How to boost Metro ridership in tier-2 cities? Urban transport experts have answers

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Amidst the Modi government’s push for expansion of the Metro network in the country, low ridership in all operational networks is a major concern. Transport experts Professor G Raghuram, former director of IIM-Bangalore, and Aswathy Dilip, managing director of ITDP India talk about the challenges and way forward to increase metro ridership.
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@rgopalakrishnan1975 3 дня назад

India has planned for a National Household Travel Survey for multiple modal travel assessment. Demand assessment must precede supply augmentation such as a metro

@vasu_devan 3 дня назад

Metro is really a gift for cities like Bangalore with better n larger n safer parking space for two wheeler it will be even better. Also electronic City metro after building infra we have not got coaches n it's in limbo . Succesful metro in tier1 itself should do a lot to decongest

@AbhiPatel-pb9pp 2 дня назад

You don't know the fun of walking. Once you have good walk ways there is no need for bikes.

@counterpoint9260 2 дня назад

VACATE bNAGALORE AND MOVE TO mYSORE OR Mangalore

@SoumyaChowdhury-cs7qf День назад

Two wheelers are problematic

@AbhiPatel-pb9pp 20 часов назад

@@SoumyaChowdhury-cs7qf I don't understand how can a vehicle which requires 4 times less space can be a problem?

@SoumyaChowdhury-cs7qf 14 часов назад

@@AbhiPatel-pb9pp not space. In big roads, most of the fatal accidents happens with two wheleers. Because it often comes in the blind spot of buses and trucks

@samg7123 2 дня назад

Indians want it for free. I was another report which was saying about tolls on road. No one wants to pay any tax. Free do

@ramachandrankannan274 3 дня назад

Awasty Dilip sounds comical when saying don't improve roads and force people to take the metro. The fact is, as Prof Raghuram pointed out, the metros are poorly designed - very difficult to access and not integrated with the rest of the transportation requirements. We need the metros to be designed by a good design organisation, which incorporates all the learnings from previous projects, but executed and owned by the city transport system. If adequate parking facilities are provided, people can take the metro a little away from the crowded areas as well. The present system appears to be designed by bureaucrats rather than Engineers

@arjavgarg5801 3 дня назад

Yeah she just wants to force metro

@AbhiPatel-pb9pp 2 дня назад

People only take public transportation when the travel speed of public transport is greater than the speed of private vehicles. And when more people start taking public transport, the speed of private vehicles also increases. And as long as the speed of private vehicles remains greater than public transport, everyone goes slower.

@ramachandrankannan274 2 дня назад

@@AbhiPatel-pb9pp You forget the convenience factor. A lot of people want to avoid driving in traffic and the metro gives them the opportunity to do something else instead of worrying about the traffic. However, metros are designed badly as Dr Raghuram pointed out and that is a big reason why metros are not used

@rajx7120 3 дня назад

Move more population to tier-2 cities. Increase road tax in tier-1 cities. Increase remote work options.

@ayushgarg7033 2 дня назад

Nice idea

@tindrums 3 дня назад

G Raghuram was my Prof. For quantitative analysis. Sound academic guy.

@PseudoProphet 3 дня назад

Metro ridership will only increase when Metro goes everywhere. Nobody wants to ride a Metro that's only 20-30 km long.

@AbhiPatel-pb9pp 2 дня назад

More and more people and businesses would come up along metro routes so they don't have to change routes and all. That's how most good cities work. If you see picture of Seoul,Korea, they would have really tall buildings along the metro route and very tiny buildings everywhere else.

@counterpoint9260 2 дня назад

no last mile connectivity, lack of feeder buses, timings and costs are the reasons..

@sadenb 3 дня назад

End to end connection is what will increase ridership. If you have to take 3 different modalities, people will not do anything.

@AnkhArcRod День назад

Not denying that this type of assessment is required. But, to try and assess the viability of Metros when all the lines are not formed shows lack of basic understanding. Until the network is formed, usability of metros will always be low since point to point travel is still very limited. If such a survey has to be done, then it has to be in terms of how much is true potential for the lines that are open instead of simply quoting city populations! But, show banane ke liye kuch to masala chahiye na.

@theatisgr 7 часов назад

The secret for metro stations to have many passengers is called inter-modality. The city where I live has a population of 3.3 mln people and the metro system with only 3 lines has a daily ridership of about 1 mln. There is a single ticket for all means of transport (metro, buses, trolley buses, trams and a part of suburban railway) which costs 1.2 euros and is valid for 90 minutes. In practice, you can ride from one end of the city to the other with just one ticket, because if your ticket expires while you are already in a bus, you do not have to validate a new one.

@indrarao9972 2 дня назад

Not letting roads develop is not a solution! One example is ambulances.

