972012 MBS UU Lahore Metro Bus System Dr

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Lahore Metro Bus System Dr Nasir Javed CEO: The Urban Unit Pakistan 9/7/2012 MBS UU

MBS Lahore is still in the phase of execution and hence most of the presentation is either Planning or future Please criticize & Advise as well 9/7/2012 MBS UU

City Lahore The capital of Punjab, a city of around 9 m, with a growth rate of around 3% 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Vision • The Vision is to provide the city of Lahore with a high quality Public Transport System, with a road based mass transit system, in the medium term. 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Basics • Estimated Project Cost ~ Rs. 30 Billion • Total Length 32 km (Elevated portion – 8. 5 km) • Median Side BRT with one each lane each direction • Level Boarding for Passenger from Station • Commercial Speed of 25 Km/h & reliability of service

Length • The Route (Green Corridor) is 32 km long, running south to north across the city, on one of the four primary arteries of the city 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Dedicated Route all along, except 8 traffic intersections 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Elevated Portion Around 7 km is elevated, which is because of the constraints on widening the Road 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Stations • These are on the sides of the Route • 3 platforms on each side • Sliding Doors 9/7/2012 MBS UU

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BRT Station layout AREA FOR TURNSTILES STOP BAR 2. 5 m WIDE COLOURED PAVEMENT PORTION FOR LATERAL GUIDANCE RUBBER PADDED SURFACE PLATFORM AREA

Pedestrian Bridge & Access to Station & ticketing booth 9/7/2012 MBS UU

ARTICULATED BUS (Green Line)

Capacity It is designed to carry around 18, 000 passengers per hour per direction 9/7/2012 MBS UU

E Ticketing • We are introducing e ticketing , but only limited to the MBS for the time being 9/7/2012 MBS UU

ITS • There are 11 traffic signals on the route that is at grade • These signals are being upgraded to make these Intelligent, providing Bus priority and managing allied traffic as well. • Control Center is being set up 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Command & Control Center 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Overall Route Network-Network Integration Three Types of Bus Operation/Routes with fare integration Present Main Road/Trunk/BRT Future Ring Road and Sub Urban Bus Feeder Bus Transfer facilities

Communication Strategy 9/7/2012 MBS UU

That makes Land acquisition easy 9/7/2012 MBS UU

Institutional Development Metro Bus Authority

Thank you 9/7/2012 MBS UU

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