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Part 2
Chapter 11
Transportation : A Strategic
Perspective
11.1
11.1.1
11.2
11.2.1
Introduction
Transport infrastructure is of key importance in determining the land use patterns.
Efficient transport provides mobility to citizens that is essential for development of
skilled urban labour market. Historically the sea port and the railways have been the
most important inputs to the phenomenal growth of Mumbai. As this sector is very
sensitive to technological developments and behavioural changes a long term end
state plan cannot be meaningfully prepared. What is necessary is to identify a broad
strategy within which detailed short term investment programmes could be developed.
Regional Plan - 1973
Prior to formulation of Regional Plan a detailed road transport plan was prepared by
an American transport Consultant in 1962 for Greater Mumbai. The Wilbur Smith
proposals included elaborate network of freeways mainly for private road transport in
accordance with the then prevailing state of the art. The proposals did not take into
account the importance of public transport and did not examine the possibilities of
changing the land use pattern to manage the travel demand. In order to supplement
the Wilbur Smith study the traffic cell of the Town Planning Department (Govt. of
Maharashtra) undertook a study of Mass Transportation in Mumbai Metropolitan Region
in 1967-68. The study noted the possibilities of augmenting mass transportation
capacities within the metropolitan area by
1.
augmenting the carrying capacity of the existing surface transport
system;
2.
providing the additional links to the surface system; and
3.
provision of a new rapid transit system in the form of an underground
railway, mono rail etc.
The measures in group 1) which later came to be called as ‘optimisation’ and included
remodeling of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Station, improved signaling, replacement
of level crossings and running of 12...