Cross Sections

BRTS Design

Cross Sections

In urban areas, it is difficult to increase the Right of Way (RoW) of roads. The BRT corridor has been designed as a strategic intervention keeping in mind constraints with respect to available road widths, encroachments and traffic.

The design team explored various possibilities to arrive at a functional and appropriate design for varying road widths and local situations. The cross section includes street elements such as dedicated BRT lane, carriageway, service lane, parking spaces, bicycle track, pedestrian pathway, street furniture and landscaping.

The overall infrastructure design is a process of development of different stages. The planning and design team explored design elements on the basis of emerging operations plan and made conceptual designs for each element.

The closed system adopted by Janmarg reserves the bus lane exclusively for the BRT operator and buses. The segregated corridor acts as the trunk route of BRTS network. Other buses feed this corridor.

Various alternative cross-sections were initially analysed—with and without cycle track and varying widths of mixed lane and footpaths for each RoW category. The recommended cross sections not only consider the requirements of BRT buses but also accommodate the needs of other users of the corridor, such as non-BRT motorised traffic, bicycles and pedestrians. Emphasis is given to the proposed improvement over full roadway width that ensures better mobility level on the corridor as a whole.

This section elaborates on the physical design of street cross section for all categories of available RoWs. It also discusses the special designs evolved in response to local constraints.

Right of Ways (RoWs) along the BRTS network (Phase I & II)