AHMEDABAD: A 19-page file the state traffic department (STB) submitted to the house division, suggesting tactics to de-congest roads in the four major cities of Gujarat, has been important of the exclusive BRTS lanes in Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot.
The file says where six lanes are available in Ahmedabad, two are reserved for BRT which accounts for just 1% of traffic but takes up 35% of road house.
The file proposed that the dedicated BRTS corridor be opened to vehicles of GSRTC, AMTS and emergency services, which will “free city roads of traffic jams”.
Combined BRT and AMTS traffic has dropped to 7.five lakh passengers per day
STB officers stated that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officers antagonistic their proposal at a meeting, arguing that GSRTC buses are incompatible with the BRT corridor design. AMC argued that if a GSRTC bus was allowed to use the lane it'll necessitate a whole overhaul of each and every BRT bus forestall, which were constructed at the cost of Rs 2 crore each and every. AMC also cited reasons akin to free and haphazard parking, lack of traffic police enforcement on arterial roads as primary reasons for traffic jams.
In 2011, when Ahmedabad’s BRTS network was 42km, its day by day reasonable passenger traffic was 1.20 lakh. Today, after the network has doubled to 88 km, the 190-odd BRTS buses in Ahmedabad lift 1.3 to 1.five lakh passengers an afternoon. According to AMC officers, sooner than BRTS was introduced public delivery passenger traffic stood at eight lakh to eight.five lakh commuters per day. Today, after six years of BRTS operations, blended passenger traffic of BRT and AMTS has dropped to 7.five lakh passengers per day, defeating the purpose of having the system in place. Nearly 80% of the BRTS fleet, from a complete of 223 buses, were turned air-conditioned, to draw premium commuters. These vehicles guzzle fuel with a mileage of just 1.5km for every litre of diesel.
A senior STB professional lamented, “As Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara, with car populations of 46 lakh, 20 lakh and 19 lakh respectively, are shifting against the point where there will be one car per individual, which will worsen the traffic situation.”
The file says where six lanes are available in Ahmedabad, two are reserved for BRT which accounts for just 1% of traffic but takes up 35% of road house.
The file proposed that the dedicated BRTS corridor be opened to vehicles of GSRTC, AMTS and emergency services, which will “free city roads of traffic jams”.
Combined BRT and AMTS traffic has dropped to 7.five lakh passengers per day
STB officers stated that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officers antagonistic their proposal at a meeting, arguing that GSRTC buses are incompatible with the BRT corridor design. AMC argued that if a GSRTC bus was allowed to use the lane it'll necessitate a whole overhaul of each and every BRT bus forestall, which were constructed at the cost of Rs 2 crore each and every. AMC also cited reasons akin to free and haphazard parking, lack of traffic police enforcement on arterial roads as primary reasons for traffic jams.
In 2011, when Ahmedabad’s BRTS network was 42km, its day by day reasonable passenger traffic was 1.20 lakh. Today, after the network has doubled to 88 km, the 190-odd BRTS buses in Ahmedabad lift 1.3 to 1.five lakh passengers an afternoon. According to AMC officers, sooner than BRTS was introduced public delivery passenger traffic stood at eight lakh to eight.five lakh commuters per day. Today, after six years of BRTS operations, blended passenger traffic of BRT and AMTS has dropped to 7.five lakh passengers per day, defeating the purpose of having the system in place. Nearly 80% of the BRTS fleet, from a complete of 223 buses, were turned air-conditioned, to draw premium commuters. These vehicles guzzle fuel with a mileage of just 1.5km for every litre of diesel.
A senior STB professional lamented, “As Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara, with car populations of 46 lakh, 20 lakh and 19 lakh respectively, are shifting against the point where there will be one car per individual, which will worsen the traffic situation.”
BRTS takes up 35% of road space for just 1% of traffic
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March 31, 2018
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