Table of contents Table of tables x Table of figures . Xii Table of images . Xiii Executive summary 1 Chapter 1: introduction to the study 15 1.1 about nutp 15 1.2 public transportation scenario in india . 15 1.3 research problem 17 1.3.1 introduction 17 1.3.2 need of study . 17 1.3.3 rational/justification . 18 1.4 research question 19 1.5 objectives 19 1.6 methodology 19 Chapter 2: literature review . 21 2.1 introduction . 21 2.2 key definition 21 2.2.1 urban areas 21 2.2.2 urban agglomeration . 21 2.2.3 peri-urban area 22 2.2.4 suburban area 22 2.2.5 satellite town 22 2.3 concept of suburban area and its development . 22 2.4 types of suburban area 24 2.4.1 residential suburb 24 2.4.2 balanced/mixed use suburb . 24 2.4.3 suburban campus . 25 2.4.4 edge city . 26 2.4.5 suburban corridor 27 2.5 public transit service in suburban area 27 2.5.1 fixed route services 27 2.5.2 deviated services . 28 2.5.3 demand responsive service 29 2.5.4 subscription service 30 2.6 transit service in different suburb environment 30 2.7 innovation in public transit for suburban area 31 2.8 characteristic of public transit vehicle of suburban area 33 2.8.1 mini bus 33 2.8.2 auto rickshaw . 34 2.8.3 taxi . 35 2.8.4 shared services (shuttle auto/shared car) . 36 2.9 comparison of different transit modes 37 2.10 discussion 37 Chapter 3: guiding parameter for identifying issue and providing public transit 40 3.1 introduction . 40 3.2 parameters . 40 3.2.1 future investment in area . 40 3.2.2 fuel supply 40 Public transit in suburban area 2014 Karia parth, school of planning, cept university page vii 3.2.3 suburban characteristics 41 3.2.4 transit network . 41 3.2.5 investment on transport . 41 3.2.6 regional transport connectivity . 41 3.2.7 political decision . 42 3.2.8 planning decision 42 3.2.9 service provider . 42 3.3 classifying the parameters 43 Chapter 4: case study selection 44 4.1 introduction . 44 4.2 selection criteria . 44 4.3 approach to case study . 47 4.4 discussion . 48 Chapter 5: case study of bangalore . 49 5.1 introduction . 49 5.2 bangalore metropolitan region 50 5.3 road network 51 5.4 rail network 52 5.5 transport in bmr 53 5.6 public transport (bus based) 53 5.7 existing situation analysis 54 5.8 suburbs of bangalore 55 5.8.1 yelahanka 56 5.8.2 hebbal 57 5.8.3 kengeri . 57 Public transit in suburban area 2014 Karia parth, school of planning, cept university page viii 5.8.4 sarajpur 58 5.8.5 kormangal 58 5.8.6 whitefield 59 5.8.7 peenya 59 5.8.8 jalahalli 60 5.8.9 electronic city 60 5.8.10 nayandahalli 61 5.9 summary of suburbs of bangalore . 61 5.10 mobility pattern 63 5.10.1 central city to suburb connectivity 64 5.10.2 suburb-to-suburb connectivity . 66 5.11 summary of the suburbs of bangalore 68 5.12 analysis . 70 5.12.1 analysis part-1 71 5.12.2 analysis part -2 78 5.13 discussion 80 Chapter 6: case study of mumbai . 81 6.1 introduction . 81 6.2 mumbai metropolitan area 81 6.3 road network 83 6.4 rail network 84 6.5 suburbs of mumbai 85 6.5.1 central suburb 86 6.5.2 south mumbai . 88 6.5.3 western suburbs 89 Public transit in suburban area 2014 Karia parth, school of planning, cept university page ix 6.5.4 summary of suburbs of mumbai . 91 6.6 mobility pattern . 92 6.6.1 central city and suburbs 92 6.6.2 suburb-to-suburb . 93 6.7 summary of suburb of mumbai 95 6.8 analysis 97 6.8.1 analysis part-1 97 6.8.2 analysis part -2 102 6.9 discussion . 104 Chapter 7: conclusion . 105 7.1 bangalore - conclusion 105 7.2 mumbai- conclusion . 108 Chapter 8: comparison and recommendation 111 Chapter 9: bibliography . 116