Planning for last mile connectivity using electric rikshaw for metro passenger

Abstract

The environmental damage and pollution has been a prevailing topic in recent years which is giving way to various innovations in different aspects that include the transportation sector as well. The alarming pollution rate is an aspect that has to be taken care of with utmost care. By now itself the capital city of India - Delhi has been facing various problems due to the increased pollution rates and have been coming up with different initiatives mainly in the transportation sector to reduce pollution. Forty percent of the total pollution is due to the transportation sector. So in order to reduce this we have to come up with variable methods like electric vehicles, ban of diesel and gas vehicles, developing better motor vehicle pollution norms and the further pollution filters have to be initiated in the vehicles. Among all the possible alternatives, the development of public transport and electrification of vehicles has to be initiated with greater interest. The electric rickshaw has been playing a major role in the transportation sector mainly in the projects that are initiated by the government respectively. The electric rickshaws due to their affordable prices, easy charging, and battery life have been in boom in recent years. The study has been started by analysing the various topics related to pollution and electric vehicles. The study area has been selected which is Nagole metro station, the last mile connectivity analysis has been done. The site boundary has been selected depending on the surveys conducted by analysing the maximum point a last mile is ending. The area inside the site boundary has variable characteristics including open spaces, commercial, mixed use, residential with gated communities. Ten TAZ’s have been delineated based on the number of last miles ending, the characteristics of area, the overall location of a TAZ as well. The further demand is analysed using the last miles ending, trips required, the number of trips an auto can serve, space available for charging station. The number of autos required has been calculated and accordingly the road network in which they travel through has also been proposed which helps in sorted last mile arrival and faster and efficient running of E-rickshaw. During data analysis various activities were noted which were going on in the study area and it helps in deciding the proposal of the thesis. In the analysing different sections were made and activities were marked accordingly. Expected outcome is a proposal for last mile connectivity of metro passengers using electric rickshaws.