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BRTS- Bus Rapid Transit System - Feasibility Analysis of Implementation in Bangalore City Donal Nixon D’Souza and Amar S.M, M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology/Civil Engineering, Bangalore, India Email: donalnixon@gmail.com M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology/Civil Engineering, Bangalore, India Email: amarsm90@gmail.com numerous multi-national companies to have an office and has caused rapid growth of population as well as vehicular population, so much that Bangalore today has the largest two-wheeler population in the world. There are other well known industries in the city along with numerous schools and colleges. The City of Bangalore is spread over an area of 709.5 square kilometers. The population as on June 2009 is approximately 75,00,000. Bangalore city has a network of 4300 km of roads. The number of vehicles on road is 28,02,886 as on Feb 2007. The two wheelers count is 20,48,476. At times of the day it might take as much as 4 hours to travel a distance of 10 km within the city. For the city in order to decongest its roads and to make it easier for the public to commute, it is of utmost importance that the new bus system wins the faith of the people initially. The stretches we are interested in implementing are the ring roads.

Abstract— The City of Bangalore, Karnataka, India is well known for its traffic congestions and large traffic density. The rising population has worsened the situation. Due to high increase in vehicular growth, the city is prone to frequent congestions during peak hours; leading to jams causing huge delays in travel times. Also, this has caused rise in fuel consumptions and air pollution levels. The mass transportation facilities already existent have not gained momentum in the city mainly due to poor connectivity, low travel speeds (due to frequent traffic jams). In spite of numerous measures, the mass transportation facilities haven’t controlled the rising traffic rate. Also the upcoming METRO network in the city does not have an efficient feeder network. Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) can be employed on important stretches in co-ordination with the upcoming METRO to make mass transportation more successful. This system has dedicated lanes and signaling system for buses and thus is independent of the on road traffic, aimed at decreasing congestion and pollution by encouraging Bangalore motorists to use the BRTS instead of driving. The authors would like to discuss the feasibility of implementing this system and discuss the advantages and disadvantages. The final section is dedicated to future developments to system and how it can be improved to make life easier for commuting Bangaloreans.

II. LITERATURE REVIEW BRTS basically consists of segregated lanes dedicated exclusively to these buses. The outermost or the innermost lanes can be reserved for the system. In case of innermost lanes bus stops can be set up in the median to further improve the flow. BRTS first witnessed its major growth in Curitiba, Brazil in 1974. This urged other cities to develop similar systems. In the late 1990s, BRTS grew rapidly in Quito, Equador , Los Angeles, USA and Bogotá, Columbia. The TransMilenio project in Bogotá was a huge success and set cutting-edge standards for the forthcoming BRT systems across the world. As of 2005, up to 70 BRT systems have been witnessed all over the globe.

Keywords— Rapid transit, transport, Bangalore, BRTS.

I. INTRODUCTION A city will be very well developed if it has excellent public transportation facilities. This transportation facility should be people friendly and efficient. Governments have spent huge amounts in planning efficient transportation facilities, but these plans haven’t been at par with the rising population and the rising standards of living. This paper is aimed in planning a bus rapid transit system at a particular part of the city where BRTS can be implemented. Using approximations with various parameters and calculating travel time with statistical data, two traffic situations, one with BRTS and the other without it has been studied. Based on the statistical study and a feasibility analysis, an effort has been made to draw a conclusion about the system and its effects on Bangalore’s society. Bangalore is the fifth largest city in India, and capital of the state of Karnataka. The IT sector is Bangalore is a rapidly growing industry. The IT sector has earned Bangalore the name of ‘Silicon City of India’. This has made the city to let © 2011 ACEE DOI: 02.CEMC.2011.01. 504

III. RELATED WORKS IN INDIA In India eight cities have started getting approval and issuing of tenders for implementation. They are Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur, Pune, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Nagpur. Ahmedabad, Indore and Jaipur have issued tenders in the last two weeks for Phase-I of BRTS. Pune has got the approval for BRTS and Bhopal is expected get a go ahead for the system soon. Proposals in other cities are at various stages of appraisal and implementation.

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