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Transportation Research Procedia, 2020
Abstract The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use o... more Abstract The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use of road vehicles which often results in high levels of traffic congestion, lack of parking space, lace of appropriate loading and unloading area which affects its efficiency. With the growing economy and increasing population Indian cities are focusing on their infrastructural development to mainly handle the passenger movement whereas freight sector is in complete negligence and further which contributes to the negative externalities like emission, safety, congestion and energy costs. Urban freight distribution through environmentally friendly modes is one of the advocated sustainable strategies worldwide which have immense potential to lower down the congestion and pollution levels owing to existing practices of freight distribution. This paper is an attempt to explore the potential of ring rail and metro rail system, presently used for passenger services, to be also considered for the distribution of freight, particularly postal and couriers in city of Delhi.
Women face inequities in terms of intra-household allocation of transport tasks and resources (Pe... more Women face inequities in terms of intra-household allocation of transport tasks and resources (Peters, 2006). Women commute more than men, except for those caused by work trips, in which case it is men who perform the highest number of commuting (Olmo & Maeso, 2013) (Sumeeta, 2005).
International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 2021
The evolution of the labor force, which includes more women and working mothers than ever before ... more The evolution of the labor force, which includes more women and working mothers than ever before in emerging economies like India, has increased the interest in study of the travel behaviour of women, particularly the unique needs, burdens, and patterns associated with women's travel. It is well known that safe, comfortable, convenient and affordable transport can play an important role in not only helping meet women's practical needs such as access to schools and markets but also in contributing to their strategic empowerment through access to social and economic opportunities. It is in this context that this paper attempts to assess the travel behaviour of working women in four emerging metropolitan cities of different sizes and locational settings and topography namely Ujjain (0.5 million, central India plains) Dehradun (0.6 million, north India hills), Gurugram (0.9 million, north India plains) and Nashik (1.5 million, west India plains) respectively. The paper, based on empirical investigation from household surveys in the case cities, attempts to bring forth the impact of socioeconomic characteristics on travel behaviour of women in general and working women in particular. Further it also analyses the impact of household structure in terms of household size and composition i.e., nuclear or joint family to identify possible constraints impacting her travel behaviour. The paper concludes that the apparent observed inequities in travel demand warrants a more sensitive gender biased approach to planning of social and transport infrastructure in Indian cities.
Transportation Research Procedia, 2020
The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use of road ve... more The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use of road vehicles which often results in high levels of traffic congestion, lack of parking space, lace of appropriate loading and unloading area which affects its efficiency. With the growing economy and increasing population Indian cities are focusing on their infrastructural development to mainly handle the passenger movement whereas freight sector is in complete negligence and further which contributes to the negative externalities like emission, safety, congestion and energy costs. Urban freight distribution through environmentally friendly modes is one of the advocated sustainable strategies worldwide which have immense potential to lower down the congestion and pollution levels owing to existing practices of freight distribution. This paper is an attempt to explore the potential of ring rail and metro rail system, presently used for passenger services, to be also considered for the distribution of freight, particularly postal and couriers in city of Delhi.
Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology, 2014
India is urbanizing at a very rapid pace still many of the Indian cities are struggling to keep w... more India is urbanizing at a very rapid pace still many of the Indian cities are struggling to keep with this fast pace of urbanization. Today with increasing urban population there is growth in demand for urban transport, which leads to increase in private vehicular ownership and decline in public transport share. Cities in India are suffering from severe and worst transport problems like: congestion, parking shortage, traffic injuries and fatalities. Sudden rise in private vehicle ownership, deteriorating public transport service, limited and outdated transport infrastructure with inadequate as well as uncoordinated land use and transport planning are the major concern areas. This paper is a scholastic attempt to understand the emerging issue of transport infrastructure in medium town. Furthermore, it also reveals the need of strategic planning in urban transport infrastructure and recommends planning improvements that would help to mitigate urban transport problem and promote better quality of life in a pragmatic and holistic manner.
