Pallavaram and Tamabram Traffic Report

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CONNECTING URBAN NODES

PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM
RUPAVATHY | BALAYUKESH| KEERTHANA|RITHU|
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NISHANTHI|AKILA
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URBAN DESIGN
SITE SURVEY AND STATISTICS
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

POPULATION NEIGHBOURHOOD FACILITIES
MAJOR LAND USE MAJOR DESTINATIONS
VOLUME ANALYSIS PARAMETERS OF CONJESTION
LOAD FACTOR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST NETWORK ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
FUTURE SCOPE
URBAN DESIGN
HISTORY
Pallavaram and Tambaram,

quite far away from the city boundary have also shown development as early as 1971 in a
non-contiguous fashion along the GST Road and the southern line of Chennai sub-urban
Railway.
The reasons for the outgrowth of Pallavaram are nearness to work places such as electrical,
leather and pharmaceutical industries, educational institutions, access to road and rail
network.
Suburban Railway terminal, nearness to work places, residential quarters, educational
institutions (Madras Christian College) are the reasons for the outgrowth of Tambaram.
URBAN DESIGN POPULATION ANALYSIS
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Based on 2011 census
tambaram & pallavaram municipality
PALLAVARAM TAMBARAM
TOTAL AREA UNDER CMA : 18 SQ KM TOTAL AREA UNDER CMA : 20.72 SQ KM
POPULATION : 1,75,000 POPULATION : 2,15,000
REASONS FOR POPULATION GROWTH REASONS FOR POPULATION GROWTH

Pallavaram, being only 22 km from the Chennai City, has always Development of the GST and the velachery main road.
had a significant population trend.
Tambaram itself act as a poly centered city growing eccentrically
Being so proximal to the Chennai City, Pallavaram has become admist the city contrast
one of the receiving points and has been
growing in pace matching Chennai’s growth trends. Rapid introduction of out station buses and announcing the
tambaram railway station as the third terminal after chennai
Pallavaram being an industrial center and educational centre egmore and chennai central railway station.
has resulted in significant increase in the population every year. Its
proximity to Chennai City also contributes in theincrease of Techinically works as a transit hub to distrubute the floating
population the town serves as preferred residential destination for population within the zone and towards the other zones
Chennai’s population.
URBAN DESIGN LANDUSE PATTERN
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Based on 2011 census
tambaram municipality|wikipedia
PALLAVARAM TAMBARAM
Land-use and economic activity of the town drives the parking The intensity and sample of traffic depends upon land use
demand in the region. arrangements. A proper definition and inventory of the presented
In Pallavaram, there is no proper parking regulation and control put use of all lands are necessary for development purposes as every
to practice,therefore, abrupt and indiscriminate roadside parking is alter in the use of the land causes a modify in the intensity of
done. traffic.
This has led to reduction in the effective carriageway of the roads Provisions have been made and rules put accordingly for
leading to congested travel and accidents. The municipality has not mixed residential, and continuous building areas which where are
provided the authorized parking lots on important roads like G.S.T. not present in the current land use. The entire low lying area in the
Road. present has been converted into residential zone.
Southern railway has provided parking lots within the station premises,
which are operated by the private contractors nominated by the
railways.
URBAN DESIGN PEOPLE MOVEMENT PATTERN
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Weekend movement|User Interface
43 KM
2 KM
1 KM
45 K M
3 KM
4 7 KM 30 K M
25 K M
URBAN DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Times of India| The Hindu
PALLAVARAM TAMBARAM
DUMPSITE AT PERIYAR ERI

URBAN DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Times of India| The Hindu
PALLAVARAM TAMBARAM
It was found that the quality of groundwater in this
area has deteriorated mainly due to extensive use of
chemical in the tanner
industries and solid waste dumpsite seriously affected
due to the combined effect of industrialization and
urbanization.
As there is no natural or other possible reason for

TAMBARAM
high concentration of these pollutants, it can be
• issues with domestic sewage system.
concluded that tannery effluent and landfill site has
•pollution rate - in graph
significant impact on groundwater quality in the
area..
It is high time that the suffering of the people had to

