Travel demand forecasting for competing mass transport systems a case study of chennai

Abstract

The life of any metropolitan city depends upon its transportation newlinesystem and a healthy economy requires that transport be smooth and efficient newlineThere have been rapid changes in pattern of traffic in Indian Cities in the newlinerecent past Introduction of fuel efficient and low cost vehicles in the market newlinehave caused flooding of vehicle on road and resulted in congestion In newlineaddition due to rapid growth of urbanization and employment opportunity at newlinecities the need for public transport has increased newlineAware of the above factors most metropolitan cities in the world newlineare moving to coordinate and streamline their transport system and to provide newlineMass Rapid Transit System MRTS as an alternative to the existing bus newlinetransport system One such case was Chennai MRTS which was originally newlineimplemented to relieve congestion on road and bus transport system newline newline