TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thakkar, Maharsh
AU  - Adhvaryu, Bhargav (Guide)
TI  - Station accessibility plan for a multi modal zone in Ahmedabad (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - MIED TH-0093 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - CONTENTS Acknowledgements  iii Abstract iv List of figures v List of tables  vii 1 Introduction  1 1.1 Background and need for the study  1 1.2 Aim  3 1.3 Objective  3 1.4 Methodology  3 2. Overview of Public transport systems in Ahmedabad  5 2.1 AMTS (Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service)  5 2.2 Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) – Janmarg  6 2.3 Suburban Rail 7 2.4 Regional bus service – GSRTC  8 2.5 Metro Rail  8 3. Literature Review  10 3.1 Safe Access Manual – Safe Access to mass transit stations  10 3.2 Case of Hong Kong Central metro station MTR  12 3.3 Indiranagar metro station accessibility plan, Bengaluru  14 3.4 Street design Guidelines - UTTIPEC  16 4. Area Selection  19 4.1 Methodology for potential area selection  19 Step1: Formation of TAZ’s along the metro corridor  19 Step 2: Identification of parameter  20 Step 3: Calculating influence zone of a particular metro station  26 Step 4: Ranking of metro stations  27 5. Site Analysis  30 5.1 Location  30 5.1.1 Existing development Analysis  31 5.1.2 Land use distribution  32 5.1.3 Building heights  34 5.1.4 Built vs open area  36 5.1.5 Floor space index (FSI) mapping  37 5.2 Transport Infrastructure  39 5.2.1 Right of way (ROW)  39 5.2.2 Level of service  40 5.2.3 Accident data  43 5.2.4 Pedestrian Analysis at major junctions  43 5.2.5 Analysis of street character – Street rating  44 5.3 Accessibility  50 5.3.1 Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL)  50 5.3.2 Methodology for calculation of Accessibility index in study area  51 5.3.3 Steps for calculation of Accessibility Index  52 5.3.4 PTAL Mapping  53 5.3.5 Observations from the PTAL map  56 6. Proposal  57 6.1 Proposal of feeder bus service in the area  57 6.2 Implementation of the LAP model for the study area  59 6.3 Detailed design of area near metro station  61 6.4 Proposal for Secondary and Tertiary catchment area  64 6.5 Costing  72 7. Conclusion  74 References  75
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