Rajnish Ahuja New Delhi La Rochelle, EIGSI Ecole d’ingénieurs généralistes 3ième Edition du Forum des mobilités interrégionales « ENERGIES & TRANSPORT PUBLIC »

1. 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

2. INDIA
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3. 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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4. Automation in Transport Systems in India
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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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5. 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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6. An overview of Passenger kilometers traversed
(passengers carried)
208558
240614
295644
326197
430666
575702
903465
978508
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011
PassengerKilometresTravelled
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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. Look ‘East’ Policy (continued….)
THANK YOU
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