IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific Research & Development| Vol. 3, Issue 08, 2015 | ISSN (online): 2321-0613
Study and Analysis of Rural Accessibility Public Transport versus Intermediate Public Transport I. Rajesh1 Y. Mahesh2 G. Navya3 Ch. Deepika4 1,2,3,4 M. Tech Student 1,2,3,4 Department of Civil Engineering 3 SITAM, 4GMRIT Abstract— Rural areas development is necessary for the developing countries like India. Public transport is the major source for such developments as people living in rural areas are willing to improve their living standards. Now a days public transport facing problem with intermediate-public transport. Transport planner has to care of these problem and necessary precautions to increase a public transport facility which in turn helps to increase the public transport usage by the commuter. Present study focused to increase the public transport accessibility in safe and efficient way. This study helps in financial growth to the public by diverting intermediate public transport to public transport. The study area selected is between Anandapuram to Vishakapatnam, household surveys and onboard survey are carried out to analyze the current nature of accessibility to these zones. Key words: Accessibility, Intermediate-Public Transport, Public Transport, Quality Data, Rural Regions, Surveys I. INTRODUCTION Transportation studies are multidisciplinary that can involve engineering, behavioral, and economic aspects depending on the dimension being investigated such as operational management or planning. One of the current issues pertaining to rural traffic is the role of public transport. The recent studies says that the environmental quality of the roads and the lack of frequency of buses have brought the need for and efficient rural accessibility planning. This present study focused comparison between intermediatepublic transport and public transport so that transport planner can design with respect to such problems. II. STUDY AREA The area proposed for the study is with-in Visakhapatnam district. The proposed corridor for the present study is from Anandapuram to Visakhapatnam
III. METHODOLOGY The detailed methodology is depicted in Flow chart. The data containing travel characteristics is collected through a stated preference surveys. In this data is to be collected from the households around the study area. It is also planned to conduct an on-board survey for obtaining more reliable information on the travel characteristics. IV. DATA COLLECTION To decide about the sample size, the population of each village in the study area was considered. A preliminary survey in a few randomly selected households in the area showed that the average household size was about 4 accordingly the number of households in a village was determined. Keeping in view the resource, time and other constraints, it was decided to carry out survey depending upon the sample size in each village and below show table 1 shows the pattern of data collection in each village as per bureau of public roads. Number Numb of Name of Populati er of househol village on house ds holds interview ed Anandapuram 588 147 54 Gambiram 249 62 40 Paradesipalem 196 49 30 Marikavalasa 269 67 30 Kommadhi 146 49 25 Madhurawada 1064 265 80 P.M.Palem 516 129 45 Endada 108 27 10 Hanumanthuw 398 99 38 aka Table 1: V. TRAVEL DEMAND MODELLING
Fig. 1: Shows Study Area
Public transport demand may depend on various factors, ranging from travel behavior parameters travel cost, travel time, trip length, accessibility ratio, comfort level, frequency, convenience etc. Although for the purpose & context of our study area is Anadapuram - Visakhapatnam, we selected only the parameters of travel behavior as they directly affected the demand generation in our context. Thus, the selected parameters were trip purpose, trip length, and accessibility. These parameters were selected on the basis of a detailed stated preference survey conducted for understanding the travel behavior of the study area.
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