Conference Presentations by MONIKA SINGH
The movement of goods within urban areas is vital and has an important role to play in the econom... more The movement of goods within urban areas is vital and has an important role to play in the economic development of the city. With the growing economy the cities in India are focusing on building their infrastructure development plans to handle largely the passenger movement whereas the freight sector is in negligence and continues to account for negative externalities in terms of emission, congestion, safety and energy costs. Moreover very insignificant attention is paid to evolve a sustainable urban freight distribution policy in cities which can minimize various externalities. The present study is an attempt to explore the possibility of using urban rail system in terms of metro and ring rail as a potential freight distribution mode to achieve a sustainable urban freight distribution environment in context of Delhi.
The aim of this study was to assess the potential of urban rail for the freight distribution in city of Delhi. The study identified posts and courier as case commodities which together generate an estimated 90 tonnes of freight traffic daily in the city. In this context primary survey data was collected from 20 India Post DPO’s regarding their postal growth trends, their present method of distribution of posts and the supply chain network. It was supplemented by primary surveys of 80 transport operator’s survey to assess the mileages, travel time and costs details. Further data was also collected from 20 sample courier agencies companies in different parts of the city to understand the present practice of courier distribution network, modes involved and their utilization, transit and handling times etc. through operators surveys. Zonal generated demand for posts and courier services was estimated and the potential demand for distribution within immediate catchment of urban rail system was estimated for distribution along the supply chain network
Spare capacity of existing metro system as well the ring railway in Delhi along with time slots were assessed based on temporal ridership data over the day as well as expert input from railway officials. Five alternate scenarios of distribution through rail system were developed with varying distribution legs in supply chain networks to assess the usefulness of using rail system over the existing road system based distribution practice. Amongst all the scenarios the scenario with complete change in existing supply chain network in terms of shifting of depot facilities to RMS and AMPC resulted in best results in terms of reduction of carbon emission by 97.8% , total time in handling by 86% and fuel consumption by 91% respectively in comparison with the BAU scenario in the year 2026. Based on the best scenario various recommendations were made relating to integration of best proved practices coupled with technology to reduce the handling time in loading and unloading process of goods.
Transportation Research Procedia, 2020
Abstract The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use o... more Abstract The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use of road vehicles which often results in high levels of traffic congestion, lack of parking space, lace of appropriate loading and unloading area which affects its efficiency. With the growing economy and increasing population Indian cities are focusing on their infrastructural development to mainly handle the passenger movement whereas freight sector is in complete negligence and further which contributes to the negative externalities like emission, safety, congestion and energy costs. Urban freight distribution through environmentally friendly modes is one of the advocated sustainable strategies worldwide which have immense potential to lower down the congestion and pollution levels owing to existing practices of freight distribution. This paper is an attempt to explore the potential of ring rail and metro rail system, presently used for passenger services, to be also considered for the distribution of freight, particularly postal and couriers in city of Delhi.
Women face inequities in terms of intra-household allocation of transport tasks and resources (Pe... more Women face inequities in terms of intra-household allocation of transport tasks and resources (Peters, 2006). Women commute more than men, except for those caused by work trips, in which case it is men who perform the highest number of commuting (Olmo & Maeso, 2013) (Sumeeta, 2005).
International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 2021
The evolution of the labor force, which includes more women and working mothers than ever before ... more The evolution of the labor force, which includes more women and working mothers than ever before in emerging economies like India, has increased the interest in study of the travel behaviour of women, particularly the unique needs, burdens, and patterns associated with women's travel. It is well known that safe, comfortable, convenient and affordable transport can play an important role in not only helping meet women's practical needs such as access to schools and markets but also in contributing to their strategic empowerment through access to social and economic opportunities. It is in this context that this paper attempts to assess the travel behaviour of working women in four emerging metropolitan cities of different sizes and locational settings and topography namely Ujjain (0.5 million, central India plains) Dehradun (0.6 million, north India hills), Gurugram (0.9 million, north India plains) and Nashik (1.5 million, west India plains) respectively. The paper, based on empirical investigation from household surveys in the case cities, attempts to bring forth the impact of socioeconomic characteristics on travel behaviour of women in general and working women in particular. Further it also analyses the impact of household structure in terms of household size and composition i.e., nuclear or joint family to identify possible constraints impacting her travel behaviour. The paper concludes that the apparent observed inequities in travel demand warrants a more sensitive gender biased approach to planning of social and transport infrastructure in Indian cities.
