CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Research Background 1 1.2 Need for the study 2 1.3 Aim and Objectives 2 1.4 Research Methodology 3 1.5 Scope of the study 4 1.6 Research Matrix 4 1.7 Expected Outcomes 5 2. Public Transport in Ahmedabad 6 2.1 Introduction to study area 6 2.2 Ahmedabad Public Transport 6 2.1.1 Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) 7 2.1.2 Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) 7 2.1.3 Mass Rapid Transit System- Metro (MRTS) 7 3. Literature Review 8 3.1 Mass Transits 8 3.2 Types of services in Public Transport 8 3.3 Types of feeder services 9 3.4 Meaning of Integration 10 3.5 Advantages of feeder service over direct service 11 3.6 Accessibility of Public Transport 11 3.7 Public Transport Route 12 3.8 Model testing measures for accessibility 13 3.9 Measurement of Accessibility for public transport 14 4. Data Collection and Analysis 17 4.1 Data Collected 17 4.2 Pilot Survey 18 4.3 Survey analysis 18 5. Research Analysis 22 5.1 Elimination of service duplication 22 5.2 Proposal 25 5.2.1 Feeder network 26 5.2.2 Map of Feeder Service 28 5.2.3 Feeder network design 31 5.2.4 Accessibility Measurement 35 5.2.5 Comparative Analysis 40 6. Conclusion and Recommendation 41 6.1 Conclusion 41 6.2 Recommendation and future scope 42 7. References 43 8. Annexure 44 8.1 Survey Form 44 8.2 Population Forecast 45 8.3 Site Selected (Origins) 46 8.4 Accessibility Calculations Result 48 8.5 Feeder Calculation 50 8.6 Proposed Feeder Routes Map 54