Final Report: Kanpur City Development Plan Under JNNURM
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KANPUR
City Development Plan (CDP)
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ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
With the high population growth and changing travel & traffic characteristics,
transportation problems are aggravating in the city of Kanpur. The yawning
gap between demand and supply of transport infrastructure is steadily
increasing. The capital intensive transport infrastructure development is
imperative for medium and long-term solutions. Kanpur is facing the problem
of regulating inter-city traffic together with the city traffic. The railway
network passing through the city has resulted in a large number (16) of rail
level crossings. The congestion is evident all along the G.T. Road and at all
those places where the railway network cuts the road network. In the past,
some remedial measures were exercised by constructing six Roads Over
Bridges (Murray Crossing, Jhakkarkati, Narender Mohan Setu, Govind Puri,
Dada Nagar and Panki) and a by-pass on the southern end of the city to ease
the traffic congestion. The spurt in city population and motorized vehicles (3.3
lakh to 5.4 lakh) has compounded the problem further. The problem of
pollution and air quality deteriorating, when the rail level crossings are closed,
beside generating long queues of traffic leading to congestion and traffic jams
are some of the major problems.
Moreover the focus of this section is to review the current status of
transportation system, road network in Kanpur. The elements reviewed and
assessed include:
• Existing Transport System
• Road Network Characteristics
• Traffic Characteristics
8.1 EXISTING TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN KANPUR
8.1.1 Public and Goods Transport System
• Public Transport System
The city is predominantly dependent upon private buses and tempos for
the intra-city passenger travel. There are approximately 80 private buses
and 980 auto rickshaws and tempos plying in the city. Earlier, there were
city buses operated by U.P.S.R.T.C.