Peshawar Mass Transit System

Abstract

To care for the locomotive needs of one of the largest cities of PAKISTAN, the government has showed willingness to propose a sustainable, economically affordable mass transit system for the users in Peshawar which will be designed to boost the social, economic, educational and cultural activities and to “kill” the congestion in an effective way. Peshawar acting as the economic hub of the province, has to satisfy the requirements of the “capital city”, so to accommodate more people who will not add up to the congestion, need of an effective MTS is required. This will help to make the “terror-hit” city more vibrant and motile in some way. This MRT system would also bring substantial reductions in the vehicular congestion levels and would also improve travel conditions for those forced to use the service and measurable reductions in emission levels. Severe traffic congestion along main corridors and increasing use of private transport and small volume carrying public transport which undermines the opportunities for underprivileged class, the city in broader perspective demands a comprehensive intercity- mass transit system to cater for the congestion resulting due to exponential increase in population, crisis situation in tribal areas, movement of IDP’S for better health and educational facilities and better employment opportunities. The main aim of this project is to provide with a solution with the mindset of “move people not vehicle”. This was accomplished by developing an understanding of the mass transit system and its application by gaining theoretical knowledge from different case studies and reports, then on ground application of knowledge, conducting surveys, collecting data, reaching to a comprehensive “demand analysis”, and then proposing the design parameters which includes type of transit system, selection of route, terminals ,stations, size and frequency of fleet which all combines to give an analytical outlay of mass transit system