[sustran] Re: Mumbai Metro Proposal
Eric Bruun
ericbruun at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 11 03:38:12 JST 2004
Kisan
Underground Metro is the solution to reserve for the very densest parts of the city where it is unrealistic to try to take right-of-way above ground. It is, of course, expensive and takes lots of time.
In the meantime, look at BRT where the roadways are wide enough and queue bypasses where they are not. Also, look at upgrading the commuter rail service. It might be adaptable to higher levels of safety and performance, providing rapid transit at a fraction of the cost.
Eric Bruun
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From: Kisan Mehta
To: sustran discuss
Cc: kush at kward.org ; Ajit Shenoy ; Sudhir B Badami
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:32 AM
Subject: [sustran] Mumbai Metro Proposal
Dear Colleagues,
Mumbai (area 434 sq km and population 11.91 million-Census of India 2001) has highly overstrained transport facilities. Sealocked
on three sides, Mumbai presents a unique geographical entity with average population density of 27,000 persons per sq km, unheard
of anywhere elsein the world.
Though suburban railway services started in the the Nineteenthirties and road transport are publicly owned, there has been little development on the demand management pricniple. Trains running at about five timesand buses at three times the normal carrying capacity look fater 88% of roral journeys. Personal cars receive
higher priotity causing serious bottelnecks for public transport .
With average 20 and 10 residents dieing daily on the railway
tracks and roads, Mumbai ranks amongst human centres having
high accident rate in the world. The World Bank report says that pedestrians form 95% of accidents on Mumbai roads. Paradoxically the Bank loan has 85% for construction of highways while suburban railways 43%. The amount loaned to public road services forms
2.5% of the total project cost.
Mumbai does not have metro railway service. The government
owned Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has put up a proposal for Mumbai Metro comprising of 32.5 lm of underground and 114 km length of elevated railway
facility to be completed in stages by early twenties.
You are closely associatred with public transport and especially
in metro services as well as in urban planning and development.
We are trying to work out a citizen susbtainable alternative that
can meet citizen expectations and is affordable to the less
fortunate of our citizens. We appeal to you to take interest in
the umbai Metro proposals and make valuable suggestions so
that Mumbai has the most preferred system. We hope to get complete info from the authorites in a couple of days which we
can share with those of you interested in the proposal. Best wishes.
Kisan Mehta
Save Bombay Committee
620 Jame Jamshed Road, Dadar East,
Mumbai 400014
Tel: 00 91 22 2414 9688
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