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Written By silkboard - 2 November, 2011

Bangalore Transportation public transport Metro Rail

Project wiki to capture project team's thoughts, can structure this for the eventual report.

General Strategy

The Target Commuters

There are two types of commuters to target and please

  • Last Mile - Provide local shuttles for first/last mile connection to Metro commuters. Home to station, station to office, in cases where Home or Office may be within 5-6 KM radius of the station. Ex:
    • SV Road station to Jeevan Bima Nagar
    • MG Road station to Lavelle Road
  • Direct Trunk Transfer - Make Metro Ride a part of a larger route for a trunk commuter. Ex:
    • Old Madras Road Big-10, get off at CMH Road, continue to MG Road station
  • Trunk Connect (not sure yet if commuters will make a Bus change, given the sad state of Bus transfer situation, unlikely)
    • Ex: Biyappanahalli to Old Airport Road to connect Big-10 G1.

Focus, avoid spread

  1. Don't please everyone. Pick 2 or 3 route directions and serve them so well that people feel ashamed when not taking the Feeder. Ex: 1 bus every 5 minutes on Jeevan Bima Nagar Main Road/ 80 feet road towards SV Road station is better than 1 bus every 30 minutes on any main road in Indiranagar / HAL Area
  2. Target select trunk combinations. Ex: Reach-1 (open right now) to Big-10 on Old Madras Road
  3. Strictly time express feeders to sizable Job Areas. Ex: Biyappanahalli to Bagmane, 8.30, 9, 9.30 am only, 5.30, 6. 6.30pm only.

Information Display - Coming from Bus, onwards on Metro

  • Clear display inside the Feeder Bus showing all Metro stations it touches. If not a fixed display, a Metro connect information booklet
  • For the one or two Metro stations touched by this Bus, also list other regular BMTC services that are available at that Metro station.
  • Metro Ticket cost information inside the Bus, so that those who are new (there will always be new riders) can plan exact change, or decide about card or ticket.
  • Dynamic Display right outside station showing next train timings in both directions. This avoids some jumping off the Bus and needless rush towards the Platforms

Information Display - Coming from Metro, onwards on the Bus

  • Clear Display, right at the platform, listing areas connected to this station by Public Transit. A map marking areas, along with names of areas
  • Regular signs, every 30-50 meters along the exit walk showing "Bus Stand here"
  • Right before the station exit, a list of top 5 Feeders and Trunk services available at this Bus Stand.

Analysis - Biyappanahalli

Current State

What is planned

Prescriptions

Analysis - ?

[more - technology, route suggestion for the three key stations on Reach 1]

COMMENTS

As per the news report today

ss87 - 2 November, 2011 - 12:04

As per the news report today G-8, G-9 and G-11 Big10 Services will connect the Metro station- 129D runs from majestic to Metro with 10 mins frequency-on similar lines 121BA has been introduced to connect Satellite bus stand at Mysore road 

Good to see some progress. More progress needed on Eastern Side

Vasanth - 3 November, 2011 - 02:08

Good to see some progress by BMTC on this. We want to see more on this on Eastern side connecting Byappanahalli to ITPL along two routes, one via Marathalli and another directly via OMR with A/C Marcopolo / Volvo. 

I had never thought train would finish the journey with 13 odd minutes, thought it would take atleast 20 minutes. So using Metro in between would reduce lot of time. (Wish if the train had crossed the KR Puram Bridge as discussed by everyone).

Meanwhile another good news is that among the two TBMs, Helen is progressing  well and within few weeks time it might reach Central College Station and it is expected to reach Cricket Stadium by July 2012.

  The issue really is the

idontspam - 8 November, 2011 - 14:18

 

The issue really is the absolute irrelavance of the trip sheet to what happens on the ground. Complete contrast with the precision engineering of the train  upstairs. It is absolutely essential that they start tracking & publicising the GPS feeds so the bluff can be called. Put up the timetable as a committment with a 50% delay tolerance. Peak hour from BYP to CVRaman nagar can have a 15 min variance. Even if you assume a couple of trips of 30 min delay it cannot reduce the total trips by half. 

I dont think this should be left to BMTC anymore, I hope the transport secretary or his department will step in & take control of integration. 

 

Took a ride again Yesterday while returning back from office

Vasanth - 8 November, 2011 - 02:42

While returning back from office, wanted to try Metro and Feeders. Took office shuttle towards OMR and boarded train at SV Road Station at 6:45, reached MG Road at 6:55. As soon as I came out of station, MF-1 left MG Road and I could not catch it. Lots of G9 were waiting in front of MG Road station. I thought it might get delayed, crossed the road to take a prepaid auto to goto corporation circle from where I get BMTC buses to my locality BSK III Stg.

Waited almost 35 minutes to get an auto in the prepaid counter as there were no autos at all. Traffic Police opposite MG Road station are very co-operative and operating very strictly.They catched up all the empty autos that were passing through who were reluctant to come to the counter and made them. Some of the auto drivers were calling for passengers where they wanted to go, but the traffic cops warned them not to do so and take the passengers waiting in queue. Got an auto at 7:30, reached Corporation circle in minimum fare at 7:45 and took a normal parisaravahini to reach home at 8:15PM.

My normal office direct shuttle reaches at 7:45 - 8:00 PM. Despite of so many changes and waiting for 40 minutes for auto, I was late only by 15-30 mins!!  If that 40 minutes could have been saved if I would have taken direct auto, I would have reached 5-10 minutes before !!

Location of the pre-paid auto counter in front of MG Road is a problem. All the auto drivers directly catch their customers before reaching the pre-paid counters and there is shortage of autos in the counter. As per the police there,t his is all because of the we people who entertain autos with whatever fare they demand instead of taking autos in Pre-paid counter. 

No metro feeders enter the Plaza theatre side where pre-paid counters are. Majestic bound MF-1 takes a long route. If there are shuttles to Majestic / Market via corporation circle in front of pre-paid counters, it will be highly beneficial.

 

 

Corporation Circle to MG Road Station

Vasanth - 2 November, 2011 - 09:12

Corporation / Basaveshwara Circle to MG Road Station is a very crucial link. All the southern area buses bound to majestic will touch corporation circle. A link from here to MG Road will be very important for those who want to travel to Indiranagar / Rammurthynagar / BTP.

 

 

 

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