Indian cities face severe transport challenges due to congestion, pollution, and high energy consumption. Increasing private vehicle ownership and decreasing public transport exacerbate these issues. Transitioning to non-motorized transport is vital for sustainability, reducing pollution, traffic, and fossil fuel reliance, especially crucial for developing nations like India. Public transport is essential for economic development and offers passengers access to city centers. Metro serves as a hub, facilitating increased access for passengers traveling across the city, thus benefiting overall transportation efficiency. The paper focuses on new research concerning mode choice, specifically centered around the bicycle. It introduces four optional response variables aimed at enhancing the cycling experience: Exclusive bicycle lane, bicycle protection from heat and rain, bicycle in mixed traffic, and bicycle park and ride facilities. The multinomial logit model was used to propose an Integrated Feeder Public Transit Service using bicycles as feeder mode for the Nal Stop Metro Station and Garware College Metro Station of Pune City. The explanatory variables included in the models are the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals, trip/travel characteristics, and feeder choice attributes. The research includes six independent variables viz. travel distance, household income, travel time, household size, vehicle ownership, and travel cost. The findings from the research indicated that the attitudes of the commuters toward bicycles as feeder mode in the study area are positive. The output of this research is extremely useful for the metro system of Pune city, by the integration using bicycle feeder mode facilities to maximize the utility of the metro.

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Exploring Connectivity to Metro Station Through Integrated Bicycle Infrastructure: A Case of Pune

  • Aarya S. Watane,
  • Arati S. Petkar

摘要

Indian cities face severe transport challenges due to congestion, pollution, and high energy consumption. Increasing private vehicle ownership and decreasing public transport exacerbate these issues. Transitioning to non-motorized transport is vital for sustainability, reducing pollution, traffic, and fossil fuel reliance, especially crucial for developing nations like India. Public transport is essential for economic development and offers passengers access to city centers. Metro serves as a hub, facilitating increased access for passengers traveling across the city, thus benefiting overall transportation efficiency. The paper focuses on new research concerning mode choice, specifically centered around the bicycle. It introduces four optional response variables aimed at enhancing the cycling experience: Exclusive bicycle lane, bicycle protection from heat and rain, bicycle in mixed traffic, and bicycle park and ride facilities. The multinomial logit model was used to propose an Integrated Feeder Public Transit Service using bicycles as feeder mode for the Nal Stop Metro Station and Garware College Metro Station of Pune City. The explanatory variables included in the models are the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals, trip/travel characteristics, and feeder choice attributes. The research includes six independent variables viz. travel distance, household income, travel time, household size, vehicle ownership, and travel cost. The findings from the research indicated that the attitudes of the commuters toward bicycles as feeder mode in the study area are positive. The output of this research is extremely useful for the metro system of Pune city, by the integration using bicycle feeder mode facilities to maximize the utility of the metro.