SAFE PARKING SPACE

CREATING A SAFE SATTELITE PARKING SPACE FOR

SHANKAR NAGAR, NAGPUR.

REPORT BY
MR. YASHWANT MANCHEWAR
MR. VEDANT UPLENCHWAR

UNDER GUIDANCE OF

DR. V. S. LANDGE
PROFESSOR,
CIVIL ENGG. DEPARTMENT, VNIT, NAGPUR.
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 2

STUDY AREA........................................................................................................................................ 3

PARKING RELATED ISSUES .................................................................................................................. 4

SOLITION TO THE PROBLEM …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5

WHAT IS SATELLITE PARKING ............................................................................................................ 6

OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................................................... 7
DATA COLLECTION .......................................................................................................................... 7
DATA ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
FINDING SAFE PARKING SPACE ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PARKING AND DESTINATION………………………………………………… 11

BENEFITS OF THIS PARKING SYSTEM …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12

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INTRODUCTION

Nagpur city is the third largest urban agglomeration in the state of

Maharashtra in terms of traffic. With the rapid growth of urban population,
there is an ever-increasing demand on the city’s infrastructure to serve the
population.
The rapid motorization rates have further complicated issues to compete with
the public transport systems in the cities, as mode choices for commuting. The
trips per household have increased over the years, with increasing per capita
incomes and increase in vehicle ownership.
Considering the improving socio-economic level in most Indian cities and the
inadequate mass transport systems, personalized motor vehicles have been
growing at the rate of 6% to 15% per annum.

S OURCE : COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN FOR NAGPUR 2018

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FIGURE 1 : GROWTH OF VEHICLES IN NAGPUR

Due to the continuous growth of vehicle ownership, City is facing the problem
of parking spaces. The major problem of parking in the Nagpur is in the city’s
CBDs (Central Business Districts) like SitaBuldi, Dharampeth, Shankar Nagar
etc.
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 STUDY AREA

Shankar Nagar

Our study area is SHANKAR NAGAR which is one of the major CBDs (Central
Business Districts) of Nagpur and helds many Business complexes, Hotels,
Shops, Coaching institutes etc. People come here for shopping and for pleasure
walking on the footpaths along the streets of Shankar Nagar area.
Shankar Nagar area has shop density of 10 shops per 100 metres.
Opening of new coaching institutes near TIMES Square has added to the traffic
woes. Not only private vehicles even vans engaged in escorting students have
started parking on this busy patch.
Four wheelers are parked in areas marked for parking two wheelers and even
two-wheelers parked in no parking zone and also on footpaths.
Due to uncontrolled and unplanned Parking Supply people are parking the
vehicles on the roads and footpaths.

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 PARKING RELATED ISSUES

Uncontrolled conditions of parking supply results in increasing dependency on

motorized vehicles majorly cars. Cars and two wheelers are belligerently
encroaching the limited urban space that can have other and more important
uses.
The major parking related problem is faced during the peak hours of the day
like in the evening time (5pm-9 pm).
Due to the on-road parking, traffic flow on road is getting slow and the vehicles
consume more fuel at slow speed. Thus, the parking problem has its effects on
all aspects of transportation system.

 Due to unplanned provisions of on-street planning, the road and footpaths

are being engulfed for the purpose of parking the vehicles on it.

F IGURE 2 : U NPLANNED AND ON -ROAD PARKING ENGULFS THE SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS.

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FIGURE 3: TWO LANE ROAD IS EFFECTIVELY USED AS SINGLE LANE BY THE ONGOING
TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE ON-ROAD PARKING .

 Due to the on-street parking and the parking on footpaths the whole area is not
pedestrian friendly.

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM

 Providing a safe and sufficient Parking supply for the required demand.

 Providing an alternative parking space for the on-road parked vehicles.

 As the Shankar Nagar Area does not have any space for off street parking,
we have to provide a Safe Satellite Parking Space.

 Strict enforcements can be made using PPP (Public Private Partnership) to

ensure that no ON-ROAD parking is done.

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 What is Satellite Parking ?

