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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Etc. and encouraging NMT usage in every city by Also, it may have a positive impact on the
providing dedicated lanes and NMT plans. environment if the Mass Transit System encourage
more people to shift from private modes to PT and
Bus Rapid Transport System, mostly discourage shifting from NMT to private modes. To
famous in Latin American cities has made its entry encourage the NMT mode usage the infrastructure
in India in 2009 July at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. BRTS provisions are to be continuous and convenient. To
is conceived as an integrated system, which includes understand the context a questionnaire survey was
affordable transport along with infrastructure for conducted which asked about the mode choice
pedestrians and cyclists and changes in land use changes and reasons for shifting and major issues
planning, housing policy, road design approach and NMT users are facing. The provision of Mass Transit
road space use, and pricing of parking and public System alone cannot help the environment but a
transport. (Mahadevia and Joshi )
major shift towards the Transit system and NMT
The new transit system is getting more and usage coupled with reduced usage of private modes
more popular in third world cities mainly due to its can.
low cost of construction and Operation & Research Questions
Maintenance. BRTS network is generally provided
with a dedicated NMT corridor. In Ahmedabad • What, and how much are the different mode
BRTS the provision of NMT track is intermittent and shift paradigms occurring with a change in the
inconvenient in most stretches which could be due to public transport system of a city?
issues in managerial or planning or implementation • How does a transit corridor development affect
level or a mix of any of these. (Mahadevia and Joshi the NMT users?
) NMT mode is very important to any transit system • What are the reasons for the modal shift
as it provides an ideal choice for last mile observed?
connectivity to the system. It is also the greenest and • What are the issues faced by NMT users?
most sustainable mode available to the people and • What can increase the ridership of NMT in
also has intangible but visible social and physical complement with the MTS?
health benefits. (Woodcock and Tiwari)

Because of their dense and mixed land use 2. Aim and Objective
structure and organically evolved road network
pattern and the fact that most Indian non-metro cities The aim of the study is to to evaluate the effect, a
have an average trip length of less than 5 km which mass transit corridor has, on the NMT users.
is a comfortable commutable distance for bicycling Objectives of the study are
for most age groups, NMT modes are very relevant
in Indian context. NMT modes are the least polluting 1. To identify and quantify the different modal
modes of traveling short to medium distances. shifts occurring with the intervention of a
Mass Transit System
This study revolves around the impacts the
BRTS has on the people who are dependent on non- 2. To understand the relation of the Mass
Transit
economic
socio
System,
motorized transport modes. With the introduction of background, infrastructure provision, safety
a rapid transit system, the effects on the public are factors, convenience factors and other
two sided. The multiple mode shifts that can occur situational variables with NMT user’s mode
could either be positive or negative to the choice
environment. The mode choices of people residing 3. To use ecological footprints as an indicator
near the corridor are influenced by the rapid transit of sustainability of mass transit corridor
corridor. The right of way adjustments could also development scenarios by considering the
improve the NMT infrastructure simultaneously.
CO2 emission levels before and after the

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