Mass Transportation System For Indian Cities

Abstract

Developing sustainable transportation strategies has become a major focus of many cities around the world. Such strategies can range from improved pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure to investing in metropolitan rail systems. In major cities, where longer distance, high capacity services are necessary, city officials often debate the merits and costs of rail systems versus bus services. Each has its own advantages given specific context, with rail systems usually providing higher capacity, higher speed service, but often at much higher costs. Over the past two decades, bus rapid transit (BRT) has emerged as a major alternative to a rail versus bus debate. Although BRT systems are found in cities throughout the world, their greatest success has occurred in developing countries, where people demand a high quality transit system without having to pay the high price of heavy rail, a lifelong dream for many developing countries unable to afford large scale infrastructure development.