Comprehensive Mobility Plan for CMA Final Report
Urban Mass Transit Company prepared the Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area Final Report as a long term strategy for sustainable urban transport and the movement of people across the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The supplied text does not identify a government order number or date, and describes the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority as one of several stakeholders rather than naming an issuing government department.
What the report does
The Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area Final Report develops a 30 year perspective plan for sustainable urban transport. It follows National Urban Transport Policy guidelines suggested by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and focuses on moving people rather than vehicles.
The study responds to population growth, motorisation, congestion, pollution and road safety concerns. Its stated goal is to provide a long term strategy for the desirable mobility pattern of Chennai residents.
Area and people covered
The Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area Final Report treats the Chennai Metropolitan Area as its study area. The report describes this area as covering 1,189 square kilometres, including Chennai city and parts of Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts.
The report records a Chennai Metropolitan Area population of 86.54 lakh in the 2011 Census. It notes that growth has been stronger in municipalities, town panchayats and village panchayats outside the Chennai core.
Key findings
The Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area Final Report identifies the following transport conditions:
- Daily travel totals 157 lakh trips, with an average trip length of 9.9 kilometres.
- Motorised public transport, comprising bus and rail, has a mode share of 28.20 per cent.
- Average vehicle speed is 25.8 kilometres per hour across the Chennai Metropolitan Area and 17 kilometres per hour in Chennai city.
- Registered vehicles in Chennai reached 55.7 lakh in 2018, representing over 22 per cent of vehicles registered in Tamil Nadu.
- Travel by motorised two wheelers and cars has increased, while the share of public transport trips has fallen.
- Two wheeler users and pedestrians account for 85 per cent of accident victims identified in the report.
- Existing public transport includes Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses, suburban railways and the Mass Rapid Transit System, supported by auto rickshaws and shared auto rickshaws.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
The Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area Final Report provides regional transport and growth context rather than parcel specific land information. It identifies likely growth along major radial corridors and refers to industrial, commercial, information technology and Special Economic Zone development around locations including Maraimalai Nagar, Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur, Thiruvallur and Gummidipoondi.
Urban Mass Transit Company states that the report was commissioned specifically for the Comprehensive Mobility Plan and should not be used for another project without an independent suitability check and its prior written authority.
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Common questions
Does this report give a government order number or date?
No government order number or date appears in the supplied text.
Does the mobility plan cover only Chennai city?
No. The study covers the wider Chennai Metropolitan Area, including Chennai city and areas in Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts.
Which public transport systems does the report consider?
The report identifies Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses, suburban railways and the Mass Rapid Transit System, along with auto rickshaws and shared auto rickshaws.
Can I rely on this report for a separate property project?
Urban Mass Transit Company says the document should not be used for another project without an independent suitability check and its prior written authority.
