily ridership: 4.5 million
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13. MORE AUTOS ???
246,458 auto rickshaws
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14. MORE TAXIS ???
58,000 In Greater Mumbai
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15. MORE BUSES ???
4,680 buses, 480,000 passengers and 400+ routes
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16. MORE
PRIVATE
VEHICLES ???
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17. DO WE
HAVE
THE
SPACE
TO
E X PA N D ?
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18. PLANNING
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19. DELHI METRO
Already Over loaded.
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20. PLANNING FOR UNDER
CAPACITY
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21. PLANNING
52 %
Walk To Work
Source CTS, MMRDA
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22. PLANNING
100 %
Increase in Demand
Source: MRVC
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23. 100,000 80,000
PHPDT PHPDT
175,000
PHPDT
DEMAND
(Current)
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24. 200,000 160,000
PHPDT PHPDT
350,000
PHPDT
DEMAND
(2030)
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25. NO MORE BAND AID
SOLUTIONS
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26. ALTERNATE PLAN
Minimum of 50,000 PHPDT per system
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27. ALTERNATE PLAN
Minimum of 50,000 PHPDT per system
4 Major Systems 3 Major Systems
on on
North - South Direction East - West Direction
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28. ALTERNATE PLAN
Minimum of 50,000 PHPDT per system
1 Major Systems 2 Major Systems
on on
North - South Direction East - West Direction
upto Dhanu with one hour upto Vashi and Panvel with
connectivity to city centre one hour connectivity to
city centre
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29. YOU
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30. WALK
500 Meters
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31. Every
500 Meters
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32. For North - South
Direction
Every
2 Kms
Every
2 Kms
BRTS
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33. For East - West
Direction
Every
5 Kms
Every
5 Kms
BRTS
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34. Every
Every 2 Kms
500 Meters North - South
BRTS
Every
5 Kms
East - West
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35. GOAL
90 %
Use Public Transportation
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36. GOAL
6
Max Sq Meter
Density
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37. GOAL
Average speed
30KMS/Hr
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38. PLANNING
24/7
Availability
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39. Light Rail
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40. High Capacity Trams
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41. DOUBLE DECKER BUS
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42. DOUBLE ARTICULATED
BUSES
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43. DOUBLE DECKER
SUBURBAN TRAINS
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44. B RT S
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45. MASSIVE METRO
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46. MONO RAILS
To replace 5km+ travel of Rickshaws and Taxis
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47. FUNDING
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48. FINANCING
A
SPV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
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49. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
This entity will own and
operate all
public transportation
in
Bombay
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50. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
All purchases and sales
by this entity
will be
tax free
Why Tax something that is going to benefit the
general population?
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51. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
This cuts the over all costs
by
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20%

52. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
A special tax free bond
up-to
200,000
per person
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53. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
A special tax free bond
up-to
2,000,000 OR 40% Tax
Liability
for
Small & Medium Business
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54. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
A special tax free bond
up-to
25% of
Taxable Income
for
Major Business
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55. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
Donation to this entity will
be considered as part of
2% CSR activity
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56. ALL MAJOR TRANSIT
Transit Oriented Development
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57. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
T-O-D
will compensate for all
revenue deficit
from
fare box revenues.
(Operations and Maintenance)
Thru this model In theory
Public Transport can be free.
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58. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
Dis-investment of
20%
thru Proposed IPO in first
3-5 yrs.
of operations
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59. S PV
(Special Purpose Vehicle)
Dis-investment of next
30%
after another
5 yrs.
of operations
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60. IMPLEMENTATION
11/2Year
Planning
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61. IMPLEMENTATION
5
Years
Executing
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62. WE CANNOT KEEPING
SOLVING
YESTERDAY'S PROBLEM
TOMORROW
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63. WE NEED TO THINK
BIG
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64. WE NEED TO PLAN FOR
Tomorrow
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65. MUMBAI TRANSPORT
OF THE PEOPLE
BY THE PEOPLE
FOR THE PEOPLE
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66. THANK YOU
Abhijit Mehta
www.abhijitmehta.com
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