Indore City Resilience Strategy - ImagineIndore.org

A. Variability & Change B. Possible Impacts C. Evaluation & Assessment D. Prioritized Strategies
Transport
1. Present Condition - Travel Mode & Existing Problems
2. Possible Impacts due to urbanization, Climate Change
1. Present Condition - Travel Mode & Existing Problems
Indore, like other cities across India, is facing explosive growth of vehicles with no commensurate
increase in road lengths. The annual growth rate of vehicle population in city is about 8.8%. The
city has on an average 0.98 vehicle per household. Nearly half the trips are performed by private
vehicles. Two wheelers account for nearly half the vehicle km covered. Nearly 75% of the trips
are scheduled trips for work and education. Further more than 57% of the vehicles are parked on
the main roads due to lack of parking facilities. Nearly 78% of the road network has no drainage
and 15% has drainage on only one side of the road.
The study points out that increasing and intensification of precipitation is a major hazard for
managing the transport network. Intense rainfall and water logging will be major issues that
would increase the maintenance costs of road network in this city with expanding soils and flat
terrain.
The temperature increase is likely to increase impacts of pollution as well as discomfort during
summers, especially for two wheeler passengers .
The following important points requires suitable adaptation means to ease the traffic congestion
in the city, especially during the peak hours.
57% of the road network does not have on-street parking, thereby reducing the
carriageway width for traffic movement.
78% of the road length does not have roadside drainage facility.
82 % of the road length in the city has undivided carriageway and from capacity and safety
consideration needs attention to prevent possible head on collisions.
90% of the road network, there are no provision for service lane
92% of the road length does not have footpaths, thereby forcing the pedestrian to walk on
the carriageway, which in turn reduces the available width for vehicular movement.
There are about 400 Kms of missing links as per the Draft Indore Development Plan 2025.
This problem of missing links are planned to be addressed within future Projects.
17% of the network does not have any street lighting facility endangering the safety of road
users at night..
6%
18%
38%
Jawahar Marg
Nandlalpura
Trips by Purpose
Work/Business
38% Education
Shopping
Others
30
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