TY  - GEN
AU  - Gautam, I. P.
AU  - Shivanand Swamy, H. M.
AU  - Lokre, Abhijit
AU  - Arya, Vijay
TI  - Innovations in design : : Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System
SN  - 9781935677482
U1  - 388.40954 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Ahmedabad
PB  - Mapin Publishing
N1  - Contents:
Foreword  6  
Preface  7
Acknowledgement  8
Legends  12
Acronyms  12
Background
What is BRTS?  14 
System Types   15
Planning for Janmarg  21
BRTS Design
Basic Layout  23
BRT Lanes: Side or Median?  24 
Bus Station: Kerb or Median?  26 
Bus Station: Location  28

Cross Sections  29
Phase I: Right of way   32
60m    32
45m   36
40m   40
36m   46
30m    50
24m    52

Phase I : Innovations   56
Overtaking Lanes  56
Adapting Design for Special Situations   58
Grade Separating for Pedestrians   60
Splitting the Flyovers  66
Accommodating HT Lines   72
Phase II: Right of way  76
60m  76
40m  80
36m  84
30m   86
Phase II: Innovations  90
Elevating BRTS  90
At-Grade Turnaround  93

Junction  Design  99
Four-arm junction with Two-way BRTS  102
Four-arm junction with Flyover  104 
Four-arm junction with Square about and Two-way BRTS  106
Four-arm junction with Square about and Bus Priority  109
Placemaking  111 
Street Design  114 
Public Space Design  120 
Access to Bus Station  123
Street Design Elements  125
Benches  127
Bollards  128
Railings  130
Kerb Cuts  132
Raised Pedestrian Crossing at Bus Stations   134
Parking Module and Tree-pit Cover  135
Tree-pit Cover Details  136
Transit Infrastructure System  139	
Bus Stations  143
Interchanges  168
Workshops  176
Ideas for Future  181
Drivers' Facility  182
Interchange with Terminal  184
Elevafed Turnaround  186
Conclusion	191
Bibliography  192
About the Authors  194
About Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport  196
BRTS Team	197
BRTS route map, Ahmedabad	198

ER  -