PALLAVARAM
be relieved by taking proper policy action.
•the slow death of pallavaram periya eri
The dumping of garbage from all the 42 wards of
Further, the effluent from industries is let out
the Pallavaram Municipality for nearly a decade is
lethargically and hence, the stagnating water
the main reason for the water body hanging by a
percolating into the groundwater medium and
thread.
thereby polluting the groundwater
resources.
Thoraipakkam Road – a project initiated to
“The quality of the water has deteriorated
connect Chennai Airport and Rajiv Gandhi Salai
considerably and ground water in several thousand
– had split the lake into two halves . The portion
homes around the lake has gone from bad to worse
of the lake to southern side of the road has
completely been covered by garbage
URBAN DESIGN INDUSTRIES COUNT
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM tambaram & pallavaram municipality
www.mepz.tn.nic.in
CATEGORY PALLAVARAM TAMBARAM Pallavaram has been famous for sits tanneries which is on a
decline in the recent years. The other major industries and
SOFTWARE 15 10 Leather goods manufacturing, Leather polishing Pharma and
garments.
(IT)
LRC Pharma and TTK Pharma are the two major Pharma
GARMENTS 5 18 industries, which has
employee strength of more than 100 Leather polishing
industries are majorly located
GRANITE 4 8 along the Thiruneer Malai road (Ward 3, 42) which also attracts
&STONES a substantial floating
population
JEWEL 3 0
POLISH Tambaram Municiality has a big industrial estates in MEPZ
Special Economic Zone was
ELECTRONIC 8 19 established in 1984 with the objective of promoting foreign
direct investment, enhancing foreign exchange earnings, and
creating greater employment opportunities.
LEATHER/ 8 12
RUBBER
The Zone was converted into a Special Economic Zone
PERFUMES 2 5 on 1.1.2003. The added objective of the SEZ is to facilitate
exports through reduction of transaction costs.
& POWDER
To this effect, the Ministry of Commerce and Industries has
OILS 1 2 introduced special features that include Offshore Banking Units
and Container Freight Stations to be set up within the Zone,
besides liberalised Customs procedures. It is expected that the
PRINTING 5 3 cost, time and effort saved would translate to higher exports
TOTAL 51 77 from the Zone.
URBAN DESIGN PEAK HOURS
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Based on site survey and user expereience
PALLAVARAM TAMBARAM
PEAK HOURS ON
PEAK HOURS ON SATURDAY SATURDAY
8:30 TO 11 AM ALMOST THE WHOLE DAY
6 TO 9 PM STARTING FROM 7 AM
TO 11 PM
PEAK HOURS ON SUNDAY PEAK HOURS ON SUNDAY

8:30 AM TO 12 PM 8:30 AM TO 12 PM
6 TO 8 PM 6 TO 8 PM
PEAK HOURS ON MONDAY PEAK HOURS ON MONDAY

8 AM TO 11:30 AM 9 AM TO 12 PM
5:45 PM TO 10:00 PM 5:45 PM TO 11:00 PM
PEAK HOURS ON TUESDAY PEAK HOURS ON TUESDAY

8 AM TO 11:30 AM 8 AM TO 11:00 AM
5:45 PM TO 10:30 PM 5:45 PM TO 10:30 PM
URBAN DESIGN NEIGHBOURHOOD FACILITIES
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Site survey |Landuse by CMDA
We can clearly say that both the areas are mostly primary
and mixed residential area with emerginf micro markets and employment opportunities
paving way to an
eccentric development as a sustainable city itself if planned well.
MARKETS - Pallavaram Sandhai and the Tambaram market

Along the station roads, no demarcation for the stalls and no free
pedestrian movement is seen
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS - 7 municipality parks in pallavaram and 11 in tambaram

Bad condition with inadequate seating without pavements and no green spaces or
landscape. Poorly maintained children parks.
HEALTH CENTRES - Only 2 government in Zamin Pallavaram and 1 Primary health care centre
in Tambaram
But can find many private ones.
EDUCATION - Literacy rate is 79.4% comparitively highest because the chennai literacy rate in
total is 73% according to 2015. T A M B A R A M
It has a wide range of education facilities
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL - Mostly leather tanneries with few other micro marckets ,
mainly a transit zone towards the Chennai Bypass serving as the gateway to the south.
P A L L A V A R A M
URBAN DESIGN
P A L L A V A R A M
URBAN DESIGN MAJOR DESTINATIONS
P A L L A V A R A M Site survey |Open street maps |CMDA
MAIN PALLAVARAM GST AND PAMMAL DARGAH AND

