CONTENTSEXECTIVE SUMMARY: 10 1INTRODUCTION 21 1.1 OVERVIEW 21 1.1.2 Research questions 22 1.1.3 Conceptual framework 22 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 25 2.1 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS 25 2.1.1 Built Environment 25 2.1.2 Physical Environment 25 2.1.3 Travel Behaviour 25 2.1.4 Urban Form 25 2.1.5 Urban Structure 26 2.1.6 Land use /Transportation system 26 2.2 REVIEW OF EXISTING STUDIES 26 2.2.1 Literature on Travel behaviour 27 2.2.2 Urban form 32 2.2.3 Literature on Land use 33 2.2.4 Land Use Structure 33 2.2.5 Location of land uses 34 2.2.6 Land use density 34 2.2.7 Land use mix 34 2.2.8 Urban design 35 2.3 RELATION BETWEEN LAND USE AND TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR 37 2.4 REVIEWING OF DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY APPROACHES 39 2.4.1 The Spatial Dimensions in Travel Behaviour 39 2.4.2 The Socio - economic Dimensions in Travel Behaviour 41 2.4.3 The Behaviour Pattern Dimensions in Travel Behaviour 46 2.5 CONCLUSION ON METHODOLOGY 49 2.6 INFLUENCE OF URBAN TRANSPORT POLICY 50 2.7 CONCLUSION 51 3 METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH 53 3.1 AIM 54 3.2 OBJECTIVES 54 3.3 LIMITATION 54 3.4 METHODOLOGY 55 4 CASE OF AHMEDABAD 56 4.1 PROFILE OF AHMEDABAD 56 4.1.1 Demographic Trends 57 4.1.2 Socio Economic Characteristics 58 4.1.3 Population Density 59 4.1.4 Vehicle Ownership 60 4.1.5 Vehicle Composition 60 4.2 EXISITNG PUBLIC TRANSPORT 61 4.2.1 AMTS - Ahmedabad Municipal Transport System 61 4.2.2 BRTS -Bus Rapid Transit System 61 4.3 PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION 62 4.3.1 Selection of survey area 62 4.3.2 Selection of study area 63 5 DATA COLLECTION 64 5.1 STAGE 1 : LITERATURE REVIEW 64 5.2 STAGE: DATA COLLECTION 65 5.3 SURVEY DESIGN 65 5.4 SAMPLE SELECTION 66 6 DATA ANALYSIS 68 6.1 INTRODUCTION 68 6.2 SOCIO ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTIC 68 AGE & GENDER 68 6.3 TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE- 70 6.3.1 Modal shift 70 6.3.2 Purpose of Trip 70 6.3.3 Origin and Destination 71 6.3.4 Modal shift to BRTS 71 6.3.5 Trip Length 72 6.4 TRAVEL TIME AND COST 73 6.4.1 Mode choice details 74 6.5 REASON FOR BRTS AS MODE 75 6.6 VEHICLE OWNERSHIP AND INCOME 76 6.7 TRIP TIME -ACCESS AND EGRESS TIME 77 6.7.1 Number of Passenger on Station vs Purpose of Trip 78 6.7.2 Alighting and Boarding 78 6.8 TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR FINDINGS 80 6.9 LAND USE FACTORS 81 6.9.1 Land use along major stations 85 6.9.2 Land use mix -VISUAL MAP ANALYSIS. 87 6.9.3 Transit Attraction and Visitor Attraction Area. 88 6.9.4 Income groups 89 6.9.5 Income group- HIG and MIG 90 6.10 LAND USE DETAILS ALONG THE STRETCH 93 7. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS 96 7.1 Conclusions 96 7.2 RECOMMADATION 100 7.3 Way forward 100 REFERENCE 102 Annexure 104