Straddling bus is the future transportation system

1. A Seminar On
STRADDLING BUS – Sharing The Street
Ramkrishna P Jagali
1RE14CTE12
Under the guidance of :
Mr. Rahul L Kadam,
Assistant Professor
RITM, Bengaluru.
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Contents
*Problem statement
*Next generation transit system
*Benefits of straddling bus over existing transit
system
*Steps involved in implementation
*Features of straddling bus
*Major challenges and solutions

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Problem Statement
*One of the major problems faced by the Indian urban
cities is the problem of traffic congestion. A big concern
is how to speed up the traffic.
*Putting more buses on the road will jam the roads even
worse and pollute the air.

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MRTS
BRTS
Normal Bus

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*Building more subway is costly and time consuming. So there is a need to device
a system compatible with existing infrastructure to reduce congestion.
*With the increasing population of urban cities and growing deficit between the
road networks and number of vehicles thus leading to pollution and waste of
resources, there is a demand for efficient public transport system proposed
solution

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Next Generation Transit System
The model looks like a
subway or light-rail
train bestriding the road
The bus can reduce the
traffic jams 20%-30%
Powered by electricity
and solar energy
Reduced the traffic jams
by 20%-30%.

7. 4-4.5M high with two
levels passenger boat on
the upper level and 7 M in
width while other vehicles
lower than 2M can go
Cost is about 5.36 billion
rupees to build the bus and a
40KM long path for it,
approximately 7% of metro
system
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8. Average speed is 40-
50KM/Hr carrying 1200-
1400 passengers at a time
without blocking other
vehicle’s way
Large windows are
provided on the both lower
sides so that the illusion of
car moving back, is not
created.
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9. Features of Straddling Bus
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*Metro costs a lot and takes a long
time to build.
*BRTS takes up road spaces and
producing noise and pollution.
thus producing more congestion
on roads for other vehicles
*Normal bus system is not
sophisticated and the buses are
congested and a lot of time is
wasted travelling with these buses
*Large parking spaces are required
• It is cheaper and construction
takes less time
• It saves road spaces, efficient and
high in capacity
• Traveling with these buses will
consume less time and hence it is
more sophisticated
• Large parking spaces are not
required and can be parked on
roads without affecting the
passage of cars
Present Transit System Straddling Bus System

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Key steps involved in the implementation
*Re - modelling of the road:
Laying Rails – The rails will be laid on both sides of the road and the bus can run on the rails
and save 30% energy.

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*Paint white lines
The white lines on both sides of the road and buses will have auto pilots
which will follow these lines and run stable while moving.

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*Building stations
Load / Unload through the sides. Using the built-in-ladder so that passengers can go
up and over pass through the ceiling doors. Stations can be set up at every 2Km.

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Power supply to buses

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Ensuring safety
* Using laser ray scanning system
* using radar scanning system
* ultrasonic waves will be put forth from
the end of bus
* Escaping doors and inflated ladder for
fire or emergency exit.

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Source of funding
*The estimated cost is about 5.36 Billion rupees
to build the straddling bus and a 40Km long path
for it, which is approximately 7% of Metro
system.
*Initial cost of a phase can be calculated.
*The total expenditure for that phase can be
divided among Central Govt., State Govt., Soft
loan and Private Public Partnership or Soft
loans.

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Continued…
*Some part of investment for Ex. 30% can be
provided by Central Govt., 30% by State Govt.,
and rest can be raised by public private
partnership or soft loans.
*The revenue earned will be used firstly for
maintenance so that the project can run
successfully and the money left after this can be
used to pay the debt.

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Scalability of solution
*Buses can carry 1200-1400 passengers at a time.
*Eco-friendly transit system and saves 860 Ton of
fuel every year reduces 2640Ton carbon
emission.
*It can produce more output from the given
sources.
*It doesn’t require extra space for its
development and running, like other public
transport system.

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Sustainability of solution
*This project is sustainable because it is
compatible with the declining resources by
deriving its energy from renewable world which
is suffering from energy crisis. Also it provides a
low cost sophisticated and comfortable travel. In
India, many urban cities are being planned with
Metro’s and Bullet trains which costs a lot. So
this system can act as boon on coming future.

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Metro rail transit system Straddling Bus system
• It requires huge infrastructure,
which incurs more initial
investment
• It requires more land to build.
elevated structures.
• It runs only on electricity.
• It can carry 1000 passengers
at a time.
• It does not require elevated
structure as it runs on rails as
well as road, without
disturbing the traffic on road.
• It does not require more land,
as rails will be laid on the
road itself.
• It runs on electricity as well as
solar energy.
• it can carry 1200-1400
passengers at a time.
• As subway of straddling bus
will force the traffic to move
in a platoon.

24. • Improper traffic light monitoring
system
• Wide roads not available in many
areas
• People's carelessness and
unawareness in following traffic
rules
• Maintenance problems
• Poor road conditions
• Government’s unwillingness
towards new transit system and
keep spending on conventional
transit system
• Lack of co-ordination in different
departments
Challenges Solutions
• Central and efficient traffic
monitoring by traffic control
agencies
• Construction of wide and efficient
roads
• Awareness campaigns for people
and imposing heavy fines for
breaking rules
• Central maintenance department
can coordinate with PWD to
maintain roads
• A separate central department to
look after all the maintenance
problems of the bus system and
will be under direct control of
higher authorities
• Setting up a separate head of the
all departments to control and co-
ordinate effectively
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Conclusion
*It runs above car and under overpass,
saves road space.
*It uses electric and solar power reduces
the air pollution
*It reduces up to 20-30 % of traffic jams
*It is safe, efficient and has high capacity.

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Appendix
*The straddling bus was first exhibited on the 13th Beijing
International High-Tech Expo.
*The basic idea was proposed by Shenzhen Hashi.

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References
* www.slideshare.net
*http://www.delhimetrorail.com/needformetro/
metro-need.aspx
*http://www.delhimetrorail.com/projectsupdat
e/project_cost.aspx
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki.Delhi_Metro

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