Walking Accessibility for BRTS of Ahmedabad City- A Case Study |
Author(s): |
| Jinal Patel , Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar; Neha Chaudhary, Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar; Aftab Mansuri, Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar; Prof. Manjurali I. Balya, Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar; Prof. Yogesh S. Patel, Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar |
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| Public Transportation, BRTS, Walking Distance and Walking Time Accessibility |
Abstract |
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Public transportation is one of the most important component of urban transport system, particularly in pace of rapid urbanization in Ahmedabad city. Today in the city, the utilization of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is increasingly day by day looking for cost effective transit solutions and for environmental concerns. But the problems facing by the users to use this system are poor accessibility status. For effective planning, it is quite essential to understand the degree of accessibility of BRTS. BRTS accessibility can be considered as one of the vital factor to integrate the land use and bus route network system to promote the public transit system. The present paper focuses on measurement of walking accessibility of BRTS taking one route name as RTO to Memnagar as a case study. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV2I12020 Published in: Volume : 2, Issue : 12 Publication Date: 01/03/2015 Page(s): 23-26 |
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