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082			_aP TH-1315 _bPAR
100			_aParekh, Prashant
245		0	_aParatransit feeder system for BRTS - a case of Surat BRTS (Also available on CD)
260			_c2011
300			_ax,103p.,CD-ROM
505			_aCONTENTS Executive Summary 2 1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Background 2 1.2 Need for the Study 4 1.3 Problem Statement & Research Questions: 6 1.4 Aim & Objectives 7 1.5 Scope of work 7 1.6 Limitations 8 1.7 Study Approach & Methodology 8 1.8 Data Requirement 11 1.9 Data Collection: 11 1.9.1 Stage 1: Corridor Survey 11 1.9.2 Stage 2: Catchment Survey 11 2 UNDERSTANDING OF PARATRANSIT SERVICES &ITS INTEGRATION 13 2.1 Introduction to Integration: 13 2.2 Various Aspects of Integration: 14 2.3 Introduction of a Feeder System: 23 2.4 Components of feeder system: 24 2.5 Types of feeder services: 24 2.5.1 Circular or Loop Feeder Service 25 2.5.2 Neighborhood Collector Feeder Service 25 2.5.3 Cross Pickup Service: 27 2.5.4 Complementary services: 28 2.6 Role of a feeder system: 29 2.7 Opportunities and Risks of Feeder Integration: 29 2.8 International Case Studies of BRTS for Paratransit Integration: 33 2.8.1 Case Study: Bogota 34 2.8.2 Case Study: Mexico City 36 2.8.3 Case Study: Santiago 38 2.9 Learning from Case Studies for Integration: 40 2.10 Learning from Case Studies for Methodology to be adopted in Surat: 41 3 Public Transportation in Surat 46 3.1 Overview of the City: 46 3.1.1 Road Networks: 47 3.2 Public Transport Service: 50 3.2.1 Regional Public Transport 50 3.2.2 Surat City Bus Service 52 3.2.3 Auto Rickshaw Service 53 3.3 Proposed Public Transport System: BRT (DPR, February 2008) 55 4 Assessment of Paratransit Services in Surat 59 4.1 Introduction 59 4.2 Selection of Study Area 59 4.2.1 Selection of BRT Corridor 59 4.2.2 Perception study on Udhana - Sachin BRT Corridor 61 4.3 Existing Situation Analysis of Udhana - Sachin BRT Corridor 64 4.3.1 Finding from the Operator Survey 64 4.3.2 Findings from Commuter Survey 65 4.3.3 Delineation of Study Area 68 4.4 Existing Situation Analysis of Udhana Darwaja - Daksheshwar Temple 69 4.4.1 Findings from Operator Survey: 70 4.4.2 Findings from Reconnaissance Survey 72 4.4.3 Findings from Surat CMP 74 4.4.4 Findings from Commuter Survey 77 4.5 Conclusions 82 5 RECOMMENDATION FRAMEWORK FOR PARATRANSIT SRVICES & ITS INTEGRATION 85 5.1 Introduction 85 5.2 Physical Integration: 87 5.3 ROUTE 1: KHARWAR NAGAR - ALTHAN - KHARWAR NAGAR 88 5.4 ROUTE 2: UDHANA TEEN DARWAJA - TEXTILE MARKET 91 5.5 ROUTE 3: DAKSHESHWAR TEMPLE - NEW CITY LIGHT 94 5.6 Fare Integration 96 5.7 Institutional Integration 97
700			_aSinha, Shalini (Guide)
891			_a2009 Batch
891			_aFP-PG
999			_c51407 _d51407