The key objective is to equip the urban transport planners to better identify the full impacts of transportation decisions, including external impacts such as traffic congestion, parking etc so that they can help reduce these impacts.

This program envisages building a city-scale framework for mobility planning.

Vision

The program will leveraging on digital tools in simulating city level transport and traffic data layers. This program can be scaled geographically (Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad). The tools and techniques developed as a part of this program can be applied to other cities as well.

Description

A comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) for Pune was developed in 2008. Due to the tremendous growth in the city since 2008, this CMP needs to be updated. The rapidly changing infrastructure requires a semi-dynamic framework that can be used for mobility planning.

Objectives

The city-scale travel demand modeling tool will be used by city planners for simulating travel demand as a result of alternative mobility investments and policies of interest; e.g.

• What will be changes in mode shares and travel patterns due to the new Metro mode in the city?
• How will the mode shares, travel demand, and traffic volumes change if substantial investments are made to increase the connectivity of public transit to major destinations in the city?
• What will be the impact due to road closures – short term, medium term and long-term.
• What is the positive impact on air quality if 30% of the users use the Metro.

Key Stakeholders

• Pune Municipal Corporation