Trip Distribution Of Commercial Vehicle: -

A Case Study For RAJKOT CITY

By Under graduate students at MEFGI

Sahil S. Mehta, Meet D. Pansuria, Vivek S. Savaliya, Montu B. Detroja

Abstract: Urban transportation planning is a process which consists of Trip generation,

Trip distribution, Mode choice, Route assignment. Trip generation is the first stage in the
convectional four-step transportation forecasting process. Trip distribution is derived from trip
generation data. Trip distribution is the second stage in the traditional four-step transportation
forecasting model. Different methods were adopted or utilized in collection of trip distribution data
in past. In this project, by adoption of different types of surveys for commercial vehicles was
carried out for trip distribution for Rajkot city. The reason behind choosing the Rajkot city is due
to it's place in 22nd world's fastest growing city & 28th urban agglomeration in India.

Introduction: Transportation occupies a high place in modern life. Advancement in all

spheres of life has been to a large extent influence by transportation. Transport planning is a
science that seeks to study the problems that arise in providing transportation facilities in an urban,
regional, or national setting and to prepare a systematic basis for planning such facilities. Since
the developed countries where this science has evolved are mainly urban-oriented the emphasis is
more on urban transport planning. However, the principles of urban transport planning can be
applied to regional or national transport planning as well with due changes wherever called for.

Though motor vehicles have revolutionized our life and brought comfort, pleasure and
convenience, they have created problems of congestion, lack of safety and degeneration of the
environment. The situation has already become unmanageable in many towns and cities. To
understand the nature of these problems and formulate proposals for the safe and efficient
movement of goods & people from one place to another is the subject of transport planning.
 There are four various stages of transport planning model:

TRANSPORT PLANNING PROCESS

TRIP TRIP TRAFFIC MODAL

GENERATION DISTRIBUTION ASSIGNMENT
SPILT

Flow Chart Of Transport Planning Process

Definition:
 Trip Generation: The first phase of transportation planning process deals with surveys, data
collection and inventory. The next phase is the analysis of the data so collected and building
models to describe the mathematical relationship that can be discerned in the trip-making
behaviour.The analysis and model building phase starts with the step commonly known as
Trip Generation.

Trip generation is a general term used in the transportation planning process to

cover the field of calculating the numbers of trip ends in a given area.

 Trip Distribution: After having obtained an estimate of the trips generated from and
attracted to the various zones, it is necessary to determine the direction of travel. The
numbers of trips generated in every zones of the area under study has to be apportioned to
the various zones to which these trips are attracted.
 Traffic assignment: Traffic assignment is the stage in the transport planning process where
in the trip interchanges are allocated to different parts of the network forming the
transportation system.

In this stage,

(1) The route to be travelled is determined and

(2) The inter-zonal flows are assigned to the selected routes.

 Modal split: Modal spilt is the process of separating person-trips by the mode of travel. It
is usually expressed as a fraction, ratio or percentage of the total number of trips. In general,
modal spilt refers to the trips made by private car as opposed to the public transport (road
or rail).

 Study area: The area for which transportation facilities are being planned is first of all
defined, is known as study area.

Need of Study:
 Owing to the steady growth of industrialization, there has been a steep rise in the traffic
load on the highways and in the central business districts in Rajkot. The current government is
trying to come up with truck terminals in Rajkot for some time to address a number of ever
growing issues especially in and around the central business districts and along the major
highways. The aim has to reduce the congestion, pollution, damage to roads and accidents on
the city roads and the highways. This case study will explore the possible models to determine
capacities of such terminals and to address the different needs.

Methodology:

The survey was conducted during term period and it was not necessary for the entire
day, depending on proper lighting, weather and safety conditions. A detailed literature review
was also important approach to assembling data for this report. There are various methods
available for collecting data. Such as,

(1) Mailout-Mailback method

(2) Roadside Interview method

(3) Combined Telephone Mailout-Mailback method

(4) Telephone Interview method

Among from these methods, Road side interview method is taken for survey. The data
collection included company’s profile, trip origin & destination information, number of trip
generate between O&D. The location for survey is RUDA (Rajkot Urban Transport Area) &
IOC (Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.).

Aim of study:

 To identify the problem and give reasonable and feasible solutions to improve parking
problem, traffic congestion etc.

