Common ticket for bus and metro coming soon
There will be a common ticket for bus and metro soon for those visiting Connaught Place (CP), if certain new measures to restore the glory of the busy commercial area before the 2010 Commonwealth Games come into force.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: There will be a common ticket for bus and metro soon for those visiting Connaught Place (CP), if certain new measures to restore the glory of the busy commercial area before the 2010 Commonwealth Games come into force.
The measures, part of a proposal suggested by state-run RITES, include re-routing of buses, modification of bus routes to serve them as feeders for the metro system and a shuttle service linking the metro entry and exit points and parking drop-off points along the inner circle of CP.
As per the data obtained, there were 450 DTC buses plying on 88 routes currently making 11900 daily trips.
This sheer volume of bus traffic causes significant congestion and traffic conflicts in the area. With some of the metro lines operational now, RITES has suggested that many of these bus routes could be diverted away from CP's outer circle.
The study suggests that wherever multiple routes largely overlap with the metro service, the buses could be modified to terminate at a metro station to serve as feeder.
The existing bus routes are diverted to roads with sufficient spare capacity to handle the additional bus traffic, the report observes.
A common bus feeder-metro ticketing system would further ensure the complementary role of the two systems.
The RITES study has also suggested plying of a shuttle service linking the Metro entry/exit points and parking drop-off points along the Inner Circle with the bus stops on the Outer Circle to decongest the inner area more.
A nominal flat fare of Rs two for a non-AC and Rs 5 for an AC shuttles has been recommended to make this service user-friendly.
Besides this, the draft final report, which shall be submitted by coming February, will further include the areas like pedestrian facilities, geometric design and signal phasing at intersections, parking locations and pricing and traffic signs.
The measures, part of a proposal suggested by state-run RITES, include re-routing of buses, modification of bus routes to serve them as feeders for the metro system and a shuttle service linking the metro entry and exit points and parking drop-off points along the inner circle of CP.
As per the data obtained, there were 450 DTC buses plying on 88 routes currently making 11900 daily trips.
This sheer volume of bus traffic causes significant congestion and traffic conflicts in the area. With some of the metro lines operational now, RITES has suggested that many of these bus routes could be diverted away from CP's outer circle.
The study suggests that wherever multiple routes largely overlap with the metro service, the buses could be modified to terminate at a metro station to serve as feeder.
The existing bus routes are diverted to roads with sufficient spare capacity to handle the additional bus traffic, the report observes.
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A common bus feeder-metro ticketing system would further ensure the complementary role of the two systems.
The RITES study has also suggested plying of a shuttle service linking the Metro entry/exit points and parking drop-off points along the Inner Circle with the bus stops on the Outer Circle to decongest the inner area more.
A nominal flat fare of Rs two for a non-AC and Rs 5 for an AC shuttles has been recommended to make this service user-friendly.
Besides this, the draft final report, which shall be submitted by coming February, will further include the areas like pedestrian facilities, geometric design and signal phasing at intersections, parking locations and pricing and traffic signs.
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