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

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

6.2 Mode usage 6.4 Mode usage before and after BRTS

Table 2 Mode usage Comparison of mode usage before and after BRTS

before present
Mode split
53
Mode Walk Bicycle Auto – Rickshaw PT 2 wheeler 4 wheeler 26 21 31

13
8
5 12 12 14 3 3
Ahmedabad 13 18.3 8.8 15 35 8.9 0 0
City
Study area 7.4 26.4 20.7 11.6 30.6 3.3
Source: Primary survey, secondary data

The modal split of the sample reveals high number
of 2-wheeler share followed by bicycles (26%). The Figure 7 Mode usage before and after
mode split for BRTS is 12%. The share of walking Mode usage analysis revealed that certain mode
is 7%. The mode split for auto is 21% which is quite usage has decreased (walk, bicycle) and some have
high. increased (auto, two wheeler). The changes could be
due to mere convenience and consideration of the
6.3 Trip Length
The trip length of users varies with the income and respondents or due to the convenience and safety
mode usage. The low income group who cannot factors. The decrease in bicycle trips could be
afford any other motorized mode will mostly have a because of the safety concerns and increase in auto
shorter trip length and the private vehicle owners trips could be due to the high fare of BRTS and lack
generally have longer trip lengths. The NMT users of adequate last mile connectivity.
also have a smaller value generally. Average trip 6.5 Mode shift
length of the trips made in the study area is 4.8 km. The mode shifts were categorized in 8 classes for the
The trip length frequency distribution curve shows convenience of analysis.
that most of the correspondents are in the ‘less than
7 km’ category. Table 3 Mode shift
Mode shift (%)
100.00 NMT – NMT 32.2
80.00
60.00 NMT – Private 19.8
40.00
20.00 Private – Private 14.0
0.00 NMT – PT/IPT 12.4
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Others – PT 9.9
Auto – Auto 9.1
Figure 6 Trip Length
Other – NMT 1.7
Other 0.8
Source: Primary survey

It showed that a large proportion of people did not
shift from their NMT modes (32.2%). This indicates
the large number of captive users in the area. It is
followed by shifts from NMT mode to Private
motorized modes (19.8%)

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