JUNCTION JUNCTION MEDAVAKKAM
JUNCTION
PALLAVARAM - THIRUNEERMALAI PALLAVARAM - THORAIPAKKAM LINK

MAIN ROAD ROAD
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
P A L L A V A R A M Site survey |Open street maps
Chennai City Traffic Police
COLLECTOR ROAD SERVING

WITH MINI BUSES HAS WIDTH ONE WAY BETTER LINKS TO THE SH AND
LESSER THAN 7 M DIVERSIONS NH VIA FOOT OVER BRIDGES
ABSENCE OF GRADE SEPERATED

CONNECTS TAMBARAM AND PALLAVARAM PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITY ,ORGANISED ON
AND NEEDS MORE INTER STREET PARKING, JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT
MUNICIPALITY CONNECTIVITY
URBAN DESIGN ROADS
URBAN DESIGN VEHICULAR COUNT
P A L L A V A R A M Site survey |Chennai City Traffic Police
DURING THE PEAK HOURS
DURING THE NON PEAK HOURS

P A L L A V A R A M Site survey |Chennai City Traffic Police
AVERAGE COUNT OF VEHICLES SEEN IN PALLAVARAM

URBAN DESIGN ON SITE STATISTICS
P A L L A V A R A M
NO OF VEHICLES (IN NUMBERS) NO OF VEHICLES (IN NUMBERS)
GST MAIN ROAD TO DARGAH ROAD JUNCTION GST TO MEDAVAKKAM MAIN ROAD

GST TO THIRUNEERMALAI ROAD GST MAIN ROAD TO TAMBARAM VIA CHROMEPET
P A L L A V A R A M
TRAFFIC ANALYISIS DURING THE WEEKEND
Road-Rail Crossings. There are 7 main railway crossing in the town.

The railway crossings are located in the following areas:
(i) Near Easwari Nagar
(ii) Near P.V Street
(iii) Lakshmi Nagar main road
(iv) Radha Nagar main road
(v) Hastinapuram main road
These road carries heavy vehicular traffic mainly originating

from the surrounding industries in the area. It has been observed
that the traffic flow at this crossing has not been smooth due to
frequent closure of the level crossing leading to time loss and
traffic congestion.
200 400 600 800
The main roads where the congestions are caused are
1. PALLAVARAM - THORAIPAKKAM LINK ROAD TRAFFIC ANALYISIS DURING THE WEEKDAYS
2. INDIRA GANDHI JUNCTION - DUE TO LOTS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC

FALLS UNDER GST CROSSING
3. GST ROAD AND PAMMAL JUNCTION

DUE TO LOTS OF DIVERSIONS AS ONE WAY ROADS
4. DARGAH ROAD WHICH CONNECTS THE MEDAVAKKAM MAIN

ROAD JUNCTION
200 400 600 800 1000

URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
P A L L A V A R A M Site survey |Times Of India
SLOW WORK FROM THE COC DUE T O LACK OF FUND CREATING MORE
CHAOS
The absence of a pedestrian signal at the intersection of Grand

Southern Trunk (GST) Road and Indira Gandhi Road in Pallavaram
makes it difficult for road users to cross the intersection, especially
during rush hour. At the intersection, motorists from Indira Gandhi
Road proceed towards Thiruneermalai and Chennai International
Airport. Also, motorists coming from the eastern side of the national
highway NH-45 pass through the intersection.
INDIRA GANDHI AND GST JUNCTION - PEDESTRIAN OUTFALL

URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
P A L L A V A R A M Site survey |Times Of India
POOR ILLUMINATION ON SECTION OF PALLAVARAM TO Vehicles from Airport have to take a left either at
THORAIPAKKAM 200FT RADIAL ROAD Santhai Street or the Old Trunk Road which connect to
the GST Road near the bus stand.
Even after this arrangement, there seems to be no

end to the traffic woes. While the onward traffic from
Chrompet to Airport has freed up a little bit, the other
way’s conditions have only worsened
SOLUTIONS THAT CAN MITIGATE PROBLEM:

-The large pavements on GST Road near Friday market
can be temporarily removed so that vehicles can get a
little extra breathing space.
ENCROACHMENTS AND ILLEGAL PARKING ON PAMMAL
AND GST MAIN ROAD JUNCTION -Encroachments at Pallavaram junction and near
Saravana Stores need to be removed.
-The links roads should get a new set of tarmac.

