Mysuru
gets Best Non-Motorised Transport Award for its Public Bicycle Sharing
Kochi
wins Best Urban Transport Initiative Award for fastest completion of its
integrated Metro Rail
Hyderabad
commended for Traffic Management; Chittor for accident reduction initiative
Awards
for Best Urban Transport Practices announced by Central Government at UMI
Conference in Hyderabad
MP,
Bhopal, Lucknow, Noida, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram other Award Winners
Surat
Municipal Corporation has been chosen for the ‘Best City Bus Services Award’ by
the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for succeeding in attracting
87% of the private vehicle and auto rickshaw users to use city buses. Mysuru’s
Public Bicycle Sharing has won the ‘Best Non-Motorised Transport’ Award while
Kochi (Kerala) has been chosen for the ‘Best Urban Transport Initiative’ Award
for completing its Metro Rail Project in a quick time besides integrating the
metro with other modes of transport.
The
Awards for the ‘Best Urban Transport Practices’ were announced by the Ministry
of Housing and Urban Affairs today on the concluding day of the three day Urban
Mobility Conference –cum-Exhibition at Hyderabad. The Awards will be presented
to the winning cities in the Valedictory Session later in the day.
H-TRIMS
of Hyderabad, the Traffic Integraged Management initiative has been chosen for
the ‘Commendable Initiative Award’ under ‘Best Intelligent Transport Project’
category. Chittor has been chosen for the ‘Commendable Initiative Award’ for
the city police’s initiative for improving road safety.
Surat
city with a population of about 45 lakhs was heavily dependent on three
wheelers and private vehicles till 2014 when Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS)
and city buses were made operational. At present, 275 city buses are
operational in the city on 28 routes with fares ranging from a minimum of
Rs.4.00 to a maximum of Rs.22. With 95% of arrivals and departures on time, 87%
of those using private vehicles and auto rickshaws have now shifted to city
buses minimizing environmental and social adversity issues. Single ticketing
system, Integration of city buses with feeder systems, Intelligent Transit
Management are in place.
The
tourism city of Mysure launched its Public Bicycle Sharing in June this year
with 425 bicycles and 45 docking stations. More than 6,400 members have been
registered till last month. Fares are as low as Rs.5.00 for up to two hours of
use. PBS resulted in improved last mile connectivity besides converting short
distance vehicular trips to cycle trips, which are eco-friendly.
Fastest
constructed Metro Rail Project of Kochi has been chosen as the ‘Best City in
Urban Transport Initiative’ category for its innovative features including
implementation in integration with Water Transport. Kochi Metro also introduced
‘Rupay’ based transit card.
Hyderabad
has about 39 lakh registered vehicles on its roads with 600 more added every
day and vehicle density of 723/km, the second highest in the country but
traffic management was being done with 20 year old signal network which do not
function if power supply stopped. H-TRIMS was introduced in 2012 to provide
round the clock, no break in service signalling at all the 221 junctions and
remotely controlled. H-TRIMS also enables automatic adjustment of signal
timings based on traffic flows, pedestrian controlled signals and SMS based
alerts to the citizens. This initiative brought down waiting time at traffic
junctions by over 33%. H-TRIMS initiative has been commended under the ‘Best
Intelligent Tran[port System’ category. Pune has won the Best Performer Award
in this category.
Chittor
in Andhra Pradesh, the district headquarters has won the ‘Commendable
Initiative’ Award for the initiative of the City Police aimed at reducing the
accidents and fatalities. Under this Education, Engineering and Enforcement
initiative, Community Police Officers and students are roped in for creating
awareness about road accidents and measures to be taken to prevent the same.
Over 1.76 lakh drivers and riders have been administered oath, speed breakers
and rumble strips erected to regulate speeds and 259 road side villages have
been sensitised. Chittore police introduced ‘no helmet-no petrol’ policy for
two wheelers. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has won the Best Performer Award in
this category.
Other
Award Winners are:
Madhya
Pradesh: Commendable Urban Mass Transit Initiative for implementing Cluster
Based Bus
Transit System
Bhopal :
Commendable Initiative for introducing Public Bicycle Sharing
Noida
and Greater Noida: Commendable City Bus Service Project initiative
Andaman
: Commendable Initiative for introducing Special Bus Services for women
Lucknow
Metro Rail Project : Commendable Urban Mass Transit Initiative
Ministry
of Housing and Urban Affairs announces these awards to promote Best Practices
in Urban Transport and are presented at the annual Urban Mobility India
Conference.
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