 To propose a truck terminal for Rajkot city to overcome traffic congestion.

Objectives of study:
  The study was to generate data and information concerning commercial vehicles trip
generation & trip distribution.

 Propose a Truck terminal where truck’s parking, loading-unloading etc. are possible for
Rajkot city.

Sr.
Title of paper Author Year Major contribution
No
1 Restructuring the truck Faculty Contributor: 2010 Locations have been identified
terminal infrastructure S.Nayana Tara, in this article which will be
in Karnataka Professor served well by a new truck
Student Contributors : terminal. A model based on
Mitranjan Bhaduri, queuing theory has also been
Nithin Chandra G.S., proposed to determine the
Nishant Kumar Ojha and capacities of the truck
Debashish Sadangi terminals. Going forward, these
terminals are expected to solve
the traffic related problems in
Karnataka. However, the
success of these terminals is
critically dependent on
government policies and
incentives.
2 NCHRP Synthesis Kuzmyak 2008 For trip generation method
report 384 vehicle type, origin and
destination and nature of stops
are required.
3 Truck Trip Data Jessup, Casavant and 2004 It identified the related data
Collection Methods Lawson application, costs, advantages
(SPR 343) and disadvantages of four
survey method.

4 Strategic Freight Casavant and Jessup Spring, 2003 This assignment allowed for
Transportation Analysis very detailed and accurate
(SFTA) analysis between any attributes
from the survey data to
anything that has a
geographical property.

5 Truck trip generation Fischer, Michael J. and 2001 It provides a very recent and
data : A synthesis of Han Myong through review of truck trip
highway practice generation studies throughout
NCHRP synthesis 298 U.S

6 Truck Travel Surveys : Samuel W. Lau January,1995 Commissioned to help evaluate

A review of literature the need for truck planning &
& state of the art forecasting tools and to report
the different surveys
experiences by MPOs.

Table 1. Literature review

Why to choose Rajkot city?

Rajkot is legendary for its jewelry market, silk embroidery and watch components. The
town hosts many little scale producing industries. a number of the commercial product that
Rajkot is thought include bearings, diesel engines, kitchen knives and different cutting
appliances, watch components (cases & bracelets), automotive components, formation
business, casting business, machine tools, share market and software system development. The
city is additionally home to a number of the biggest CNC machine and automobile components
makers within the country like Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. & Manpower CNC Machines Pvt.
Ltd. and Atul automotive vehicle Ltd.

Rajkot is accepted throughout the globe for its casting and shaping industries.[citation
needed] Over the previous couple of years, it's began to play an progressively necessary role
within the advanced provide chains of the many international engineering firms that build
product like electrical motors, vehicles, machine tools, bearings, shafts etc.

There are concerning 500 factory units in Rajkot. The cluster came up principally to
cater to the casting necessities of the native diesel engine trade. The geographical unfold of the
cluster includes Aji Vasahat, Gondal Road, Bhavanagar Road areas, Shapar, Veraval and
Metoda. The bulk of manufacturing plant units in Rajkot manufacture grey iron castings for
the domestic market. A awfully little proportion (about 2%) of the manufacturing plant units
export castings like electric motor castings, automobile castings etc. There are some major gear
manufacturing companies in Rajkot like, Mahindra Gears, Synnova Gears and Transmission
Pvt. Ltd. etc. Rajkot is also popular for its gold purity and has one of the bigger gold markets
in India.

Rajkot is additionally growing up in software system Industries and Its. There are
several SOHO companies operating in web Development together with several new
international call centers and software system companies putting in their operations and
development centers in Rajkot.

Rajkot's sister town Morbi is additionally a manufacturing hub for ceramics business,
wall clocks business and electrical accessories. The town may be a home to massive industries
like Ajanta Clock, ORPAT group, Samay group, Sonera Industries, Rickon Quartz etc.

In the close to future, the govt. of Gujarat will allot large land areas for the event of
Special Economic Zone which can be compound in 3 completely different areas and can
embody industries like software system, Auto-Mobiles, etc. As per recent market reviews,
Rajkot is turning into Asia's biggest Auto-Mobile Zone. Rajkot is also known for its textile
printing units which produce and print silk sarees, cotton salwar suits.

