Chennai Traffic Management

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by madrasi7777

I have been living opposite to the CMBT Bus stand for the last few years and i can say that the traffic is not as good as you perceived.There are jams every morning and evenings and very bad during week ends and terrible during festivals. Unless the proposed flyover is constructed this situation is gonna be bad and it will get worse in a couple of years.

If all the buses going to the south are directed to the outer ring road then the situation will get lightly better. The authorities must also think of building smaller terminals in the south, west and north of the cities so that some load can be taken off Koyambedu.

I'm not talking of traffic outside the Bus Station. I was talking of traffic INSIDE it.

[dr_thapalathy]

With such a big bus stand not enough for Chennai, why can't they split the destinations based on different directions just like in Bangalore?
How about expanding the capacity of CMBT? Will it be possible?

[nandan_ks]

Originally Posted by rsrikanth05

I'm not talking of traffic outside the Bus Station. I was talking of traffic INSIDE it.

Bus was stuck INSIDE in a jam for about 10 mins, when I visited recently.

[krishnaswamy]

CMBT is big. Only problem is there is no enough space to park the buses which has more waiting time hrs.. ... no Depot to park the buses. if that is streamlined, CMBT is much better and very much comfortable.

[seku]

Having another bus stand somewhere in and around Tambaram should alleviate CMBTs problem and city traffic load. Even if they build a flyover out of CMBT, still in another 2 or 3 years from then it will be getting worse as traffic is increasing everyday.

[bonoslack7]

the area of cmbt is more than enough for the city's needs. All one needs is to dig deeper into the problems it faces and also to dig deeper to make it underground, something like the Kamppi center in Helsinki.

[dr_thapalathy]

I think a Multi level bus stand like the designs in Karnataka must be implemented in Bus stands across TN.

[asraf]

Originally Posted by dr_thapalathy

I think a Multi level bus stand like the designs in Karnataka must be implemented in Bus stands across TN.

Shifting CMBT to Tambaram & building Multi level bus stand is not a good solution. Another 3-5 years later Tambaram also will face the same traffic congestion problem & it has to be shifted to another further location.

Suggestion:

a) To set up one Moffusil Bus terminal at Thiruvanmayur besides CMBT to serve as Alternate route.

b) Divert all coastal region buses (Ramanathapuram, Rameshwaram,Tuticorin,Kanyakumari & Thiruvananthapuram) to depart from Thiruvanmayur terminal on ECR vice versa.

c) Do not permit any entry of Moffusil buses to the city strictly at all times.
Only Feeder Bus (MTC) operate to cities from both terminals

d) All other regions should use CMBT or proposed Tambaram Bus Terminal.

By implementing this will ease traffic congestion and reduce traffic bottleneck movement in and out of Chennai.

Also it will serve as an alternate route to/from Chennai.

[Arul Murugan]

Originally Posted by rsrikanth05

CMBT has amazing traffic maintenance, it doesn't get jammed like other Intrcity bus stations I have seen, especially the ones in Bangalore and Mysore.
However, the place is Filthy, especially the toilets...

Why do compare with Bengaluru or Mysuru which will handle least crowd/bus compared to CMBT.

It takes 45min on ordinary weekend for a bus to reach PH road from bus bay inside CMBT. It is supposed to take just 15min! 30min is due to heavy traffic jam.

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It is time to expand CMBT along with mega terminal at Tambaram...

Huge land is available!! Next gvt should expand the terminal.....



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[khirubagaran]

It will be good to have terminals in Tambaram and Thiruvanmiyur. Definetely this will decongest the traffic in Koyembedu - CMBT.

Considering the number of alternate paths like ORR, Bye pass road in Tambaram, a big terminal can be constructed. Govt can avoid paying heavy price for land if it is done at the earliest.

I believe once metro is up and running the problem will be solved.

[Arul Murugan]

where is the space in Thiruvanmiyur?

[madrasi7777]

Since this thread was about Chennai Traffic Management, I made this comment. No offence.

Any which way the traffic during weekends inside the Bus stand is bad again. The authorities must do some fast thinking in bringing in mini terminals in South Chennai, West and North Chennai.

Originally Posted by rsrikanth05

I'm not talking of traffic outside the Bus Station. I was talking of traffic INSIDE it.

[bonoslack7]

[bonoslack7]

not 250 bus bays as mentioned......but has more than 700 departures per day....someone can show this to the corporation to build one, maybe increase the size of the above design to fill the huge area at cmbt. Should be more than sufficient.

[Arul Murugan]

Good one. But we cannot expect such classy mega bus stand to happen in our country or state or Chennai...

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CMBT handles more than 1500 departures per day also 1500 arrivals per day excluding MTC services. IMHO, the present CMBT should be expanded with three more terminals with the available land.

Bus exit and entry should be separated. Turn around time for bus should be reduced to great extent.

[bonoslack7]

If a large part of cmbt is converted into a mall and government nominates a private operator for the functioning of the mall and another private operator for the bus terminal, government can earn loads of money without compromising on quality. But it needs huge investment from gov. to be successful in the long run.

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

Why do compare with Bengaluru or Mysuru which will handle least crowd/bus compared to CMBT.

They may be less crowded, but jams are horrible there.

Originally Posted by dr_thapalathy

I think a Multi level bus stand like the designs in Karnataka must be implemented in Bus stands across TN.

K'taka doesn't have multi level bus stns.
The BS is only the Ground Level, above them is parking/commerical space for rent.

[wlbkng]

Originally Posted by khirubagaran

It will be good to have terminals in Tambaram and Thiruvanmiyur. Definetely this will decongest the traffic in Koyembedu - CMBT.

Considering the number of alternate paths like ORR, Bye pass road in Tambaram, a big terminal can be constructed. Govt can avoid paying heavy price for land if it is done at the earliest.

I believe once metro is up and running the problem will be solved.

Tambaram is congested too. Honestly you haven't got space to build at tbm. They are struggling to get a small piece of land for building MTC bus stop near TBM but they couldn't.. It can be planned to far off places like Vandalur or Guduvancheri keeping future in mind.

If SR extends its regular suburban services till Guduvancheri (and also making TBM as a Big terminal like Egmore), then SG can use the railway lands available at Guduvancheri to make another terminus for South-East TN bound buses. Extending suburban services will eliminate the problem of connectivity.

This will also help to take off part of traffic on city roads.

[dr_thapalathy]

Yes. Its time to take Chennai as a Global city. So, such measures need to be taken. Our comments just reaching deaf's ears.

[seku]

Anywhere in between,

1. ORR and Bypass, or
2. Bypass and GST

close to Tambaram area (not necessarily in TBM) will be a good move. That will help traffic avoiding GST or any city roads.

CMBT could be better maintained by providing a seamless connectivity to bypass & ORR. Ongoing elevated road on PH could take some burden to this problem. In the above map, there is huge land around CMBT. Any idea whether anything is already planned on that? I guess, some will be utilized by Metro yard.