Traffic Volume Survey across PCMC 2008
The 2008 CMP traffic survey measured daily vehicle volumes at 15 locations across Pimpri-Chinchwad. This data predates the 2021 metro-wide survey by 13 years and covers only PCMC (not PMC).
Key Patterns
NH-4 corridor dominates: Dapodi Bridge (1,20,527 vehicles, 4,66,672 passengers) and the parallel Bopodi bridge (46,540 vehicles) together carried the heaviest traffic, serving as the primary north-south connector between PCMC and Pune. The 3.87 passengers-per-vehicle ratio at Dapodi — compared to ~1.3 on local roads — reflects the heavy bus and shared-vehicle traffic on this arterial.
Two-wheeler dominance on internal roads: Locations like KSB Chowk–NH-50 (28,096 two-wheelers out of 51,843 vehicles = 54%) and Kalewadi–Dange Chowk (19,183 of 37,266 = 51%) show how internal PCMC roads were overwhelmingly two-wheeler territory in 2008, consistent with the vehicle registration data showing two-wheelers as ~70% of the fleet.
Expressway is car-heavy: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway point (21,784 four-wheelers out of 28,935 = 75%) has a completely different vehicle mix from the rest of PCMC — very few two-wheelers or autos, reflecting its limited-access design.
Sparse northern periphery: Dehu-Alandi Road (9,228 vehicles) and Nigdi–Dehu connector (12,595) show the low-density northern edge of PCMC in 2008 — areas that have since seen significant development.
Vehicle Traffic Volume at Key Locations in 2008
Aggregate Mode Share
Across all 15 survey points, the overall passengers-per-vehicle ratio was 2.97 — meaning each vehicle carried about 3 people on average. But this varies enormously: the Mumbai-Pune Expressway averaged just 3.0 (cars with drivers), while Aundh Bridge hit 4.74 (heavy bus traffic inflating the ratio). Buses made up only 6% of vehicles but carried a disproportionate share of passengers.
Data from the 2008 Comprehensive Mobility Plan traffic survey, conducted at 15 locations across PCMC. Source: CMP 2008, Chapter on Traffic and Transportation.
See Also
- Vehicle Registrations — The vehicle fleet growth behind these traffic volumes