PLANNING FOR FORMALIZING INFORMAL PUBLIC

TRANSPORT IN BHOPAL

10/11/14By-: Devendra Tiwari

“Public Transport is a Service not a Business”

1960’s -Tanga

1970’s Tempo

1990’s Mini Bus

Tata Magic

2010 BCLL Buses

BHOPAL – The Journey of Public Transport

A Successful Story

S No Routes Description Number of

Routes

Route length (in KM)

1 Trunk Routes

(TR)

Connecting major activity centers of city by Bus Rapid Transit System.

4 67.64

2 Standard

Routes

Connecting major origin & destination points of the

city.8 123.60

3 Complimentar

y /IPT Routes

Complementary to Trunk and standard routes.

IPT/CR works as feeder routes

20 250.24

NOTIFIED PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTES

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Modal ShareAfter all this, investment mode share of

Public Transport is only 24.36 % .Rest of 75.64% mode is shared by Private

Transport.Huge Scope to attract users to Public

Transport. Improvement of Formal & Informal Public

Transport.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT RIDERSHIP IN BHOPAL

Type Mode Average dailyridership

Percentage

Formal System

BCLL(City bus service &

BRTS)

125,000 40%

Informal System

Minibus 95,000 22%

Tata Magic 120,000 38%

Total daily PT Ridership

340,000 (Approx)

Source: (Tata_Magic_Operators 2014), (Minibus_Operators , 2014), (BCLL 2014)

PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS IN BHOPAL

Tata Magic Mini Buses

INFORMAL MODES OF TRANSPORT

FORMAL MODES OF TRANSPORT

City Bus BRTS Buses

MODE SHARE OF FORMAL SYSTEM VS INFORMAL SYSTEM

40%60%

Formal Systen

Informal System

In spite of the disadvantages of the informal mode of transport 60% of the mode share is still using that system.

Hence, it is of great importance to make this a largely used system which will be advantageous for the people.

CONDITION OF PRESENT INFORMAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Poor quality of serviceUnreliable servicesPoorly maintained vehiclesLack of organizationLack of infrastructure Poor operating conditions and low income

levels

Tata Magic – A Magic Vehicle

At present there are no designated stops, depots & parking spaces for Tata Magics.No designated maintenance, washing and repair facilities.RTO doesn’t prescribes schedules.Route Managers/ private agent (appointed by the operators) manage dispatch of vehicles at specific points.After all these drawbacks, Tata Magic still shares 38% of the total PT Share.

“ITS A REAL MAGIC ”

Present Condition of Tata Magic

Improvement of Magic- A Case Study

There have been no successful attempts anywhere in India to formalize informal transport.

The process usually followed is only of upgradation, with the older system remaining in its place and an additional system comes up, adding to the congestion.

In 2004-05, 450 old tempos (Bhaat-Suar) replaced by new 450 Magic’s with the effort of the Govt.

But, those 450 old tempos are still plying on roads & at present 900 vehicles which are plying in their own way are now increasing congestion & pollution.

After all these efforts there is NO IMPROVEMENT in quality of Public Transport.

This replaced Modal is not very effective for city at a Glance.

It is an Unsuccessful Attempt

SOLUTION - FORMALIZATIONInstitutional supportWell integrated & managedSecure & SafeAffordableTrained crewReliableComfortableInfrastructure etc….

“The informal systems lack these characteristics”

IPT No. 1 Khajuri sadak to Bairagarh stand. IPT No. 2 Khanugaon to Tajmahal. IPT No. 3 Borbai to Railway colony. IPT No. 4 Jagdish pur to Karodn chouraha. IPT No. 5 Govt. Girls collage to Jubligate. IPT No. 6 Carier collage to ISRO gate.IPT root No. 7 Anand nagar to Bilkhirya. IPT No. 8 Awadhpuri khajuri kala to Transport

Nagar. IPT No. 9 Akash ganga colony to Salaiya.IPT No.10 Manisha market to Bagmugaliya.

PROPOSED ROUTES FOR TATA MAGICAt the time of Planning 10 Exclusive Routes for Tata Magic has been worked out and formulated. All Routes are formulated in view of Financial Viability and connecting to SR and TR routes.

Existing TATA MAGIC Routes

S.No

Route Details No. of Vehicles

1 Bus Stand – Anand Nagar 100-125

2 Bhopal Talkies – Navi Bagh 40

3 Gandhi Nagar – Bittan Market 125

4 Hamidiya – Piplani 100

5 Hamidiya – Kasturba 50

6 Misrod - Trilanga 40

Total 455

EXCERSICES FOR FORMALISING TATA MAGIC BCLL has coordinated with its knowledge

partner EMBARQ, India to initiate the process of formalization of Tata Magic’s.

Several meetings and consolations has been done with Tata Magic unions and operators.

Taking Support from World Bank & IUT.Taking Support from District Administration,

Traffic Police and Transport Department.

CONSULTATION MEETINGS

BCLL

BMC

World bank

EMBARQ India

OUTCOMES

NO organized setup for discussion.They don’t want to shift from their own

Routes.Lack of confidence.Difference between Magic Operators.Political Issues.Question of Financial Viability.Association with Govt. OrganizationRules & Regulations.

At Present there are two models of operations -:

Owner drives the vehicle (owner-driver) Owner rents the vehicle to a driver for a fixed fee (renter-driver) Each vehicle operates 150 km/day

ECONOMICS - TATA MAGIC

Parameter Owner driver

Renter Driver

Cost/km(Rs) 7.2 7.5

Rev/km(Rs) 10.4 10.4

Net Rev/km (Rs) 3.2 2.9

Regulated Fares

Feeder connectivity

through Integration

Monitoring and Protection

Comfort & Road Safety

TATA MAGIC

OPERATIONS

CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR INTEGRATION

MECHANISM FOR FORMALIZATION UNDER BCLL

An MoU between BCLL and Tata Magic’s• Provide security cover for at least 3 months• Branding of the Tata Magics• Uniforms and I – cards for the drivers and

conductors,• Police verification• Social integration activities• GPS & control room for better monitoring• Infrastructural support: depots, bus stops, parking

etc.• Coordination with different dept. like RTO in getting

permits.• Service level benchmarking

BCLL

• Agree to come under the umbrella of BCLL• Pay a fixed amount of Rs. 2000/- per magic per month

to BCLL for the services provided• Equal share with BCLL ( 50-50) in income through

advertisements- BCLL• Follow all rules and regulations.

Tata Magic Operators

BENEFITS OF FORMALIZATION OF TATA MAGIC

First step towards formalization of informal to Formal PT.

To ensure financially viable inclusion.To ensure adequate infrastructural support.To ensure social upgrdation of magic

operators.To ensure all PT under the guidance of BCLL.To ensure that all PT complement each other.

THANK YOU