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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”
23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
putting in place, properly laid out roads and creating
road space for pedestrians and cyclists. The design
philosophy is based on connecting busy places of the
city but avoiding busy roads: for example, the first
corridor was on a road with a width of 40m and
manageable traffic volumes of 3000- 6000 PCU's
along most stretches and of 6000-9000 PCUs along
a few stretches.
Figure 4 Janmarg BRTS station
4. Study Area
The area selected was Narol Naroda BRTS corridor
Operational BRT network
Proposed BRT network Source: CEPT university
Figure 3 Ahmedabad BRTS network
The BRT system has an operational network
length of 96 km in length (CEPT). It has 10 routes Figure 5 Study Area Narol- Naroda Corridor
and 230 buses (2015) (CEPT). The transit system has
brought about a change in the way people travelled
in Ahmedabad. The project has given Ahmedabad a
global spotlight and place on the map. It has also
won various Accolades and appreciation for the
implementation of sustainable BRTS Operation on in western Ahmedabad. It is the busiest BRTS
Global and International level. (AMC, corridor in Ahmedabad, in terms of boarding and
http://www.ahmedabadbrts.org/web/About_JanMar alighting. (CEPT) It is a 13.2 km stretch and it shares
g.html). The project has a first phase of 58.3 km, of the ROW with NH-8 which passes through the area.
which 44.5 km have been completed. The BRT The area is known for its industries and also has the
system carried 140,000 trips13 every day in 2011, highest number of bicyclists. The other major modes
with an average trip length of 8.7 km. in the area are Auto rickshaws, 2 wheeler motor
bikes, cars and freight vehicles.
The NMT tracks and pedestrian footpaths are
present in many parts which was not the case before
the introduction of BRTS. However, the NMT
infrastructure is not complete in the whole stretch.
Many parts of the corridor ha non- continuous
bicycle tracks. The roads are of comfortable width.
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