Research & Consultancy Activities

Research & Consultancy Section is extensively involved in carrying out studies on the following themes:

  • Comprehensive Traffic & Transportation study
  • Traffic management and parking study
  • Planning and design for bus rapid transit (BRT) and bicycle network etc.
  • Sustainable urban transport study
  • Route rationalization for bus transport system
  • Planning and designing of bus terminals
  • Access audit for bus terminals/stops for persons with disabilities
  • Planning for tracks and other allied infrastructure for Driver training institutes
  • Planning and designing for Integrated border check post
  • Road safety audit
  • Innovative Driving Test System (IDTS) using RFID technology,
  • Preparation of DPR for bus fleet procurement under JNNURM scheme
  • Techno-economic feasibility study for infrastructure projects (flyover, bus terminal, etc.)
  • Issues pertaining to Motor Vehicles Act and Central Motor Vehicles Rules
  • Organizational restructuring for transport undertakings

 

Some of the notable studies along with list of client is given below:

Title

Client

Surface Transport Master Plan for Bhutan

Royal Govt. of Bhutan

Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Study for Agartala city

Transport Department, Govt of Tripura

Traffic Management and Road Safety Study at JNPT

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai

Comprehensive Traffic Management Study for Gangtok city

Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi

Traffic Studies and Comprehensive Transportation Master Plan for Chakan-Talegoan Region near Pune

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC),Pune

 

Master Plan for Bus Rapid Transit System integrated with Bicycle Network in Pune

Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune

 

Master Plan for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) integrated with Bicycle network in Pimpri Chinchwad

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune

 

Conducting access audit at bus terminal of MSRTC

Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi

Modernisation of Integrated Border Checkpost at Churabari, Tripura 

Sales & Excise Tax Department

Government of Tripura

Sustainable Urban Transport for Pune Metropolitan Area  

World Resources Institute

Washington, US

Analysis of accidents due to tyre bursts along Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi

DPR for ITS in Mysore City

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation

Suggesting Performance Improvement Measures for Sikkim Nationalised Transport

Government of Sikkim, Gangtok

Public Transport Demand Estimation Study for Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Andaman & Nicobar Administration, Port Blair

Procurement and Operation of 1000 Volvo buses in Bangalore

 

Bangalore Metropolitan Tpt. Corpn., Karnataka

QUANTIFY India: quantify the impact of global and European transport systems on climate for present and future scenarios

European Commission and Coordinated by DLR  Institute of Atmospheric Physics

DPR for Setting up and Maintaining a Database on Urban Transportation

Institute of Urban Transport,

New Delhi

 

Centre for Road Safety (CRS)

The Centre deals with conducting management development programmes and research & consultancy studies on road safety audit, accident investigation techniques, motor accident claims & compensation, etc. Some of the notable studies carried out under CRS are as follows

Sr. No.

Title

1

Accident Analysis of Bangalore City

(A Case Study)  (W.P. No. 2)

2

Accident Analysis of Chennai City 

(A Case Study) (W.P. No. 3)

3

Accident Analysis on National Highway No. 5  (A Case Study)

(W.P. No. 4)

4

Accident Investigation - A Mishap of Punjab Roadways Bus

(A Case Study) (W.P. No. 5)

5

Road Accidents on NH 8 (Maharashtra State) (A Case Study)

(W.P. No. 6)

6

Road Safety Scenario in Uttar Pradesh (A Case Study) (W.P. No. 7)

7

Accident Analysis of Lucknow City

(A Case Study) (W.P. No. 8)

8

Road Accident Analysis : Patna City

(A Case Study) (W.P. No. 9)

9

Road Accident at Salem (Tamil Nadu) (A Case Study) (W.P. No. 10)

10

Road Safety Scenario in Hilly Regions (A Case Study of Sikkim)

(W.P. No. 11)

11

Set of above 11 Road Safety

Working Papers

 

Centre for Transport Policy & Economics

o   Route rationalisation study for Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd.

o   Optimal Pricing in urban bus companies in India : Theory & Practice

o   Techno-economic feasibility report for establishing DTI in Uttaranchal                                                                                                                                                                                  

o   Study report on public transport facilities in Uttaranchal

o   Development of system of Accreditation of Bus Body Builders

o   Performance Improvement measures for Sikkim Nationalised Transport

o   Traffic and transportation study for Gangtok

Some of the notable working papers prepared under CTPE are as follows :

Sr. No.

Title

1

Productive Efficiency and its Convergence Across STUs

(W.P. No. 1)

2

Economies of Density, Economies of Scale and Relative Efficiency :

A Case Study of STUs  (W.P. No. 2)

3

Urbanisation and Urban Transport in India – The Search for a Policy

(W.P. No. 3)

4

Productivity and Profitability Analysis of Swargate Depot of MSRTC

(W.P. No. 4)