Towards a sustainable city:

Pune

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Transformations in
last 18 months in
Pune
Sept 2016-March 2018
Recent complete streets work
 Pune parking policy
Pune public parking
policy was approved Salient features
in March 2018
• Parking fees formula
it highlights the
need for parking
management • Zones based on parking demand
-Parking fees formula
based on vehicle size, • Exemption for bicycles and public transport
duration of parking,
time of the day
• Parking revenue will be utilised for sustainable
-Sets up goal to transport improvements
transform parking
spaces into public spaces
 Incorporation of bicycle plan in the
development plan,
Pune will be the first
city in India to
incorporate bicycle
plan in the
development plan
(master plan).
The bicycle plan
was sanctioned in
Jan 2017 and in
March 2018, the
state government
has sent directives
to PMC to
incorporate it in the
master plan
 Fleet deployment vision

7000
Additional fleet
6000
Usable fleet with PMPML

5000

4000

3000

total= 6,000
2000
total= 3,100

1000

0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
 Old buses

Plans to revamp
old buses

Plan to double
the fleet size

new branding for

new buses
200 feeder buses
have joined the
fleet
 Public transport expansion
25 Electric buses
have joined the fleet

125 Electric BRT

buses will be joining
the fleet in next 6
months

400 CNG BRT buses

will be joing the
fleet in next 6
months

Total fleet will

become ~2,500 from
1,800
Foundation of today’s
success
Transformations before 18 months
in Pune
 Transformation needs change in
investment approach
100%
90%
80%
70%
Walk, bus and
60% cycle
50%
Private vehicle in-
40% frastructure
30%
20%
10%
0%
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 (MC)

Total annual transport budget ranges between 6 billion -8 billion INR

Creation of policies and guidelines
Plan to transform 100 km of streets in
next 5 years
 Before transformation

Encroachment PedestriansVehicles
Existing footpath used to were
walk using only this much
here! space
The proposal went through several
rounds of consultations

Image credit: CEE

 Aundh DP road (before)

Pedestrians used
to walk Parking
here! Existing footpath
Aundh DP road (before)
Aundh DP road (after)
Aundh DP road (before)

Credit – ITDP India

Aundh DP road (after)

Credit – ITDP India

Aundh DP road (before)
Aundh DP road (after)
Priority to pedestrians at property
entrances
J M Road (before)

image credits:
Oasis
J M Road (after)

image credits:
Oasis
J M Road (before)

image credits:
Oasis
J M Road (after)

image credits:
Oasis
Satara Road (before)

image credits:
IBI
Satara Road (after)

image credits:
IBI
Bringing back the glory:
Streets as public spaces

image credits: IBI

Bringing back the glory:
Streets as public spaces

image credits:
IBI
Credit – ITDP India
Bringing back the glory:
Streets as public spaces

image credits:
IBI
Credit – ITDP India
 Pune bicycle plan

Plan to create
400 km of cycle
friendly streets

more than
1,00,000 cycles in
next 10 years
 Public bicycle sharing

Today,
8,000 public
bicycles are
operational in
the city

4 trips per cycle

per day
 Bus rapid transit system

90 km dedicated
bus rapid transit
lanes
Public participation is a key!

image credits:
CEE
 The State government’s goals per
million population
The State Urban
Transport Policy 8 km footpath
(draft-2016)
highlights the
need to improve 4 km cycle tracks
walking, cycling
and public
transport
infrastructure in 40-60 buses
the cities
2-3 km mass rapid transit
Institutional, governance and
management reforms!
A special urban design cell has been created

a separate bicycle department has been

established

Street construction work is along with 5 year

annual maintenance contract.
 The transformation is not easy!

A few years back

Before 90’s Today & future!

Thank you!
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