ATLANTIC AREA CONFERENCE TOUR REPUTE PROJECT (RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENTERPRISE)

15TH JUNE 2015, LA ROCHELLE

Rajnish Ahuja

Associate Fellow, Pahle India Foundation

PRT AND AUTOMATED TRANSPORT IN INDIA

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INDIA

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Automation in Transport Systems in India

A number of projects have been undertaken by Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Trans it System to automate the transport systems

Wireless Traffic Signal Controller (Wi-TraC) State-of-the-art Advanced Traffic Controller with high speed 32-bit ARM9 Micro-

Controller Distributed Architecture with 1 Master Controller and up to 16 Slave Controllers Master-Slave configuration with wireless (ISM band) or wired (CAN bus) Master-

Slave connectivity for LED Lamp switching Works on either solar power or conventional 230VAC mains 32 Phases, 32 Stages, 24 Cycle Plans, 20 Day Plans, 20 Special Day Plans, 4

Week Plans & 4 Hurry Calls Built-in vehicle detection (camera/loop) & GPS Interface Vehicle Actuated (VA) traffic responsive Smart Controllers Wireless operation eliminates road cutting-refilling & cable laying operations,

associated with conventional Traffic Controller.

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Automation in Transport Systems in India (continued…..)

Red Light-Stop Line Violation & Detection System (RLSVDS)

RLSVDS comprises of Traffic Controller, Detection Sensors, Video Camera, ANPR Camera, Illuminator, Control Electronics, Communication Network & Central Server

Snapshot with number plate details and three seconds video is provided as evidence from RLSVDS Server

RLSVDS Software facilitates challan issuance and various report management

Speed measurement sensor uses a continuous wave transmitter and receiver in the Microwave Ka band (34,3 GHz) and operates under the principle of the Doppler Effect

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Challenges in Developing Intelligent Transport Systems in India

Integration of the ITS applications in the current transport systems compatibility and inter-operability problems

Lack of definite guidelines and regulations There is a need to develop a nation-wide ITS data archive High cost for ITS safety systems are an impediment for high penetration People would not be willing to pay extra for safety systems and only few

technologies are sufficient to ensure safety

Policy Framework The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has started the

National Road Transport Policy (NRTP) to promote road infrastructure support, public transport and quality and productivity of goods transportation and infrastructure.

NRTP - Underlines importance of ITS in the road and highway infrastructure including technologies in real time traffic flow management, parking availability, vehicular traffic, and a basic geographic information system (GIS).

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An overview of Passenger kilometers traversed (passengers carried)

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Personal Rapid Transit in India

Amritsar city in state of Punjab in India would have a Personal Rapid transit System

The elevated transportation system will be a connection for 1,00,000 riders a day between the downtown, the rail station, and the Golden Temple.

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Personal Rapid Transit in India

Rather than trying to modernize and widen the entire core of the city streets, the local government is having Ultra Fairwood build the Personal Transport System overhead

The system will easily be the largest of its kind in the world Capable of running 200 vehicles and carrying up to 12,000

people every hour While only 3.3 kilometer in length, the pods will have seven

stops between the train station and Golden Temple The elevated tracks have been reengineered to handle the

monsoonal rains and with more robust A/C units to handle higher temperatures. Each car will be able to handle six passengers

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Rapid Metro in Gurgaon, India

The Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL) is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) which was formed in order to provide a speedier link between the Delhi Gurgaon Highway to the offices in Gurgaon

Fully elevated rapid transit system

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Bullet Train in India

First bullet train corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation agency will undertake the

project Fully elevated rapid transit system India will have to spend approximately Rs 1 lakh crore for

this bullet train corridor The proposed corridor will be approximately 550 km long The job of the project’s implementation has been given to

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and its subsidiary, High Speed Rail Corporation (HSRC) -

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Look ‘East’ Policy

India can also learn from its Asian counterpart, South Korea, which is already on par with many European countries and Japan in terms of per capita energy consumption in transportation sector

Railways often regarded as the most environmentally friendly mode.

On the regulations front, Korea introduced congestion pricing in two major tunnels connecting downtown area and southern part of Seoul.

The Centre for Sustainable Transport Research was developed under the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) to develop alternative policies based on a long-term vision and developing the corresponding infrastructure

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Look ‘East’ Policy (continued….)

Korea has the Sustainable Transport and Logistics Development Act, under which it is mandatory to establish sustainable transport indicators and conduct a policy management project for maintaining sustainability

The sustainable transport indicators are further classified into environmental, economic and social indicators initiatives

To carry out such projects, it is necessary to escape the bureaucratic decision making process; policy makers must be allowed to focus more on green projects rather than going for highways for vehicles. This can be termed as a process of “de-incentivizing the use of personal vehicles”.

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Look ‘East’ Policy (continued….)

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