Pedestrian and Bicycle facility planning for kochi city region, part 3 collected data

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITYARUN C BABU

12AR60R09

MCP 2ND YEAR

AIM & OBJECTIVES

• AIM The aim of this study is to assess the level of pedestrian and bicycle facilities in Kochi city region and formulate strategies and plans for pedestrian and bicycle friendly urban transport for Kochi city.

To achieve this objectives,

• Asses existing condition of the roads• Asses the existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities• Identify conflict points• Understand the density of pedestrian movement.• Asses the feasibility of introduction of bicycle facility in the city region.• Asses the social economic and democratic profile on pedestrians and their travel

characteristic.• Formulation of suitable proposals for improving pedestrian and bicycle mobility.• Proposals to improve the safety of pedestrian movement, reduction of vehicle-

pedestrian conflicts and introduction of GPS driven bicycles.

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY

DATA REQUIREDMETHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

DATA REQUIRED

STUDY AREA CHARECTERISTIC

Primary survey • Existing land use• Pedestrian behaviour• Existing bicycle and

pedestrian facilities

Secondary survey • Local climate• Proposed land use changes

BICYCLE LOSPrimary survey • Existing bicycle facilities

• Bicycle demand

PEDESTRIAN LOSPrimary survey • Existing pedestrian facilities

• Pedestrian count

VEHICULAR LOSPrimary survey • Volume count

• Road inventory

Secondary survey • Accident data

BEHAVIOUR OF PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS

Primary survey • Cross movement and lateral movement

• Purpose of trip• Trip length

BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN DEMAND

Primary survey • O-D matrix

Secondary survey • Land use data• Employment data• Maps and photographs


DATA COLLECTED

PRIMARY SURVEYS

Online survey (sample size- 115)Purpose of the survey: to understand• Socio- economic status of respondents• Travel behaviour• Opinion on existing footpath and bicycle facilities• Satisfaction level• Willingness to use bicycle facilities if provided

Pedestrian opinion survey ( sample size 50)Purpose of the survey: to understand• Socio- economic status of respondents• Trip purpose and Travel behaviour• Origin and destination of trip• Opinion on existing footpath and bicycle facilities• Satisfaction level• Willingness to use bicycle facilities if provided

Commuter survey (sample size – 80)Purpose of the survey: to understand• Socio- economic status of

respondents• Purpose of trip• Origin and destination of trip• Type of feeder services used• Willingness to use bicycle and

pedestrian facilities

Parking facility surveyPurpose of the survey: to understand• Type of institution• Available parking facilities

Pedestrian volume count survey• Lateral and cross movements• Pedestrian volume and group size


DATA COLLECTEDRAILWAY STATION

BOAT JETTY

KSRTC BUS STAND

PRIVATE BUS STAND

MOBILITY HUB

Commuter survey points


DATA COLLECTED


PEDESTRIAN OPINION SURVEY PERFORMA

DATA COLLECTED


COMMUTER SURVEY PERFORMA PARKING FACILITY SURVEY PERFORMA

DATA COLLECTED1. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND RESEARCH CENTRE (NATPAC) - TRAFFIC

& TRANSPORTATION DIVISION, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM• Traffic and Transportation System Study for Cochin City, NATPAC, Final Report, October 2008• Transportation study of kochi city - NATPAC, Trivandrum, draft report 2013

2. GREATER COCHIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, KOCHI

3. COCHIN CORPORATION

4. CITY POLICE OFFICE, KOCHI CITY

Data collected Application of data

Road inventory details Vehicular volume countsIntersection details

Vehicular LOSPedestrian and bicycle LOS


Parking facility dataProposed land use

Analysis of the existing conditionsFor analysing the feasibility for bicycle parking


Land use map Road network mapTraffic density mapPopulation density map

For analysing the feasibility of future proposals


Accident data Bicycle LOS


DATA COLLECTEDCASE STUDIES ON LOCAL BICYCLE CLUBS

1. Athi’s Bicycle Club• The club was introduced in the city on a trial basis last May. But it stopped

when the registered members exceeded 2,000.• The SMS-driven club will be launched with cycle racks at 14 major points in

the city with three to four cycles each. The service will be charged at Rs. 2 per hour.

• Members can rent a cycle immediately after registration. They just need to SMS the rack code and bicycle ID while taking the cycle. They will, in turn, get the code to open the cycle lock.

2. Info park bicycle club, kakkanad, kochi• A joint effort by Infopark and Athi Bicycle Club, initially had 50 bicycles and

eight racks.• The authorities are planning to introduce 18 more bicycles and two more

racks.• Around 350 employees in the club.


Mr. T. ELANGOVAN – SCIENTIST - G, NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND RESEARCH CENTRE (NATPAC), PATTOM, TIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Mr. ARUN CHADRAN - SCIENTIST - B, NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND RESEARCH CENTRE (NATPAC), PATTOM, TIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Mr. N. VENUGOPAL – CHAIRMAN, GCDA, KOCHI

Dr. SAILAJA - COCHIN CORPORATION COUNCIL MEMBER, KOCHI

Mr. M.S.ATHIRUP, ARTHI CYCLE CLUB, KOCHI

EXPERT OPINIONS


Identification issues

Formulation of aim, objective and scope of study

Literature review and case studies

Data collection

Primary data

- Pedestrian and vehicular volume count survey

- Pedestrian speed survey

- Opinion survey-Road inventory survey--user preference survey

Secondary data

- Land use maps

- Traffic data

- Parking data

- Accident data

Analysis

AssessmentLocating problem

areasIdentification of

potential and constraints

Pedestrian and bicycle network guidelines

Proposals

METHODOLOGY

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY REGION

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Pedestrian and Bicycle facility planning for kochi city region, part 3 collected data