ROAD WIDTHS

• Ahmedabad has grown in form of circular rings around the walled city area
which is traditional central business district.
• Major access road has been widened to 30 m width .
• The street network evolved historically as ring-radial form, comprising of 5
rings and 19 well defined radials; 11 in the west and 8 in the east.
• The share of area under the roads constitutes 7.5% of the entire city area.
• Within the developed area, the area under roads is about 18%.
• This translates to an average road width of 12m and about 10 kms per sq.km
of developed area.
• The second and the third rings and several radials were developed based on
the proposals of 1965 Development Plan.
• The width of each of these rings is 80 feet, 100 feet and 132 feet.
• BRTS Roadway design is 24m wide consisting of 2 central bus lanes
TYPICAL CROSS SECTION OF 60 M ROW BRT CORRIDOR ROAD
PEDESTRIAN
• BRTS roadway design comprises of wide
pedestrian path way .
• Two bays each measuring 12m in length has
been divided by a 4.6m wide walkway .
• Footpath between BRT lane and mixed traffic
lane is 2.0 m
• The smallest well functioning
footpath/tree package has a
width of 3m including a 2 m
clear space and 1 m tree pits.
• Street furniture is positioned
in line with the tree pits to
maintain 2 m of clear space.
• Wider footpaths can
accommodate street vending
and larger seating areas and
are recommended in areas
with large pedestrian
volumes.
• In some places in Gujrat elevated
pedestrian walkways is provided
which helps to slow down the
speed of vehicles and throw
which people cross roads .

Mostly tress are planted on

pedestrian routes .