TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pundir, Shivani
AU  - Mukundan, K.(Guide) 
AU  - Shivanand Swamy, H. M. (Guide)
TI  - Organizing urban public transport in Indian cities : delivering the bus rapid transit system (Also available on CD) 
U1  - P TH-0987 
PY  - 2007///
N1  - CERTIFICATE-  I UNDERTAKING- II ACKNOWLEDGEMENT..- .. III CONTENTS..- IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..- ..VI CHAPTER 1..-  1 INTRODUCTION ..- .. 1 1.1 URBAN TRANSPORT SCENARIO IN INDIA..-  1 1.1.1 OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR URBAN TRANSPORT IN INDIA..- .. 4 1.1.2 BUS TRANSPORT: BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM .. 8 1.2 NEED FOR THE STUDY ..-  9 1.2.1 IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES..- .. 10 1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH- .. 12 1.3.1 AIM ..-  12 1.3.2 OBJECTIVES ..- .. 12 1.3.3 APPROACH ..-  12 1.3.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS ..-  13 1.3.5 CHAPTER SCHEME..-  13 CHAPTER 2..-  14 REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE- .. 14 2.1 AN OVERVIEW OF METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES .. 14 2.1.1 MTA IN LARGE CITIES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES- .. 15 2.1.2 MTA IN MEDIUM SIZED CITIES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES .. 19 2.1.3 STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MTA ..- . 20 2.2 URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT FINANCING & SUBSIDY.. 21 2.2.1 SOURCES OF TRANSPORT SUBSIDY WORLDWIDE- . 23 2.3 TRANSPORT SERVICES REGULATION- .. 25 2.3.1 RESTRUCTURING PUBLIC TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS .. 26 CHAPTER 3..-  31 APPROACH TO BRTS - REVIEW OF SELECT PRACTICES.. 31 3.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES ..- . 34 3.2 SYSTEM PLANNING ..- .. 37 3.3 PLANNING & MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY- . 43 3.4 PERFORMANCE MONITORING- .. 46 3.5 FARE STRUCTURE AND REVENUE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.. 47 3.6 LESSONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF BRTS .. 51 Organization Structuring for BRTS ..- .. 52 CHAPTER 4..-  54 EVALUATING PUBLIC TRANSPORT DELIVERY IN INDIAN CITIES 54 4.1 URBAN TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT- . 54 Central Government and National Organizations  54 State Government Organizations and Agencies- .. 55 Local Government Bodies and Agencies-  55 4.1.1 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN SELECT CITIES .. 56 4.1.2 TECHNICAL SKILLS IN LOCAL BODIES ..-  59 4.1.3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT FINANCING AND SUBSIDY.- . 62 4.1.4 TRANSPORT SERVICES REGULATION-  62 4.2 BRTS IN INDIAN CITIES..- .. 64 4.2.1 CITIES WITH BRTS IN IMPLEMENTATION/ OPERATIONAL PHASE  64 Risk profile of BRTS planning, implementation and management 64 4.2.2 CITIES WITH BRTS IN PLANNING PHASE..-  66 4.2.3 LESSONS FROM IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES OF VARIOUS CITIES  66 4.3 LEGAL ASPECTS OF BRTS-  68 4.3.1 LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CREATION OF SPV ..- .. 68 4.3.2 DO WE NEED A BRT ACT?- . 69 Useful Provisions from the Delhi Metro Railways Act . 69 CHAPTER 5..-  70 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INDIAN SITUATION- . 70 5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR URBAN TRANSPORT. 70 5.1.1 MTA ARRANGEMENTS FOR INDIA..-  70 5.1.2 TRANSPORT SERVICES REGULATION-  72 5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BRTS ..- .. 74 5.2.1 REGULATORY ARRANGEMENTS FOR BRTS-  74 5.2.2 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR BRTS-  77 5.2.3 FINANCIAL VIABILITY FOR BRTS-  78 5.2.4 FARE INTEGRATION STRATEGY-  78 5.2.4 RELEVANT PROVISIONS FOR BRTS OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT .. 80 REFERENCES ..- . 81 ANNEXURE I  LIST OF PEOPLE MET-  83 ANNEXURE II  LESSONS FOR BRTS PLANNING AND OPERATIONS. 84 Service Planning ..- .. 84 Infrastructure Development and Maintenance- .. 84 Bus Procurement & Operations-  84 Revenue Collection and Distribution ..- . 85 Revenue and Route Sharing ..-  86 Performance and Service Monitoring-  86 Quality Control of Service ..- .. 86 ANNEXURE III  ROLE OF URBAN TRANSPORT INSTITUTIONS IN SELECT CITIES ANNEXURE IV  REASONS FOR BUS NATIONALIZATION IN INDIA, SUBSEQUENT REFORMS AND IMPACTS..- .. 91 ANNEXURE V  BRTS IMPLEMENTATION IN SELECT CITIES .. 96
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