Delhi BRT slammed by CRRI

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Ranjit Gadgil

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Jul 18, 2012, 1:52:22 AM7/18/12

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Hope the various concerned stakeholders in Delhi will be able to respond adequately.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/delhi/32713769_1_delhi-brt-delhi-s-brt-crri

Study junks govt’s BRT logic

CRRI, which has accessed police records to compare the after and before BRT scenarios, says, "A comparison of the available road crash data indicates that there is an increase of 40% in the number of fatal road crashes coupled with 48% increase in the number of fatalities. At the same time, the number of simple/injurious road crashes reported by the traffic police has registered an increase of 7%."

The amount of fuel consumed on the stretch has also been calculated by the CRRI study. It found that the idling at intersections led to losses of 78-139ml in the case of petrol cars while in the case of diesel, it was between 72-217ml across different time periods of the day. The amount of fuel lost ranged between 2% and 45%, says the report.

The man hours lost in BRT is also significant, as the study found. "The evaluation of passenger hours in terms of moentary values shows that there is a loss of Rs 87.91 crore in a year during normal BRT operation compared to experimental run."