Bus Rapid Transit System

ABSTRACT

Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is a new notion of public convince, which is safe, rapid, economical, convenient in Indian framework. In India 150 series and more BRTS are running which in turn will accomplish our purpose of: Reduction in traffic and fuel costs, environment development, economic progress etc. There are many successful examples of bus transport system but few are noticeable like Beijing, Bogota etc. In Indian context Ahmedabad BRTS has proven to be a very successful example. India being an fastest growing economy and also, the 2nd highest population consisting country must take urban transportation into consideration as to reduce traffic congestions from the roads which in turn affects so many factors which we will

Ahmedabad BRTS is still under implementation process since 2006. CEPT team has been set up specifically for the designing of detailed system and support for the construction during implementations of BRTS.

Within Ahmedabad the BRTS development has been identified covering about 155 kms on road (in length). Existing AMTS (Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service) and earlier proposed metro plan committee has analyzed the travel demand patterns by passengers, frequently used road networks for travelling purpose within Ahmedabad and factors like socio-economic, pollution etc. have been taken into consideration for BRTS planning and implementation. This way these corridors were selected for running BRTS schedule (Time frame and frequency of buses) at various bus stops.

Today Ahmedabad has an area of 466 sq. kms where 6 million of population resides and around 2.7 million vehicles are running on road out of which 2 wheelers are 73%. After looking at all these factors BRTS has been scheduled so that it can run efficiently. Bus take trips of 0.9 million/day and length is 5.8

Running Mostly on time and APIS (automated passenger information system) has made and brought up Ahmedabad BRTS as a shining example. BRTS in Ahmedabad has been running so smoothly that some experts say that is Delhi could run BRTS in the same way they could have save around 150 crores annually. BRTS is more economical and financially feasible than a metro.

REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC:

According to (land transport authority) LTA the vehicle population growth rate lowered down to 1.0% to 1.5% in 2012 and .5% in 2013-14.

This indicates that there is need to reduce traffic on roads in India which is very essential to reduce air pollution, accidental deaths & injuries and many more social, environmental and economic factors.

Looking at the data below we can clearly figure out that after the launch of BRTS in 2009 accidents and injuries have significantly gone down to an extent, which proves that it is very important to reduce traffic congestions from the roads.

After 2009 launch of BRTS, if we take a look at the below given data of total vehicles on road, comparative study of each preceding year is showing that since 2009-08 the on road traffic has not increased as much as much as its previous years it was