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    COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN FOR THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

    BY:- MANOJ VARADI

    School of planning and architecture, Vijayawada.


    CONTENTS:-

    1.BACKGROUND STUDY
    2.CITY PROFILE
    2.1GENERAL INTRODUCTION
    2.2GEOGRAPHY
    2.3DEMOGRAPHY
    2.4DEMOGRAPHY IN RELATION WITH EMPLOYMENT
    3.AIM, OBJECTIVE
    4.ISSUES
    5.LANDUSE AND POPULATION DENSITY MAP
    6.ZONING AND SCREEN LINES
    7.TRAFFIC SURVEYS
    8.STRATAGIES
    9.PROBLEMS AND THEIR PROPOSALS
    BACKGROUND STUDY:-

    • ROAD • MASTER
    HIERARCHY PLAN (1971)

    • NATPAC
    (1979)
    • TRAVEL AND
    ROAD
    NETWORK
    • CONSULTING CTTS (2003)
    ENGINNERING
    SERVICES (1989) (TRIDA AREA)
    PPTA
    CMP

    TCRDA
    (MUNICIPAL
    CORPORATION)
    CITY PROFILE:-

    a) General:- The study area covers the entire Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority Area consisting of Municipal
    Corporation area and adjacent 10 Panchayats namely
    Kazhakkoottam, Sreekaryam, Kudappanakkunnu, Vattiyoorkkavu, Kalliyoor, Vilavoorkkal, Vilappil, Pallichal, Venganoor
    and Vizhinjam.
    b)Geography:-

    •It is located at 1315 km from Chennai, 753 km from Bangalore, LOCATION AREA
    1604 km from and Mumbai. AREA OF THIRUVANATHPURAM 296.17 sq.km
    • The NH 47 links the city with the rest of India. DISTRICT
    • The historic city is also connected by rail and air and is one AREA OF THIRUVANATHPURAM 141.55 sq. km
    of the major tourist destinations in Kerala. CITY CORPORATION
    • It has the area of 296.17 sq.km. consisting 141.55 sq.km. of AREA OF TEN ADJACENT 154.6 sq.km
    City corporation 54.6 sq.km. of ten adjacent panchayats. PANCHAYATS
    c)Demography :-

    LOCATION POPULATION (AS


    PER CENSUS
    2001)
    MUNICIPAL 7,44,739
    CORPORATION
    TRIDA 11,32,394
    d)Demography in relation with employment:-
    e)Transport system characteristics:-

    • City is crammed with numerous activity centers like state level administrative buildings, tourism destinations (Kovalam,
    Ponmudi, etc.), techno park, health tourism destinations etc.

    •The road network within the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is generally of radial pattern.

    • The Corporation has five major regional roads NH 47, SH 1- M.C. Road, State Highway to Shenkottah,
    Thiruvananthapuram- Katakana road, Thiruvananthapuram- VizhinjamPoovar road.

    •Road length in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation area is 2586 km of which 56% are surfaced.
    LANDUSE AND POPULATION DENSITY MAP:-
    AIM:- To give an overall transport plan considering the existing traffic pattern and envisioning the future traffic movement
    Pattern.

    OBJECTIVE:-The objective of this CMP is to give a convenient and efficient transportation system in city meeting the mobility
    needs of current and future population.

    VISION:- To improve the road network connectivity of the city area so as increase the accessibility.

    GENERAL ISSUES:-

    • The influence area of the city, in terms of travel demand, is spread over most of the revenue district of Thiruvananthapuram.
    This has led to heavy inflow of traffic from the surrounding regions and suburbs to the city.

    •The increase in vehicles on roads causes pollution and produces gaseous substances such as carbon monoxide, oxides of
    nitrogen, hydro Carbons etc. So, The increase in vehicles on roads causes pollution and produces gaseous substances.

    •The absence of proper routing and scheduling of bus services and no preferential traffic treatment has led to inordinate delays
    and long waiting time for passengers.
    ZONING :-

    Zoning System:-

    • Based on network connectivity and importance of town/region with


    respect to Thiruvananthapuram City, 84 zones were demarcated
    within the study area and 6 zones external to the study area.

    • The administrative wards in the corporation area and census zones in


    the Panchayats were adopted as the traffic analysis zones
    (considering the ease in obtaining the required zonal
    information)

    Screen lines:-

    • The TRIDA boundary was the Cordon line for the study area

    • There are two screen lines were identified for the project area. These
    are the Killi river (North-South screen line) and the Railway line
    (East-West screen line).
    TRAFFIC SURVEYS:-

    Traffic survey type Traffic survey type


    VOLUME COUNT SURVEY IPT SURVEY

    OD SURVEY HOUSE HOLD

    ROAD INVENTORY SURVEY


    TERMINAL SURVEY
    PARKING SURVEY

    PEDESITRIAN SURVEY

    SPEED AND DELAY SURVEY

    PUBILC TRANSPORT SURVEY


    ANALYSIS:-

    85% TO 90% TRAFFIC DURING DAY


    NH47 PCU RANGES FROM 7400 TO 3800
     HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME
    • OC3 AND OC14 (NH47) MAXIMUM TRAFFIC 50.24%
    • R4 (JAGATHY-POOJAOURA), R5 (NH47)
    • S7 (NH47), S8 (COST FORTH ROAD)
    BIPASS HOLDS 1900 PCU TO 3900 PCU
    6.54lakhs TRIPs ACROSS THE OUTER CORDON
    • 2.62lakhs TRIPs ARE OUT GOING
    DESIGN OF ROAD
    • 76% MAJOR ROAD ROW 7m-14M
    • 10% 14m- 21M
    • 40% ROAD HAVE SOULDERS UPTO 2m ON BOTH SIDE
    • NO FOOTH PATH
    GROWTH OF AUTOMOBLIES
    STRATEGIES:-

    REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL DEMAND FORCAST


    PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS:-

    A)Problem:- Narrow roads, inadequate design and management of road space

    Proposal:-
    REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

     URBAN DEVELOPMENT
    • POPULATION
    • EMPLOMENT

    NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
    • INNER RING ROAD
    • OUTER RING ROAD
    • MASS TRANSPORT CORODES
    TRAVEL DEMAND FORCAST
    B)Problem:- inadequate parking facilities
    Proposal:- Multi level parking

    Multi level parking (against surface level parking in CTTS) may be provided at the following locations.

    • Pulimoodu – Land behind Lens & Frames may be examined

    • Medical College – Availability of low lying land opposite to Water Authority


    office can be examined

    • Pazhavangadi – A portion of Putharikandam Maithan (eastern side) can be


    utilized for multi level parking, this may be examined.

    • Thampanoor – It is proposed to shift the existing bus station for long


    distance running buses to Enchakkal. Preliminary works for this work is
    progressing. So the existing bus terminal at Thampanoor will be limited to
    buses plying within the city only. So the possibility of providing multi-level
    parking in this locality shall also be examined in detail.
    b)Problem:- Pedestrian facilities
    Proposal:-Pedestrian Subways are proposed at the following locations
    • VJT Hall
    • Statue Jn
    • Medical College
    • Cotton Hill School
    • Neeramankara
    • General Hospital
    One sample drawing for Medical College sub way proposal by CTTS

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