school of planning and architecture, vijayawada

1. COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN FOR THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
BY:- MANOJ VARADI
School of planning and architecture, Vijayawada.

2. CONTENTS:-
1.BACKGROUND STUDY
2.CITY PROFILE
2.1GENERAL INTRODUCTION
2.2GEOGRAPHY
2.3DEMOGRAPHY
2.4DEMOGRAPHY IN RELATION WITH EMPLOYMENT
3.AIM, OBJECTIVE
4.ISSUES
5.LANDUSE AND POPULATION DENSITY MAP
6.ZONING AND SCREEN LINES
7.TRAFFIC SURVEYS
8.STRATAGIES
9.PROBLEMS AND THEIR PROPOSALS

3. BACKGROUND STUDY:-
• ROAD
HIERARCHY
• TRAVEL AND
ROAD
NETWORK
TCRDA
(MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION)
CMP
• CONSULTING
ENGINNERING
SERVICES (1989)
• NATPAC
(1979)
• MASTER
PLAN (1971)
PPTA
CTTS (2003)
(TRIDA AREA)

4. CITY PROFILE:-
a) General:- The study area covers the entire Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority Area consisting of Municipal
Corporation area and adjacent 10 Panchayats namely
Kazhakkoottam, Sreekaryam, Kudappanakkunnu, Vattiyoorkkavu, Kalliyoor, Vilavoorkkal, Vilappil, Pallichal, Venganoor
and Vizhinjam.

5. b)Geography:-
•It is located at 1315 km from Chennai, 753 km from Bangalore,
1604 km from and Mumbai.
• The NH 47 links the city with the rest of India.
• The historic city is also connected by rail and air and is one
of the major tourist destinations in Kerala.
• It has the area of 296.17 sq.km. consisting 141.55 sq.km. of
City corporation 54.6 sq.km. of ten adjacent panchayats.
LOCATION AREA
AREA OF THIRUVANATHPURAM
DISTRICT
296.17 sq.km
AREA OF THIRUVANATHPURAM
CITY CORPORATION
141.55 sq. km
AREA OF TEN ADJACENT
PANCHAYATS
154.6 sq.km

7. LOCATION POPULATION (AS
PER CENSUS
2001)
MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION
7,44,739
TRIDA 11,32,394
c)Demography :-

8. d)Demography in relation with employment:-

9. e)Transport system characteristics:-
• City is crammed with numerous activity centers like state level administrative buildings, tourism destinations (Kovalam,
Ponmudi, etc.), techno park, health tourism destinations etc.
•The road network within the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is generally of radial pattern.
• The Corporation has five major regional roads NH 47, SH 1- M.C. Road, State Highway to Shenkottah,
Thiruvananthapuram- Katakana road, Thiruvananthapuram- VizhinjamPoovar road.
•Road length in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation area is 2586 km of which 56% are surfaced.

10. LANDUSE AND POPULATION DENSITY MAP:-

11. AIM:- To give an overall transport plan considering the existing traffic pattern and envisioning the future traffic movement
Pattern.
OBJECTIVE:-The objective of this CMP is to give a convenient and efficient transportation system in city meeting the mobility
needs of current and future population.
VISION:- To improve the road network connectivity of the city area so as increase the accessibility.
GENERAL ISSUES:-
• The influence area of the city, in terms of travel demand, is spread over most of the revenue district of Thiruvananthapuram.
This has led to heavy inflow of traffic from the surrounding regions and suburbs to the city.
•The increase in vehicles on roads causes pollution and produces gaseous substances such as carbon monoxide, oxides of
nitrogen, hydro Carbons etc. So, The increase in vehicles on roads causes pollution and produces gaseous substances.
•The absence of proper routing and scheduling of bus services and no preferential traffic treatment has led to inordinate delays
and long waiting time for passengers.

12. ZONING :-
Zoning System:-
• Based on network connectivity and importance of town/region with
respect to Thiruvananthapuram City, 84 zones were demarcated
within the study area and 6 zones external to the study area.
• The administrative wards in the corporation area and census zones in
the Panchayats were adopted as the traffic analysis zones
(considering the ease in obtaining the required zonal
information)
Screen lines:-
• The TRIDA boundary was the Cordon line for the study area
• There are two screen lines were identified for the project area. These
are the Killi river (North-South screen line) and the Railway line
(East-West screen line).

13. TRAFFIC SURVEYS:-
Traffic survey type
VOLUME COUNT SURVEY
OD SURVEY
ROAD INVENTORY SURVEY
PARKING SURVEY
PEDESITRIAN SURVEY
SPEED AND DELAY SURVEY
PUBILC TRANSPORT SURVEY
Traffic survey type
IPT SURVEY
HOUSE HOLD
TERMINAL SURVEY

14. 85% TO 90% TRAFFIC DURING DAY
NH47 PCU RANGES FROM 7400 TO 3800
 HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME
• OC3 AND OC14 (NH47) MAXIMUM TRAFFIC 50.24%
• R4 (JAGATHY-POOJAOURA), R5 (NH47)
• S7 (NH47), S8 (COST FORTH ROAD)
BIPASS HOLDS 1900 PCU TO 3900 PCU
6.54lakhs TRIPs ACROSS THE OUTER CORDON
• 2.62lakhs TRIPs ARE OUT GOING
DESIGN OF ROAD
• 76% MAJOR ROAD ROW 7m-14M
• 10% 14m- 21M
• 40% ROAD HAVE SOULDERS UPTO 2m ON BOTH SIDE
• NO FOOTH PATH
GROWTH OF AUTOMOBLIES
ANALYSIS:-

15. STRATEGIES:-
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL DEMAND FORCAST

16. A)Problem:- Narrow roads, inadequate design and management of road space
Proposal:-
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 URBAN DEVELOPMENT
• POPULATION
• EMPLOMENT
NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
• INNER RING ROAD
• OUTER RING ROAD
• MASS TRANSPORT CORODES
TRAVEL DEMAND FORCAST
PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS:-

17. B)Problem:- inadequate parking facilities
Proposal:- Multi level parking
Multi level parking (against surface level parking in CTTS) may be provided at the following locations.
• Pulimoodu – Land behind Lens & Frames may be examined
• Medical College – Availability of low lying land opposite to Water Authority
office can be examined
• Pazhavangadi – A portion of Putharikandam Maithan (eastern side) can be
utilized for multi level parking, this may be examined.
• Thampanoor – It is proposed to shift the existing bus station for long
distance running buses to Enchakkal. Preliminary works for this work is
progressing. So the existing bus terminal at Thampanoor will be limited to
buses plying within the city only. So the possibility of providing multi-level
parking in this locality shall also be examined in detail.

18. b)Problem:- Pedestrian facilities
Proposal:-Pedestrian Subways are proposed at the following locations
• VJT Hall
• Statue Jn
• Medical College
• Cotton Hill School
• Neeramankara
• General Hospital
One sample drawing for Medical College sub way proposal by CTTS