(material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor
areas, consisting of broken stone mixed with tar.)
-The signal timings should be altered so as to give

preference to vehicles on the GST Road.
-Traffic police should be deployed at the bus stops to

regulate the crowd always
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
Site survey |Open street maps
P A L L A V A R A M Chennai City Traffic Police
FREQUENCY OF TRAINS ON A WEEKEND

URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
INFRASTRUCTURE OF PALLAVARAM BUS STAND

ISSUES
URBAN DESIGN Site survey |Open street maps
PALLAVARAM TO CHROMEPET - GST

ISSUES
URBAN DESIGN Site survey |Open street maps
PALLAVARAM TO CHROMEPET - GST

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ONLY US AT 2 PM ON A SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!! (not so happy)

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ENCROACHMENTS NEAR TRANSFORMER

NEAR THE DIVERSION IN THE BUS STAND
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PALLAVARAM RAILWAY STATION

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BUSY MARKET ROADS

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FOOT OVER BRIDGE

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PALLAVARAM THORAIPAKKAM
MAIN ROAD
ROAD EXTENSIONS - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

RIGHT LANE TOWARDS PALLAVARAM

RIGHT LANE TOWARDS PALLAVARAM
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES

PALLAVARAM - THORAIPAKKAM
200’ LINK ROAD
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES

PALLAVARAM - THORAIPAKKAM
200’ LINK ROAD
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
COMMERCIAL STREETS
COMMERCIAL STREETCONGESTED
TRAFFIC WITH 3 WHEELERS AND PEDESTRIANS
camp road
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HAWKERS ON ROAD
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JUNCTION TRAFFIC
NO FACILITIES FOR PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS
NOT EVEN A DEMARCATION OF ZEBRA CROSSING
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
PEAK HOUR BUSES
BUSY MARKET STREET WITH PEDESTRIANS, 2

WHEELER AND AUTO IN THE SAME LANE
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SERVICE ROAD- RAILWAY STATION

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NO PAVEMENTS
EVEN WHEN THE PLATFORM WIDTH IS ALLOCATED
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DEVOID OF HERITAGE
PALLAVAPURAM IS INFACT LESS IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS EXCEPT THIS
PALLAVARAM ZAMIN PALACE
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
ENCROACHMENTS
URBAN DESIGN FUTURE SCOPE
Site survey |GoTN report
P A L L A V A R A M CMDA|Chennai City Traffic Police
The GST road which is considered to be one of the most

important National Highway down south runs through this
locality.
Construction of a flyover to ease traffic on the GST road at pallavaram

has been proposed. The project will cost INR 52.45 crores
The pallavaram -Thuraipakkam road connects this locality to the IT

hub in OMR
Pallavaram is connected to other parts of the city through the electric

train service. The pallavaram railway station is a part of the chennai
suburban railway network and lies in the chennai beach - chengalpet
section
The archaeological survey of India has banned all forms of

construction and reconstruction around areas in pallavaram which
fall under a protected zone. Around 21.77 acres of land fall under
litigation
chronic drinking water shortage plagues pallavaram. Work on

the underground drainage system is under progress. Once that is
completed, the proposed INR 200crore covered storm water drain
project will kick off
Since SEZs like MEPZ, Mahindra World City, Shriram Gateway etc.,
along with OMR are in close proximity, pallavaram has attracted
buyer interest both for end-use as well as investment
P A L L A V A R A M CMDA|Chennai City Traffic Police
Pallavaram - Thoraipakkam Road (PTR), the 11 km stretch located in the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) Post-Toll
market is gearing up to entice numerous multinational companies and small and medium enterprises to Chennai.
Being strategically placed and well connected to the key office markets of the OMR and Grand Southern Trunk
(GST) Road, this link road is likely to disrupt the linear growth pattern of the OMR. The PTR is now emerging as a
strong new growth centre in the OMR district.
STRATEGICALLY PLACED BETWEEN OMR AND GST ROAD, IT HAS AN

