PRIMARY CASE STUDIES 4.2 PILOT STUDY AREA DELHI METRO Over 1 crore vehicles are there on Delhi roads and thousands of vehicles are added to the roads every day in Delhi. The capital is flooded with vehicles over its capacity and people need to use less of their cars and more of the private transport. One of the biggest public transport is the Delhi Metro. It is the largest metro in India and the second oldest after Kolkata Metro. It consists of 11 colour coded lines with 285 stations covering a length of 389 Km. Started in December 2002 Delhi metro is an integral part of the capital and its transport. Delhi Metro operates over 2,700 trips daily, starting at around 05:00 and ending at 23:30. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC), a company with equal equity participation from the Government of India and the Government of Delhi, built and operates the Delhi Metro. DMRC was certified by the United Nations in 2011 as the first metro rail and rail-based system in the world to get carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing carbon emission levels in the city by 630,000 tonnes every year. Despite the Delhi metro being the busiest metro in India, the number of car trips in Delhi is increasing and the congestion of the road is hard to tackle. To help with the issue people should use the metro more and thus the ridership of Delhi metro should increase but how? Delhi Metro is still underutilized at some places and their ridership can be increased using TOD principles and some urban design elements. To analyse the current situation of the Delhi metro with respect to its ridership, three pilot case study was chosen. The Pilot case study are as follows : 1. Green Park Metro Station 2. Janakpuri West Metro Station 3. Seelampur Metro Station These three different metro stations were selected on the the Oldest lines of Delhi Metro i.e, Yellow line, Blue line and Red line respectively, varrying according to their socio-economic profile. Green Park being a High income group area (HIG), Janakpuri West a Middle income group area (MIG), Seelampur a lower income group area (LIG). 42
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