@AbhiPatel-pb9pp 2 дня назад

It is actually. And its hard to explain but doing that will increase the average speed of private vehicles as well.

@roneyjohn3054 3 дня назад

Should make the roads narrower to encourage to use metro. But, after increasing the network

@mohanphadnis 3 дня назад

Pune is doing 2 lakh passengers per day. Cannot get space to sit. Low ridership???? These folks think that unless people are packed like sardines, the metro ridership is low.

@IndianGeek5589 3 дня назад

For a city of 44 lakh, 2 lakh is quite low. Ridership is high or low is based on population of city.

@mohanphadnis 3 дня назад

@@IndianGeek5589 two lines have started. It will go to 10l plus in 3 years once line 3 starts. folks like you think that stuff will go in top gear from go. This number was 50k a year ago. There is good traction only people like you cannot see it.

@IndianGeek5589 3 дня назад

@@mohanphadnis yeah then it will be good ridership.

@ameyaraomarathe День назад

@@IndianGeek5589 Pune and Pimpri (i.e. Pune metropolitan area) has ~70 lakh population. Which year are you living in?

@IndianGeek5589 23 часа назад

@@ameyaraomarathe I'm talking about Pune itself. Any way if population is 70 lakh, it's even more bad.

@TheRavisrajan 2 дня назад

Intangible benefits are not quantified are considered in viability for assessing. What we are missing is the future potential or consequential economic activities.

@samg7123 2 дня назад

Most European cities have complete public transport system including metro busses ferries etc by one single company. One company can plan the last mile connectivity plus the cost is distributed. Cannot have one metro and then there are parallel bus and nightmare invention called auto rickshaw on same route.

@activelistener4484 3 дня назад

Increase traffic signals and make car travel slower in the center of city (like in big cities in developed nations)

@sakshambhadoria9998 3 дня назад

Public transport needs a serious makeover and a new urban imagination that wins the trust and confidence of its residents. If succeeded, it can reduce congestion and traffic snarls which has unfortunately become a symbol and feature of metros.

@Adi-oc2hd 10 часов назад

My 2 cents: 1)Metro is only sensible if there is at least 40-50km of network..just one or two showpiece lines of 10-12km don't serve any purpose. 2) Multimodal connectivity is important..like outside the metro stations you should be able to get autos/buses. 3) Parking is a genuine concern but I realise metro often passes through old and congested parts of the city where building a station itself is challenge, so parking spaces don't even come into picture 4)Fare should be regulated. And it's even more true for RRTS, maximum one wants to pay for one way journey is 100 rs. Not 180-200.

@bhikariman-sigmamale 3 дня назад

We boost ridership in metro with free bus ride😂

@hitman1bro47 3 дня назад

very difficult with buses. tend to choke cities in long run

@bhikariman-sigmamale 3 дня назад

@@hitman1bro47 bro that was sarcasm. I was making fun of how the Telengana government free bus decreased metro ridership and made it unavailable.

@SoumyaChowdhury-cs7qf День назад

@@bhikariman-sigmamalebecause of that l&t moved out of hyderabad metro. Buses should not be free

@GuruKhatri1 2 дня назад

Metro Rails also needs sufficient parking space for people to "Park and Ride"

@ravimkiran 2 дня назад

These guys are useless. The lady thinks building flyovers on the same route as metro is bad planning. Artificially create pain so that people use metro. The guy thinks mezzanine for parking and raise the height of metro. What is someone puts an explosive in that parking? And who will pay for raising height

@RitvikChandavarkar 3 дня назад

This literally happened to me in Ahmedabad metro yesterday!!

@roneyjohn3054 3 дня назад

Pune metro is still under construction

@anuragpandey2635 3 дня назад

Good and more relevant topics

@ManasJyotiSarma-f5m 3 дня назад

Both the guests have nothing to do with metros. It was a very shallow discussion with no actual insights. Very disappointing.

@VivekwhuVivekwhuVivekwhu 7 часов назад

In London, I can WALK to the nearest bus stop (total 19,000 stops with 8776 buses) serving 670 bus routes, which is less than 800m from 10 million Londoners, and then connect with over 600 underground and overground train stations. Lazy people, growing fat as a result, and families take the car, but fit and beautiful people usually take the extensive public transport. But then all this was built using $45 TRILLION extracted from BHARAT by the British Empire and the sweat of African slaves. REALITY: the cities of BHARAT are unfit to walk like London, as the footpaths are missing, aren't they? JAI BHARAT JAI BIHAR!