IMMENSE POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE
Although commercial development along this road proceeded slowly after the launch of
Chennai One SEZ by Green Grid Group (IG3) Infra Ltd in 2006, over the last two years, several
prominent developers have acquired large land parcels for commercial development and
launched projects in this area. Examples include, Embassy, Featherlite and expansions of IG3
Infra Ltd.
The anticipated commercial development along the PTR should create a vast employment
opportunity along the corridor, in turn, activating the demand for all real estate asset classes.
Colliers International India Research
P A L L A V A R A M
P A L L A V A R A M
DEMAND DRIVERS FOR PTR

According to Oxford Economics, Chennai (Tamil Nadu State) stood third in growth ranking and should achieve
7.5% average annual GDP growth over the period 2017 to 2021 led by the banking, trade, hospitality and
manufacturing sectors1. Upcoming commercial real estate developments in Chennai are notably concentrated
in the PTR, so we expect the economic drive in Chennai by these sectors should have a significant impact on
the PTR in coming years. Several other factors are also driving demand along the corridor. Based on Colliers
Research survey of the corridor, the strategic location, connectivity, rental arbitrage due to upcoming supply,
social infrastructure and surrounding residential catchment are the key demand drivers for this road.
KEY UPCOMING OFFICE SUPPLY UPCOMING OFFICE SUPPLY BREAK UP

P A L L A V A R A M
P A L L A V A R A M
The PTR is strategically located in the fast-developing southern part of Chennai. Being recognised as the Radial
Road, it benefits from easier access to transport hubs and faster connectivity to key arterial roads than any other
link roads in Chennai. The thoroughfare is easily reached from the most active corridors in the city such as the
OMR and the GST Road which has a number of renowned IT parks and SEZs. Moreover, the PTR is just a short drive
away from the entertainment and leisure corridor of Chennai, the East Coast Road
On tracking the social amenities such as educational institutions, healthcare centres, banks, shopping malls and
theatres, we noticed that all such facilities are available at distances of about 5 to 10 km from the midpoint of
PTR. The Medavakkam Main Road and Velachery Tambaram Main Road cross through the corridor facilitating
connections to the residential and retail neighbourhoods in Medavakkam, Perumbakkam, Madipakkam,
Keelkattalai and
Velachery.
P A L L A V A R A M
In addition to the road connectivity, the localities along this road also enjoy proximity to transportation facilities
like Velachery Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) station, Pallavaram and Tambaram Railway Station and Chennai
International Airport.
Site survey |Open street maps |CMDA
T A M B A R A M
BY PASS AND TAMBARAM- GANDHI ROAD RAJAJI ROAD

SRIPERAMBADUR HW AND TAMBARAM- AND GANDHI 2 MAJOR JUNCTIONS VELACHERY-
JUNCTION SRIPERAMBADUR ROAD JN WITHIN 500 MTS AT GST TAMBARAM
MAIN ROAD
WEST TAMBARAM INCOMING VEHICLES FROM CHENNAI

EAST TAMBARAM
BY PASS
T A M B A R A M
URBAN DESIGN ROADS
T A M B A R A M
Site survey |Chennai City Traffic Police
T A M B A R A M
DURING THE PEAK HOURS
DURING THE NON PEAK HOURS
NON - PEAK HOURS VELACHER ROAD TO TAMBARAM

Site survey |Chennai City Traffic Police
T A M B A R A M
AVERAGE COUNT OF VEHICLES SEEN IN TAMBARAM

T A M B A R A M
GST MAIN ROAD TO TAMBRAM BUS STAND GST TO PERUNGALATHUR

VELACHERY MAIN ROAD TO IAF JUNCTION GST MAIN ROAD TO MUDICHUR JUNCTION
T A M B A R A M
JOURNEY SPEED ALONG THE MAIN ROADS

SOURCE - CHENNAI CITRY TRAFFIC POLICE TRAFFIC ANALYISIS DURING THE WEEKEND
200 400 600 800 1000
TRAFFIC ANALYISIS DURING THE WEEKDAYS
200 400 600 800 1000

URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
T A M B A R A M Chennai City Traffic Police
A SMALL STRETCH OF GST ROAD GETS CONGESTED DUE TO LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE EXISTING BUS
STAND AND AS WELL AS HAPHAZARD PARKING OF VEHICLES ON THE GST ROAD. STATE EXPRESS TRANSPORT
CORPORATION , METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION, STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION SET UP A BUS
TERMINAL ON THE GST ROAD AND OPERATES BUSES FROM THE BUS SHELTERS WHICH HAS NO FACILITIES SUCHAS
PASSENGER WAITING HALL, TOILETS, WATER BOOTH, ETC
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
T A M B A R A M
Chennai City Traffic Police|Tambaram Municipality
IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES This level and type of urbanization in India has caused
1. No Development without violation many problems, especially with regards to its impact on
2. No open spaces the demand for infrastructure facilities.
3. Traffic congestion
4. No consideration for Pedestrians
With the some part of residential land being Urban transport system has come under heavy strain and
allotted to mixed residential and other land use like this has adversely affected the quality of life of the urban
continuous building as the population is increasing, dwellers. Mass transport facilities in the Tambaram are
the grossly inadequate for providing fast,comfortable and
traffic also bound to increase in these places. convenient travel.
This has resulted in heavy shift of commuter’s patronage

To summarize this section Tambaram is characterised
from mass transportation to private and intermediate
by high density urban area, absence of proper
transport and consequently a huge increase in
control on land-use, lack of proper roads and parking
intermediate and private vehicle ownership.
facilities poor public transport, lack of road-user
discipline, etc.
The resultant effects are increased traffic congestion and
transport prone pollution,heavy fuel consumption, poor
level of services to the commuters, etc.
So, it can be clearly said that the current system and

trends in
Tambaram suburban are not sustainable.
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
VIEW FROM THE TAMBARAM

FLYOVER
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SHOWS ROADS WHICH ARE LEFT UNCONSTRUCTED

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SHOWS ALLOCATION VEHICLES IN NO PARKING AREA

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SHOWS ALLOCATION OF STALLS IN SUBWAY

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SHOWS THE TRAFFIC OPPOSTIE TO STATION

DURING PEAK HOURS
STARTS FROM 5:30 AM TO 11 AM
(WEEKDAYS)
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
THE RAILWAY LINE SEPERATING EAST

AND WEST TAMBARAM
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
POORLY MAINTAINED BUS STOP FROM TAMBARAM TOWARDS

MUDICHUR JUNTION
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
ONLY IN INDIA
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IMPROPER SHELTER AND STREET

FURNITURE LEADS TO LESS
WALKABILITY
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
IMPROPER CROSSINGS
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STATION PARKING
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STATION PARKING
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MARKET AND FLYOVER

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON WEST TAMBARAM

MEPZ MARKET
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
PALLAVARAM | TAMBARAM Site survey |Open street maps
THE GRAND SOUTHERN TRUNK ROAD Chennai City Traffic Police
URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
EAST
TAMBARAM
BUS STOP
ON BAY PARKING - MARKET

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INCOMPLETE ROAD CONSTRUCTION

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RAJAJI
NO PAVEMENTS
ROAD
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IMPROPER PARKING
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VIA PERANGALUTHUR
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NO OUT BUS STATIONS IN

PERUNGALATHUR
The Hindu|GoTN report
T A M B A R A M CMDA|Chennai City Traffic Police
FUTURE PROPOSALS
As Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority is working

on the proposed 42 km elevated corridor between Chennai
Airport and Chengalpattu, the
National Highway Authority is considering a 30 km elevated
stretch from Tambaram to Chengalpattu and work on this is
expected to start by 2020. This is aimed at decongesting the
arterial NH 45.
FUTURE METRO CORRIDORS
Chennai Monorail Corridor I, II, III with the aim

to connect Vandalur to Kathipara, this monorail corridor
is expected to boost real estate demand along the route
especially Tambaram as it enhances the connectivity to city
centre via Velachery.
Kodambakkam-Sriperumbudur, Tambaram-
Mudichur-Sriperumbudur and Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam
roads and the link between Poonamallee bypass and
Mount Poonamallee High Road were proposed to be
widened.
The Kodambakkam-Sriperumbudur Road and the

