pedestrian and bicycle facility planning for kochi city region, part 3 collected data
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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
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
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
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
DATA COLLECTEDRAILWAY STATION
BOAT JETTY
KSRTC BUS STAND
PRIVATE BUS STAND
MOBILITY HUB
Commuter survey points
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
DATA COLLECTED
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
PEDESTRIAN OPINION SURVEY PERFORMA
DATA COLLECTED
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
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
Data collected Application of data
Parking facility dataProposed land use
Analysis of the existing conditionsFor analysing the feasibility for bicycle parking
Data collected Application of data
Land use map Road network mapTraffic density mapPopulation density map
For analysing the feasibility of future proposals
Data collected Application of data
Accident data Bicycle LOS
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
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.
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
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
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY PLANNING FOR KOCHI CITY
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
THANK YOU
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