Ashwin Mahesh IIM Bangalore

Mobility in Bangalore:The journey so far, and the road ahead

A program of continuous improvement

A new space for many more stakeholders

Enabling knowledge-based changes

A growing urban area

8 million people in BBMP, with continuing migration linked to new jobs and opportunities.

About 150,000 people move into the city each year.

Set within an even larger region of growth!

Another 2-3 million in larger metropolitan region.

Growth rates outside BBMP are even higher, in some directions.

Plenty of unorganised development, which needs to be streamlined.

Central Government - Urban Development- Housing- Foreign investment- Environment- Transport

State Government - Urban Development- Transport- Traffic Police- Emergency - Planning- Utilities- Housing (regulation, schemes)- BMTC- Metro (with Centre)

Municipality - Road, footpaths, drains - Utilities- Building bye laws- Point of contact for citizens

So, where do we begin?

a regional view

identify who should do what must begin now

must have the force of law

must deliver value to citizens

must measure progress regularly

MPC for Bangalore / BMRG Bill

Ø Roads, Traffic and TransportationØ Public Safety and SecurityØ Urban Poverty AlleviationØ HeritageØ Water and SanitationØ The Urban EnvironmentØ EducationØ Public HealthØ PowerØ Housing Ø TourismØ Financing Bangalore

PlanBengaluru

Transportation

- Strengthen public transport services and infrastructure - Apply technology to improve management, as well as planning- Maximise use of existing infrastructure; new projects can wait- Create an independent focus on NMT – pedestrians, bicyclists- Tighten zoning, building-bye laws, and design of public spaces

The journey so far

Tele-density from mobile tower network

GPS units on city buses, other vehicles

Police traffic cameras at junctions

Integrated view of live traffic conditions

Accessible through SMS

Violation reports through SMS

Blackberry-powered enforcement

Plenty of real-world learning and fun!

Asset management

• Cameras, signals, modems monitored 24x7

• Downtime leads to automatic SMS alert to crews

• Resolution time monitored for performance

• Escalation matrix for unresolved issues

Mapping accident hot-spots

Bangalore Transport Information System

India’s first Traffic Management Centre

Direction-based bus servicesalong with significant fleet expansion

Communication Design

Revenue and kilometers

Coming …. Branded feeders

Junction redesign

Junction eliminationinstead of road widening

Ducting utilities on 14 arterial roads

A dedicated budget for footpaths

Metro-Zone footpaths – 30km this year

The road untraveled

Design!

Indifference to pedestrians

A standard design for all infrastructure

Work-zone management, please?

Very slow construction

Can we create public squares?

Transit Centres – Location, Design

Transit Centres – Location, Design

Lack of continuous data collection

Bicycling – beyond enthusiasm?

Can we put a proper price on use of public spaces?

What’s the best use of our funds?

1. Higher property taxes

2. Development rights in ‘zone of benefit’

3. Congestion pricing on private modes

4. Fuel taxes on private transport vehicles

5. Carbon credits, in some cases

Indirect revenue sources

Town planning – miles to go

… jobs here

homes here …

Housing disconnected from jobs

Need a ‘regional’ view of mobility

Bangalore Commuter Rail, praja.in

Techno-managerial interventions are ongoing

Participation by institutional and other stakeholders is rising

Policy framework and support is weak

Integration with urban development is missing

Summary