Tambaram- Mudichur-Sriperumbudur Road currently had
only two lanes. Given that vehicular movement along these
stretches had increased tremendously over the past few
years, it had been proposed to make them four-lane roads.
A SATELLITE TOWN PROPOSAL IN PEERKANKARANAI POSSIBILE SITE FOR THE MOBILITY HUB IN TAMBARAM
ADVANTAGES OF IRUMBULIYUR AND TAMBARAM JUNCTION
CONNECTS ORR AND IRR
EASY TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG THE ORR SINCE IT DIVERTS THE OUT
STATION BUSES FROM THE IRR
BOTTLENECK OF THE BYPASSES MEETING IN TAMBARAM
PARKING OF OUTSTATION BUSES HERE MAY REDUCE THE

TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN TAMBARAM
HAS A TRAIN ACCESS TOO . THUS CONNECTING ROADWAY

AND RAILWAY IMPACT ZONE (IRUMBULIYUR) - 57,162.83 m² (615,295.63 ft²)
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K o la m

CONNECTING URBAN NODES

BATCH 14-19 | MNMJS A

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

MAJOR LAND USE MAJOR DESTINATIONS

VOLUME ANALYSIS PARAMETERS OF CONJESTION

LOAD FACTOR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST NETWORK ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Pallavaram and Tambaram,

REASONS FOR POPULATION GROWTH REASONS FOR POPULATION GROWTH

DUMPSITE AT PERIYAR ERI

As there is no natural or other possible reason for

It is high time that the suffering of the people had to

PEAK HOURS ON SUNDAY PEAK HOURS ON SUNDAY

PEAK HOURS ON MONDAY PEAK HOURS ON MONDAY

PEAK HOURS ON TUESDAY PEAK HOURS ON TUESDAY

MARKETS - Pallavaram Sandhai and the Tambaram market

PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS - 7 municipality parks in pallavaram and 11 in tambaram

MAIN PALLAVARAM GST AND PAMMAL DARGAH AND

PALLAVARAM - THIRUNEERMALAI PALLAVARAM - THORAIPAKKAM LINK

COLLECTOR ROAD SERVING

ABSENCE OF GRADE SEPERATED

DURING THE PEAK HOURS

DURING THE NON PEAK HOURS

AVERAGE COUNT OF VEHICLES SEEN IN PALLAVARAM

NO OF VEHICLES (IN NUMBERS) NO OF VEHICLES (IN NUMBERS)

NO OF VEHICLES (IN NUMBERS) NO OF VEHICLES (IN NUMBERS)

Road-Rail Crossings. There are 7 main railway crossing in the town.

These road carries heavy vehicular traffic mainly originating

1. PALLAVARAM - THORAIPAKKAM LINK ROAD TRAFFIC ANALYISIS DURING THE WEEKDAYS

2. INDIRA GANDHI JUNCTION - DUE TO LOTS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC

3. GST ROAD AND PAMMAL JUNCTION

4. DARGAH ROAD WHICH CONNECTS THE MEDAVAKKAM MAIN

200 400 600 800 1000

The absence of a pedestrian signal at the intersection of Grand

INDIRA GANDHI AND GST JUNCTION - PEDESTRIAN OUTFALL

Even after this arrangement, there seems to be no

SOLUTIONS THAT CAN MITIGATE PROBLEM:

-The links roads should get a new set of tarmac.

-The signal timings should be altered so as to give

-Traffic police should be deployed at the bus stops to

FREQUENCY OF TRAINS ON A WEEKEND

INFRASTRUCTURE OF PALLAVARAM BUS STAND

PALLAVARAM TO CHROMEPET - GST

PALLAVARAM TO CHROMEPET - GST

ONLY US AT 2 PM ON A SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!! (not so happy)

ENCROACHMENTS NEAR TRANSFORMER

PALLAVARAM RAILWAY STATION

BUSY MARKET ROADS

FOOT OVER BRIDGE

ROAD EXTENSIONS - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

ROAD EXTENSIONS - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

ROAD EXTENSIONS - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

ROAD EXTENSIONS - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

PEAK HOUR BUSES

BUSY MARKET STREET WITH PEDESTRIANS, 2

SERVICE ROAD- RAILWAY STATION

The GST road which is considered to be one of the most

Construction of a flyover to ease traffic on the GST road at pallavaram