Transportation Research Procedia, 2020
The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use of road ve... more The organization of urban freight distribution in developing countries is based on use of road vehicles which often results in high levels of traffic congestion, lack of parking space, lace of appropriate loading and unloading area which affects its efficiency. With the growing economy and increasing population Indian cities are focusing on their infrastructural development to mainly handle the passenger movement whereas freight sector is in complete negligence and further which contributes to the negative externalities like emission, safety, congestion and energy costs. Urban freight distribution through environmentally friendly modes is one of the advocated sustainable strategies worldwide which have immense potential to lower down the congestion and pollution levels owing to existing practices of freight distribution. This paper is an attempt to explore the potential of ring rail and metro rail system, presently used for passenger services, to be also considered for the distribution of freight, particularly postal and couriers in city of Delhi.
Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology, 2014
India is urbanizing at a very rapid pace still many of the Indian cities are struggling to keep w... more India is urbanizing at a very rapid pace still many of the Indian cities are struggling to keep with this fast pace of urbanization. Today with increasing urban population there is growth in demand for urban transport, which leads to increase in private vehicular ownership and decline in public transport share. Cities in India are suffering from severe and worst transport problems like: congestion, parking shortage, traffic injuries and fatalities. Sudden rise in private vehicle ownership, deteriorating public transport service, limited and outdated transport infrastructure with inadequate as well as uncoordinated land use and transport planning are the major concern areas. This paper is a scholastic attempt to understand the emerging issue of transport infrastructure in medium town. Furthermore, it also reveals the need of strategic planning in urban transport infrastructure and recommends planning improvements that would help to mitigate urban transport problem and promote better quality of life in a pragmatic and holistic manner.
The movement of goods within urban areas is vital and has an important role to play in the econom... more The movement of goods within urban areas is vital and has an important role to play in the economic development of the city. With the growing economy the cities in India are focusing on building their infrastructure development plans to handle largely the passenger movement whereas the freight sector is in negligence and continues to account for negative externalities in terms of emission, congestion, safety and energy costs. Moreover very insignificant attention is paid to evolve a sustainable urban freight distribution policy in cities which can minimize various externalities. The present study is an attempt to explore the possibility of using urban rail system in terms of metro and ring rail as a potential freight distribution mode to achieve a sustainable urban freight distribution environment in context of Delhi.
The aim of this study was to assess the potential of urban rail for the freight distribution in city of Delhi. The study identified posts and courier as case commodities which together generate an estimated 90 tonnes of freight traffic daily in the city. In this context primary survey data was collected from 20 India Post DPO’s regarding their postal growth trends, their present method of distribution of posts and the supply chain network. It was supplemented by primary surveys of 80 transport operator’s survey to assess the mileages, travel time and costs details. Further data was also collected from 20 sample courier agencies companies in different parts of the city to understand the present practice of courier distribution network, modes involved and their utilization, transit and handling times etc. through operators surveys. Zonal generated demand for posts and courier services was estimated and the potential demand for distribution within immediate catchment of urban rail system was estimated for distribution along the supply chain network
Spare capacity of existing metro system as well the ring railway in Delhi along with time slots were assessed based on temporal ridership data over the day as well as expert input from railway officials. Five alternate scenarios of distribution through rail system were developed with varying distribution legs in supply chain networks to assess the usefulness of using rail system over the existing road system based distribution practice. Amongst all the scenarios the scenario with complete change in existing supply chain network in terms of shifting of depot facilities to RMS and AMPC resulted in best results in terms of reduction of carbon emission by 97.8% , total time in handling by 86% and fuel consumption by 91% respectively in comparison with the BAU scenario in the year 2026. Based on the best scenario various recommendations were made relating to integration of best proved practices coupled with technology to reduce the handling time in loading and unloading process of goods.