• Poonam Chouhan
• Dr. Sandeep Narulkar

Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is a bus-based cost-effective urban mobility that provides fast, comfortable, high quality and capacity movement of traffic in quickly expanding cities of the country. Every transit system has been designed for a certain maximum capacity which further indicates the performance of the system. This study determines the capacity of BRT System of Indore city which has a length of 11.4 km. Presently the system is operated with 56 buses with a frequency of 15 buses per hour in non-peak hours and 25 buses per hour in peak hours. The dedicated lane meant for BRT is not getting utilized to its full capacity due to a single route of BRT and rigidity of the rules. The capacity is determined using empirical formulas considering 4 critical bus stops namely Major Road 9 (MR9), Vijay Nagar, Palasia & Tantya Bhil Square (Bhawarkua) as per the present traffic load. The 4 bus stops are determined for estimation of capacity by taking data of boarding and alighting, dwell time, clearance time at the peak hour on the highest ridership day during a year. The study also determines the possible inclusion of buses from other cross routes which moves along BRTS for some distance on mixed lane. It may also be considered as an extension of the current BRT system.

BRT system, Feeder routes, Traffic load, Urban mobility

"Determining The Capacity Using Empirical Formulas and Utilizing It to Extend the Bus Rapid Transit System – Indore Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.d359-d364, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112345.pdf

"Determining The Capacity Using Empirical Formulas and Utilizing It to Extend the Bus Rapid Transit System – Indore Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppd359-d364, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112345.pdf