Rajkot is additionally home to a number of India's leading snacks makers like Balaji
Wafers Pvt. Ltd, Gopal Snacks Pvt. Ltd and is home to one of India's leading share broker
Marwadi Shares & Finance Ltd.

Data collection & Analysis:

The name of transport companies where we visited are as under:

 V-Trans

 V-Express

 Jamnagar Transport
  Lalji Mulji Transport co.

 IOC (Indian Oil Corporation)

 VRL Logistics limited

 Himalaya Logistics

 Lalji Mulji Transport Co.

Sr. no. Name of state No. of trucks (Incoming) No. of trucks (Outgoing)

1. Gujarat (Ahm. Baroda, 8 (D) 4 (D)

Surat, etc.)

2. Maharashtra 10 (D) 5 (D)

3. Karnataka 3 (D) 3 (D)

4. North Delhi 15 (D) 6 (D)

Sr. no. Name of state No. of trucks (Incoming) No. of trucks (Outgoing)

1. Gujarat (Ahm. Baroda, 30 (W) 25 (W)

Surat, etc.)

2. Maharashtra 65 (W) 30 (W)

3. Karnataka 20 (W) 18 (W)

4. North Delhi 50 (W) 32 (W)

 VRL Logistics Ltd.

Sr. no. Name of city No. of trucks (Incoming) No. of trucks (Outgoing)

1. Ahmedabad 2 (D) 3 (D)

2. Bangalore - 1 (D)

3. Hyderabad - -

4. Kerala 2 (D) 1 (D)

Sr. no. Name of city No. of trucks (Incoming) No. of trucks (Outgoing)

1. Ahmedabad 12 (W) 20 (W)

2. Bangalore 02 (W) 07 (W)

3. Hyderabad 02 (W) -

4. Kerala 13 (W) 08 (W)

 Jamnagar Transport Service.

Sr. no. Name of city No. of trucks (Incoming) No. of trucks (Outgoing)

1. Ahmedabad 9 (D) 6 (D)

2. Baroda 1 (D) 2 (D)

3. Surat 2 (D) 3 (D)

4. Jamnagar 2 (D) 2 (D)

5. Ankleshwar 1 (D) 1 (D)

6. Nadiad 1 (D) 1 (D)

7. Vapi - 1 (D)
Sr. no. Name of city No. of trucks (Incoming) No. of trucks (Outgoing)

1. Ahmedabad 60 (W) 40 (W)

2. Baroda 07 (W) 15 (W)

3. Surat 14 (W) 20 (W)

4. Jamnagar 12 (W) 14 (W)

5. Ankleshwar 06 (W) 07 (W)

6. Nadiad 08 (W) 05 (W)

7. Vapi - 06 (W)
 Truck Travel Questionnaire

Survey Location: Date: __/__/__

Surveyor ID: Time:

1. Single Units 2. Single Units 3. Single Trailers 4. Single Trailers

3-Axle 4- or more Axles 3-Axles 4-Axles

2S1 2S2

3S1

5. Single Trailers 6. Single Trailers 7. Multi-Trailers 8. Multi-Trailers

5-Axles 6- or more Axles 5- or less Axles 6-Axles

3S2 3S3 2S1-2 2S2-2

2S3 3S4 3S1-2

9. Multi-Trailers
7- or more Axles
3S2-2

Q2. Information on driver’s door/ Company’s employee:

Company Name:
City, State:

Telephone Number:

Q3. Ownership truck:

Private
Company
Government
Q4. What type of cargo do you carry? If more than one type, select
type that make up largest percentage of shipment weight.
Agriculture Food Building Materials
Raw Material Wood Chemicals/Petroleum
Textile Machinery Refused
 Truck Travel Questionnaire

Q5. Total weight or volume of all cargo on board.

Kilos
Tones
Gallons
Empty
Refused
Don’t know

Q6. Total value of all cargo on board.

₹.
Refused

Q7. Where did you pick the cargo up?

City, State:

If in Rajkot,
Address (if possible):

Refused

Q8. Where will you deliver this cargo to?

City, State:
Address (if possible):

Refused

Q9. For driver trips only:

Parking:
o On street (Free)
o On street (meter)
o Public off street (Free)
o Public off street (Paid)
o To servicing
o Did not park