the transport capacity of LRT network.
3.2.3 Finalized Routes
A plan to construct the four lines has been finalized. See Fig 3.1-1. The starting point terminus and areas along each route are as explained in the section 3.1.1.
The total length of the Phase 1 is 99.5 km, which will be completed in two phases.
In Phase 1, the Green line will extend northward from Mysore Road station to meet the Red line at Navarang Junction, from where the Red line will extend eastward to pass the Bangalore Urban Agglomeration (BUA) to Domlur station (total length 25.9 km).
The rest will be completed in Phase 2.
3.2.4 Comments
(1) When the total route has been completed in Bangalore, it will constitute a powerful railway network that rivals the railway systems of large cities in Japan, and contribute to future development of the garden city in terms of transport capacity urban economy and functions, environment and others, as described in a number of documents as the purpose of LRT construction.
(2) In contrast to the wide 100 Feet Road Ring Road and other roads in the suburbs, it should be noted, streets in the city are not so wide as to easily accommodate LRT structures.
As described in the following sections, T-type bridge piers are planned as the girder supports for streets with a width of 12 m or over, and portal rigid frame piers for those with a width less than 12 m. In both cases, 8-m-wide girder will cover the streets along the entire route. If a street is narrow, the guideway will block sunshine and trap exhaust gases from cars. Accordingly, in some areas LRT girders might have a negative impact on the every day life function in the space directly below or adjacent to the guideway.
It is recommended, therefore, to restrict some specific kinds of vehicles traffic under the guideway as State transport policy after the LRT has been opened for passenger service, to examine to secure some parking spaces for shops along the LRT routes or to study to widen streets based on an urban development plan in parallel with implementation of the LRT project. Further it is suggested to study the possibility of undergrounding the LRT route from the view point of environmental conditions after careful financial examination of LRT operation in Phases 1.
3.3 Comments on Some Specific Requirements on Design of the Project
Performance Requirements for Bangalore Elevated Rail Transit System, October 1997 by UBTSL (hereinafter referred to as PR for BERTS) prescribes all the significant performance
