• Rena N. Shukla
• Bhavsar Yash

Accessibility refers to people’s ability to reach goods, services and activities, which is the ultimate goal of most transport activity. It is important to measure public transport accessibility to improve the sustainability of public transport system in metropolitan areas. Improving public transport accessibility can be considered an effective way of reducing the external costs and negative side effects of motorized commuting. Ahmedabad has two type of public transport systems namely Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS). Rail transit for public transport Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) is under construction. The BRTS route from Commerce six road to Zundal circle has 33 stops with a total length of 20.8 km. The Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) methodology in this study, which was originally developed by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and later implemented by Transport for London (TfL) has been adopted for the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. PTAL is derived by considering average walk speed, average walk time, distances to public transport stops and peak-hour route frequencies. Data collection will be carried out by approaching public transport facility users. TransCAD software is used to generate a visual representation of PTAL. The Accessibility Indices obtained are allocated to eight bands of PTAL from very poor to excellent which can be used to suggest recommendation for future public transport system improvement.

Accessibility, BRTS, PTAL, Public Transport, TransCAD

"Accessibility Analysis of BRTS Public Transport Stops along Route Zundal Circle to L.D. Engineering College through West Zone of Ahmedabad ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.594-600, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905G87.pdf

"Accessibility Analysis of BRTS Public Transport Stops along Route Zundal Circle to L.D. Engineering College through West Zone of Ahmedabad ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp594-600, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905G87.pdf