@rahul.s.r5485 3 дня назад

Building metros in tier 2, 3 cities do not make those cities develop, unless they invest in schools, hospitals, anganvaadis, etc

@veryCreativeName0001-zv1ir 3 дня назад

as if tier 1 cities like chennai or bangalore look any where as developed as shangai or singapore

@Adi-oc2hd 10 часов назад

Bruh, we are not living in 70s.. most tier 2 cities like Lucknow, Patna, Surat, Vizag, Jaipur have enough schools and hospitals.

@ameyaraomarathe День назад

You mentioned Nagpur, Kanpur and Pune in the same breath. Do you know the population density figures for these three? You call yourself an "expert"!

@DetectiveConansp3aks 3 дня назад

They have built the metro outside the heart of city in most cases. What else so they expect. Wasting taxpayers money

@Orion_tiger 2 дня назад

Low ridership ? You people only want ridership to be like Mumbai locals going at 200%. Metro with 40 % is fine. Too much crowd will result in people using private transport.

@subramanyamshankar1767 3 дня назад

as name suggests, Metro is meant for metropolitan cities for mass transit….

@hitman1bro47 3 дня назад

as per population these cities have desired population

@grapeshott 2 дня назад

In India , even Tier 3 cities can be called "metropolitan"

@anujsethi7845 3 дня назад

This government makes the metro in city like kanpur where metro is unsustainable And couldn't make the metro in gurgaon in last ten years

@wassuphomies263 3 дня назад

All cities with a million plus population should have metros or trams. They should be integrated with proper bus lines that provides last mile connectivity.

@anujsethi7845 3 дня назад

@@wassuphomies263 population shouldn't be criteria. The working population and paying capacity should be the criteria. UP cities don't have enough capacity to run these systems. You can use other alternatives for public transport like bus or light metro but not the metro.

@wassuphomies263 3 дня назад

@@anujsethi7845 UP Cities and citizens also deserve good infrastucture. Who are you to stop them from accessing air-conditioned trains that take them from point A to B in their cities? Considering Light metro, there is not an infrastructure for trams across India. It is easier to construct metros cuz they are now almost standardised. If one wants to make trams, they need to import the tech again. All govts are betting on metros and not trams. Trams can definitely work in smaller cities with less than 1 million pop. Especially planned ones like Chandigarh.

@anujsethi7845 3 дня назад

@@wassuphomies263 is it easier to construct? In which world are you living in? The project should be financially viable but the sad part is UP doesn't have that capacity to bear losses. Just look at the ridership. Lucknow and jaipur are great examples of non-viable metro projects. First UP should stop taking grants from the centre if they are developed. AC buses or light metro rail is best suited for them. Why should other states bear losses.

@wassuphomies263 3 дня назад

@@anujsethi7845 " light metro rail" please just say trams. "is it easier to construct?" construction firms have the know-how and station designs are standardised.

@allangracias1 3 дня назад

1) First privatise all metros because government employees don't care if people are taken care of. 2) Parking and access must be made easy and plentiful. There are no parking in some stations. 3) end stage connectivity must be done so that life is made easier. 3) Bus Travelers must have concessionary programs. Regular travelers also must have monthly / quarterly programs. Tourists programs also introduced. I lived in Kuala Lumpur and always used taxis / metros only. 4) Make ticketing even more easier 5) Surveys must be done to improve services and ridership's. Nobody wants to use their own vehicles. You have to make it convenient or cost effective. All these talk of banning or restrictions of sales or even charging etc sales in car ownership and forcing people to use your poor infrastructure is stupid. that woman talking of restrictions or extra charges is elitist in her view where she wants to enforce her views on others. Improve your infrastructures first and stop with this controlling mindset

@maramnikhilreddy424 День назад

See Hyderabad metro.

@harrybv День назад

The program is laughable. No metrics nor reaearch by host to point problems while using a broad brush statement that metro is not viable. Last mile is an obvious problem. Autos, uber etc are a nightmare while walking is a deathtrap.

@bilalbaig8586 3 дня назад

If there is low ridership then that means metro is not needed or its not accessible to the general public. Make something else.

@Manish_Kumar_Singh 2 дня назад

Metros should be build in developing area with high rises. not in bungalow areas where folks don't have high footfall. city should be developed around metro network, not build metro in posh areas. And in industrial and software tech-parks.

@RanjuS-u3q 2 дня назад

The title says Metro Ridership in Tier 2 metro 😅😅 bhai, pehle hum log Tier 1 metro ki halat ko theek kar lein, uske baad yeh suhaane sapne dekhe-dikhayein!! Suburban railway is a far more cost effective and reliable option than splurging on metro trains

@Sudhani 3 дня назад

Reduce ticket prices

@fatsc6h6 3 дня назад

Modi deprived Pune of a much larger metro..It has reached near 1.5 L .The city is waiting for extensions to cover a city whose area is second largest next only to Delhi . Pune is an outlier .Modi is trying hard to destroy Pune.