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    Congestion Pricing For Bengaluru Problem Road Pricing To Decongest Mumbai A. Area Suitability

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    The document compares two papers from 2019 and 2020 about implementing congestion pricing in Bengaluru, India and road pricing in Mumbai, India. For Bengaluru, the authors considered factors like traffic volume, travel time, public transportation access, and land use to identify suitable areas for pricing. They proposed pricing levels based on petrol prices and bus fares. For Mumbai, the authors analyzed traffic volume data and conducted surveys to identify pricing levels. Both papers examined tools to determine appropriate pricing levels and times to reduce congestion.

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    The document compares two papers from 2019 and 2020 about implementing congestion pricing in Bengaluru, India and road pricing in Mumbai, India. For Bengaluru, the authors considered factors like traffic volume, travel time, public transportation access, and land use to identify suitable areas for pricing. They proposed pricing levels based on petrol prices and bus fares. For Mumbai, the authors analyzed traffic volume data and conducted surveys to identify pricing levels. Both papers examined tools to determine appropriate pricing levels and times to reduce congestion.

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    The document compares two papers from 2019 and 2020 about implementing congestion pricing in Bengaluru, India and road pricing in Mumbai, India. For Bengaluru, the authors considered factors like traffic volume, travel time, public transportation access, and land use to identify suitable areas for pricing. They proposed pricing levels based on petrol prices and bus fares. For Mumbai, the authors analyzed traffic volume data and conducted surveys to identify pricing levels. Both papers examined tools to determine appropriate pricing levels and times to reduce congestion.

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    Author Kuchangi, Shamanth Institute for

    Transportation and
    Development Policy
    (ITDP)

    Year 2019 2020

    Title of the Paper Congestion Pricing for Bengaluru Road Pricing to


    Problem Decongest Mumbai

    A. Area Suitability

    Factors Considered  High Level of Traffic Volume,  High Level of


     High Travel Time Delay Traffic Volume
     Good PTS
     Good Walkability
     Availability of Alternate Route
     Lower % of residential and
    higher % of commercial land
    use

    Tools Used  Travel Time Index  LOS


     Congestion Index
     Travel Delay Index
     Public Transport Accessibility
    Index
     Public Transport Coverage
    Index
     Parking Index
     Walkability Index

    Techniques Used Ranking different candidate zones  Analysis results


    based on the above indexes from LOS data

    B. Pricing Level

    Tools used  Petrol Price,  Questionnaire


     AC bus fare for 10 KM journey, Survey
     PCU

    Techniques used  2 X petrol price or 2 x current  “User Fee-


    fare in AC bus (for CAR) Traffic Volume”
     Use of PCU for others Relationship

    C. Selection of Timings

    Tools used NA Traffic Volume Survey


    Data

    Techniques Used Peak hours + 1 hour buffer NA


    Indexes Formula

    Congestion Index 1 – (Actual Travel Time / Desirable Travel


    Time)

    Travel Time Index Actual Travel Time/Ideal (free flow) Travel


    Time

    Parking Index 1/ (% of major road length used for on-street


    parking)

    Public Transport Accessibility Index 1/ average distance to bus stop or transit


    station

    Public Transport Coverage % Of roads with PT routes

    Walkability Index (Length of Road x 2) / Length of footpath (min


    1.2m width)

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