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ACHIEVING FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH CITY WIDE MULTI-MODAL INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLAN (CMITP)- A CASE STUDY OF MYSURU, INDIA

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Goutham Konikar S.M, Prof. Dr. H.N. Nagendra
ยป doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s3.820

Abstract

Urban transport (UT) is one of the core components of city planning and Commuters use several modes of transport in a city โ€“ Public Transport, IPT, Personal and NMT. Mysuru, being the third largest city of Karnataka is witnessing Rapid Urbanization and its current transport systems are unable to achieve the first and last mile connectivity due to non-integration of feeder networks and different transport systems. With growing concerns towards promoting Sustainable Urban mobility and Sustainable cities various National policies emphasises on the need for a City Wide Multi-Modal Integrated Transport Plan (CMITP) that provides seamless city-wide connectivity to the commuters and Promotes coordination between various modes and their infrastructure (new and old). Thus, the main objective of this study is to Identify the components of CMITP and prepare a CMITP for Mysuru city using the five pillars of integration i.e., Institutional, Operational, Physical, Fare and Information The Study is based on Extensive Reconnaissance survey and field observations, a study area is delineated and further divided into Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) for Micro level analysis. The components of Multi modal integrated network namely Public Transport. Transport Network and Non-Motorized Transport are evaluated to understand their degree of Integration. Opinion survey in the form of Structured Questionnaires were carried out for different transport users within the selected Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) to identify Key Issues and ProblemsFinally, a Detailed Planning Strategies and Policy Guidelines are proposed using the five pillars of integration, achieved through Preplanning Stage, Planning Stage and Design Stage. Thus, CMITP helps in achieving first and last mile connectivity and promotes Sustainable urban mobility and Sustainable cities.

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