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Lahore Metro Bus System

Dr Nasir Javed CEO: The Urban Unit Pakistan

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MBS Lahore is still in the phase of execution and hence most of the presentation is either Planning or future Please criticize & Advise as well

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City Lahore

The capital of Punjab, a city of around 9m, with a growth rate of around 3%

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Vision
The Vision is to provide the city of Lahore with a high quality Public Transport System, with a road based mass transit system, in the medium term.

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Basics
Estimated Project Cost ~ Rs. 30 Billion Total Length 32 km (Elevated portion 8.5 km) Median Side BRT with one each lane each direction Level Boarding for Passenger from Station Commercial Speed of 25 Km/h & reliability of service

Length
The Route (Green Corridor) is 32km long, running south to north across the city, on one of the four primary arteries of the city

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Dedicated Route all along, except 8 traffic intersections

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Elevated Portion Around 7 km is elevated, which is because of the constraints on widening the Road
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Stations
These are on the sides of the Route 3 platforms on each side

Sliding Doors
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BRT Station layout

AREA FOR TURNSTILES

STOP BAR

2.5m WIDE COLOURED PAVEMENT PORTION FOR LATERAL GUIDANCE

RUBBER PADDED SURFACE

PLATFORM AREA

Pedestrian Bridge & Access to Station & ticketing booth

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ARTICULATED BUS (Green Line)

Capacity

It is designed to carry around 18,000 passengers per hour per direction

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E Ticketing
We are introducing e ticketing , but only limited to the MBS for the time being

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ITS
There are 11 traffic signals on the route that is at grade These signals are being upgraded to make these Intelligent, providing Bus priority and managing allied traffic as well. Control Center is being set up
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Command & Control Center

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Overall Route Network-Network Integration

Three Types of Bus Operation/Routes with fare integration Present Future

Main Road/Trunk/BRT

Ring Road and Sub Urban Bus

Feeder Bus

Transfer facilities

Communication Strategy

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That makes Land acquisition easy

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Institutional Development Metro Bus Authority

Thank you
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