Introduction to Bus Karo
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This document summarizes the BusKaro program, which is designed as a best practice and peer learning network for public transport providers in Indian cities. It launched in 2009 and currently reaches over 25 cities. The program holds biannual workshops called "Talking Transit" where public transport professionals from various cities discuss challenges and share solutions. Previous Talking Transit workshops have focused on topics like land acquisition strategies, driver training programs, use of technology and telematics, service branding and marketing, and developing integrated transit systems. The goal is to help cities establish modern, high quality bus services through peer learning and toolkits developed by the program.
Introduction to Bus Karo
- 1. Introduction to BusKaro Amit Bhatt Strategy Head – Urban Transport Talking Transit VIII Use of IT in City Bus
- 2. Bus Procurement under JnNURM - I 15,000 buses 60 cities
- 3. In December 2009, EMBARQ India launched Bus Karo: A Guidebook to Bus Operations and Planning, with support from the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India Bus Karo
- 4. Bus Karo is an EMBARQ India programme designed as a best practice and peer learning network for public transport providers in Indian cities.
- 5. 20+ Cities have 50% trips in public transport
- 6. Bus Procurement under JnNURM - II 10,000 buses All cites, Towns
- 7. Biannual - peer to peer learning workshop Identification of best a practice Convening Dissemination Talking Transit
- 8. Talking Transit I – Land Banking to Develop Terminal & Depots February, 2012 15 Cities - 80 Participants BEST (4500 buses) and DTC (6500 buses) – bus companies in Mumbai and Delhi have not been able to increase their fleet due to lack of land for depots and terminals. Meanwhile BMTC had doubled it’s ridership from 2.5 Million to 5 Million and buses from 3500 to 6500 in the last 10 years. BMTC has 38 depots and 50 bus terminals that were developed through a long term land banking strategy.
- 9. Driver turned trainer Mohammed Hanif of Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSTRC) demonstrates the simulator they built to help drivers to visualize the link between stepping on the gas pedal and fuel injection. APSRTC reports one of the highest fuel efficiency standards in the country >5 kmpl Industry standard is 3 kmpl. August, 2012 18 Cities - 60 Participants Talking Transit II – Driver Training & Fuel Efficiency
- 10. April 2013 – Mumbai 20 Cities - 65 Participants Talking Transit III – Feeder Service & Short Route Design Feeder bus services are designed to pick up passengers in a certain locality, and take them to a transfer point where they make an onward journey on a trunk service either by another bus, or a rail based service such as a tram, rapid transit or train. BEST has been providing feeder services in Mumbai for past several decades.
- 11. Sept. 2013 – Mysore 25 Cities - 80 Participants Talking Transit IV – Use of Telematics (ITS) in Improving Public Transport EfficiencyTelematics or Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is an important aspect of the modern city bus service. ITS can not only help public transport user make informed decision but also helps operator to make plan, operate and monitor the services in an optimal manner. KSRTC has developed a State of the Art .
- 12. Feb. 2014 – Indore 25 Cities - 85 Participants Talking Transit V – Branding, Marketing and Communication in Public Transport Public transport has be sold like a commodity and therefore Branding, Marketing and Communication (BMC) and integral to it. BMC can effectively be used to retain the riders on the system, it also be used to attract the new ones. BMC is also important reaching to the larger audience. AICTSL has done some interesting innovations around use of social media in marketing the system.
- 13. Nov. 2014 – Bhopal 23 Cities - 80 Participants Talking Transit VI – Integrated Transport Transport systems in cities typically have little of no integrations but it is documented globally that integrated high quality transport system can only a viable alternative to private transport in cities. BCLL has done some remarkable innovation by bring bus, BRT, city bus and taxi operations under single authority and is not contemplating of bringing in mini bus and Tata magic under its ambit.
- 14. July 2015 – Gurgaon 18 Cities - 85 Participants Talking Transit VII – Co-creating a modern city bus service Gurgaon has over 1 million population and presence of 50% of the Fortune 500 companies. It has also emerged as the city with third highest per capita income in the country. Yet it does not have a a bus service forcing people to use private modes. The two day workshop got experts from various cities that have developed high quality bus service to help develop a framework for a modern bus service
- 16. Bus Karo – V 2.0 Bus Corridor Safety Guidelines Fuel efficiency and driver training toolkit Performance Operation Toolkit Depot Planning Learning Transit
- 17. The programme currently reaches over 25 cities through its various initiatives Program Reach
- 18. Talking Transit VIII – Co Creating a Modern City Bus Service Workshop Partner Global Partner Day I Session I – Opening Session Session II – IT & Data collection Session III – Standardisation of daya Session IV – Grp Activity Day II Field Visit Session V – IT is support infra Session VI – Service delivery Session VIII – TGI Presentation of CBS Framework Delhi Transport Corporation Support Partner
Editor's Notes
- #3: MoUD came up with a funding scheme and expected them to operate the buses. A lot of cities which had govt companies had prior knowledge of bus operations, but many were getting buses for the first time – they got the buses, but didn’t know what to do with them. That’s where the original Bus Karo guidebook came in handy.