C y c l e R i c k sh aw as F eed er S er v i c e First and Last Miles

S ympos ium on Public Trans porta tion in Indian C ities w ith

S pec ia l foc us on B us R apid Trans it (B R T) S ys tems20-21 January 2010, N ew Delhi

By:Anvita A rora , PhD

Representative, India, Interface for Cycling Expertise, I-CE, The NetherlandsCEO, Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans), TBIU, IIT, New Delhi

T h e p r o b le m U r b an i z a t i o n h as f ar ex c eed ed

th e c ar r y i n g c ap ac i t y o f th e c i t i es.

O n g o i n g an d c l ear m o d al sh i f t f r o m th e n o n -p o l l u t i n g m o d es o f w al k i n g , c y c l i n g an d c y c l e r i c k sh aw s to p o l l u t i n g m o to r i sed tw o an d th r ee w h eel er s an d car s.

I n c r easi n g m o to r i z a t i o n l ead i n g to c o n g est i o n an d p o l l u t i o n .

S i n c e th e p er c e i v ed p r o b l em o f c o n g est i o n w as l ac k o f sp ac e f o r c ar s, t h e t r an sp o r t en g i n eer i n g so l u t i o n h as b een to p r o v i d e m o r e sp ac e to c ar s.

T h u s c i t i es c r eate a se l f -r e i n f o r c i n g p r o c ess o f ev er m o r e c ar s r eq u i r i n g ev er m o r e r o ad sp ac e.

CHANDANI CHOWK – Congested for cars, cycle rickshaws banned!

T h e S o c ia l P e r s p e c t iv e

• T h e r i c k sh aw n eed s to en c o u r ag ed to– D ec r ease u n em p l o y m en t– D ec r ease p o l l u t i o n– D ec r ease f u e l c o n sum p t i o n b y t r an sp o r t sec to r– I n c r ease so c i a l eq u i t y– P r o v i d e ac c ess to al l– A c h i ev e su st a i n ab l e u r b an t r an sp o r t a t i o n sy st em

• T h e i n t er v en t i o n s n ec essar y t o ac h i ev e t h i s ar e:– P r o v i si o n o f seg r eg at ed i n f r ast r u c t u r e f o r n o n -m o to r i z ed v eh i c l es o n

th e r o ad s– I n t eg r at e th e r i c k sh aw w i t h m ass t r an si t sy st em s l i k e b u ses an d m et r o

r a i l– I n c l u d e i t i n p o l i c y m ak i n g an d p l an n i n g– I m p r o v e d esi g n an d tec h n o l o g y

R ef : U N D P r ep o r t b y L o k ay an

R ef : P o ster E x h i b i t i o n b y I D S

R ef : P o ster E x h i b i t i o n b y I D S

T r ip c h a r a c t e r is t ic s o f R ic k s h a w U s e r s

• T r i p L en g t h d i st r i b u t i o n f o r th e r i c k sh aw u ser s sh o w s th at th e ap p r o x i m ate l y 75% o f th e t r i p s ar e o f d i st an c es m o r e th an 0.5 k m an d u p to 2 K m .

• M o st o f th e r i c k sh aw u ser s (92.5% ) sp en d m o r e th an 5 m i n an d 20 m i n o r l ess o n th e i r t r i p s. T h i s i s i n ac c o r d an c e w i t h t h e r ec o r d ed t r i p d i st an c es

(So u r c e B u s U ser s o n B R T C o r r i d o r –

T R I PP 2004)

Distance (Km) number percentage

0.5 12 8.00

1 24 16.00

1.5 41 27.33

2 46 30.67

2.5 12 8.00

3 11 7.33

3.5 2 1.33

4 0 0.00

4.5 0 0.00

5 1 0.67

Can't Say 1 0.67

Total 150 100.00

M o d e l in g P T -N M T in t e g r a t io n

F i g u r e : P r o b ab i l i t y c u r v es f o r ac c ess an d eg r ess t r i p s i n T h e N eth er l an d s (K r y g sm an et al . (2004)).

F i g u r e : P assen g er c at c h m en t ar eas f o r i n t eg r a t ed b u s-b i k e t r i p s ar e i n f l u en c ed b y t h e d i st an c e o f t h e o r i g i n to t h e m ai n h au l l i n e b ased o n h y p o t h et i c a l d i st r i b u t i o n c u r v e (g r een : b u s-w al k i n g c a t c h m en t , p u r p l e: b u s-b i c y c l e c a t c h m en t , o r an g e: b u s-f eed er b u s c a t c h m en t).

-B i c y c l es an d C y c l e R i c k sh aw s c an b e ef f i c i en t an d c o st-ef f ec t i v e m ean s o f t r an sp o r t to ac c ess th e B R T sy stem .

- W h i l e ac t i n g as ef f i c i en t f eed er f o r p u b l i c t r an sp o r t v eh i c l es, u si n g c y c l e r i c k sh aw s as m u sc l e-p o w er ed tax i s c an h el p g en er at e l i v e l i h o o d s f o r m an y .

- T h er e i s a l ar g e n um b er o f al r ead y ex i st i n g r i c k sh aw s an d p u l l e r s i n t h e c i t y .

- T h ese m o d es ar e z er o p o l l u t i n g th at w i l l h e l p r ed u c e c ar b o n em i ssi o n s an d i f i m p l em en ted w i t h p r o p er p l an n i n g , c o u l d h el p th e p u b l i c t r an sp o r t sy stem b ec o m e c ar b o n -n eu t r a l .

So, what can be done… .?

T h e P r e m is e

C y c l e r i c k sh aw i n G erm an y

C y c l e r i c k sh aw i n T h e N eth er l an d s

C y c l e r i c k sh aw i n N ew D el h i C y c l e r i c k sh aw s i n N ew D el h i

I n n o v a t iv e c o n c e p t s

The Rickshaw BankR i c k sh aw c o o p er a t i v es to ad d r ess i ssu es o f seaso n al m i g r a t i o n o f r i c k sh aw p u l l e r s

(R ef – U N D P p r o j ec t b y L o k ay an )

T h e E c o c a b in i t ia t iv e - F a z i lk a