It is the parking space created some distance away from the main destination
of the vehicles coming in that area due to the insufficient parking space in the
main destination area.
People who are wishing to come in the main destination area by their own
vehicle will first go to the Pseudo Destination which is the Satellite Parking
Space provided some distance away.
And a proper connectivity between the parking space and main destination is
provided by a simpler route through public transports like E-rikshaw.
Thus, the encroachment of vehicles on the roads is reduced and the sufficient
parking supply is created.

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OBJECTIVES

1) Data Collection

We conducted the parking survey on the three major streets where the On-
Road parking problem is severe and the parking demand is high.
We recorded the parking accumulation of vehicles on both sides of roads in the
peak hours of day.
The survey is conducted in the peak hours of the day i.e. 6pm to 7pm to
recognize the maximum extent of parking demand.
The data obtained is as follows:
STREET A (1.2km) : 60 two wheelers and 10 four wheelers per 100 metre.
STREET B (150m) : 90 two wheelers and 8 four wheelers per 100 metre.
STRRET C (500m) : 130 two wheelers and 20 four wheelers per 100 metre.
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 2) Data Analysis

 Extent of Parking demand:

Parking demand refers to the amount of parking that is estimated to be

used at a particular time, place and price. It is a critical factor in evaluating
parking problems and solutions.

From the parking demand survey conducted on the main streets of Shankar
Nagar Area we calculated the total parking supply required.

We have to provide parking space for approximately 1500 two wheelers

and 230 four wheelers. (this is the peak hour parking demand)

 Requirement of Parking Space:

From the Parking demand survey, we calculated the space requirement for
the alternate parking area we are planning to provide and that is equal to
approx. 7500 square metres.

3) Finding Safe Parking Space

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As the Shankar Nagar area is a crowded place and does not have any space
to build an off-street parking, we have to search for an alternate land
option.
In search of alternate parking area, we found a Drain which further
connects to the Nag River.

DRAIN IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED COLOUR

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 This drain flows across the Shankar Nagar area and it is 900m in length and
of Avg. 10m in width.
The drain has almost 8000 square metres of area on which we can provide
the parking space.

F IGURE 4 : DRAIN FLOWING ACROSS SHANKAR NAGAR

F IGURE 5: ROAD ALONGSIDE THE DRAIN

The government is also planning to make a good use of area covered by these
drains by introducing a project for beautification and rejuvenation of Nag
River- a signature river of city.
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We can provide concrete slabs on the drain with proper ventilation so that the
space on the drains can be used as parking area. Also, there will be no
accumulation of gasses in the covered drain due to the ventilation provided by
placement of steel grits on the slab in some intervals.
As the drain has a road alongside it, the parked vehicles will have a larger
manoeuvring area and hence the movement of all the vehicles parked will be
smooth.

F IGURE: SAMPLE LAYOUT OF CAR PARKING FOR 50 M LENGTH OF DRAIN

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4) Providing Connectivity between Parking and Destination

Parking facilities provided will be some distance away from the main
destination of people. This distance may be about 1-2 km from the parking
space. So, we have to provide the connectivity between the parking space and
main destinations.
One of such connectivity facilities which can be provided is E-rikshaw. It will
accommodate 4-6 people at once. This will act as a connectivity between
parking area and destinations. This rickshaw will pick up passengers from
parking lots and drop to destination and vice-versa.
This e-rickshaws will be driven along Shankar Nagar road from Laxmi Bhavan
square to Law college square.

Fare of e rickshaw will be included in cost of parking ticket.

Token will be provided at parking lot after payment and it will have a QR code
included. At some fixed distance scanners will be provided on road sides. This
code can be scanned by user which will send signal to rickshaw drivers. By this
system driver will know the accumulation of people at a destination who urges

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to be driven back to respective parking lot and the driver can pick the
passengers accordingly and drive back the passengers to parking area.

FIGURE 6: TICKET SCANNER AND PARKING TICKETS WITH QR CODE

Benefits of this Parking System

 A safe and sufficient parking supply is created.

 Flow of traffic in the shankar nagar area will be fast as there will be no on-
road parking and the vehicles now can use the full two-lane road.
 By providing such a huge parking lot the operation and maintenance staff
will be required and thus large employment will be generated.
 Footpaths will be free of parked vehicles and the area will be pedestrian
friendly.
 A good use of space acquired by drain is done by constructing the parking
space on it.
 No trees have to be cut down for the construction of this parking space.

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