Ahmedabad’s most efficient

‘Bus Rapid Transit Service’

Buses move in the dedicated lanes at high speed without the obstruction from
vehicles crossing or jay walkers forcing the drivers to apply brakes .
 • During our 7- days’ stay (from 16 th 22nd Feb) we got an
opportunity to travel by BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit Service) bus
in Ahmedabad. BRTS is the unique gift to the people of
Ahmedabad by their Dynamic Chief Minister Sri Narendra
Modi. He sent the experts from Ahmedabad Municipal
Corporation to the places like Pittsburg,Los Angeles (US) and
Curitiba in Brazil to study the excellent working of BRTS there.

Brazil’s (Curitiba’s) is the pioneering

BRT SYSTEM. The technicians from
countries world over are pouring
in here to study their method .
Today, Ahmedabad could surpass
all those countries in efficiency.
Technicians from other countries
are now visiting Ahemedabad for
this purpose.

Line up of state-of-art BRT buses

of Ahmedabad
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01. As the bus arrives at the Platform of the

station. the door of the platform and of
the bus open up, and thereafter close,
simultaneously before the bus leaves.
The buses are fully air-conditioned.

02. Stations are in the median.

03. Ticket issuing clerk is sitting in the

middle in a cage covered by a glass.

BRTS is operational on 18.7 kms. from

RTO to Pushpakunj at Kankaria Lake
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Another good feature of the
stations is that they have provided
ramps for physically challenged
people to use Wheel chairs.

With walls in the ramp (pathway),

there will be no spillage of people
in the path of the bus.
The platforms have good seating arrangement especially for ladies waiting for
the arrival of the bus. My wife among others, can be seen here

Our people are

exiting on reaching
Kankaria lake
Ahmedabad BRTS is a bus-based high
quality, high capacity rapid transit system
In a BRT system, the buses travel in
exclusive lanes, thus avoiding congestion.
This is a system of segregated right-of-way
infrastructure, rapid and frequent bus
Operation, easy boarding and alighting
facilities for the passengers and excellence Stations are well-lit at night
In marketing and customer service.

AHMEDABAD BRTS is officially named

as ‘JanMarg’ by Sri Narendra Modi which
means ‘people’s way – a road that can
carry citizens in safety, comfort and at
high speeds.

When the bus leaves the dedicated lanes

to cross a junction, red signal stops other
vehicles
Gujarat Chief Minister: Sri Narendra Modi
is seen travelling in a BRT bus on the
day on its inauguration on 15th Aug 2009. It is
Modi’s personal interest that Ahmedabad’s
BRTS became a reality and today the most
efficient too.

It is now getting International attention as per

Times of India (24-02-2009). In fact the
delegates from some 17 countries were
a 2-day tour of Ahmedabad on 22 / 23-2-2009
to study its working and probably to copy.

BRTS has been long seen by Urban

Planners as an answer to traffic chaos
in Big Cities

International Award:
BRTS Ahmedabad was conferred the award for Sustainable Transport for the year
2010 on Jan.12, 2010 in WASHINGTON D.C. U.S. A team led by the Standing Panel
Head: Ashit Voha flew to Washington receive the said award for visionary achievement in mass
transport from the U.S. backed Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.
 BRTS Bus in Los Angeles

BRTS Bus in Mondego, Portugal

BRTS Bus, Beijing Bogota, Columbia

 BRTS of South Australia
In Mexico City

BRTS lanes & the Bus in Pittsburg, U.S. Newly Acquired BRTS Bus of Ahmedabad
 Curitiba, Brazil

Cylindrical structures in either side of the

buses are unique type of Bus stations

CURITIBA’s integrative bus system with its express lanes and

bus expediency is being copied by countries all over the world.

Their experience –
- 70% commuters are using BRT .. reduces 2.7 car trips a year
-saves 2.7 Crores litres of fuel per year .. citizens only need to spend 10% of the income on
on travel
Their BRTS success story:
CONGESTION FREE STREET – POLLUTION FREE AIR – HAPPIER PLACE-
HAPPIER PEOPLE
 Scene of
congestion
on our Bangalore
roads

Ambulances getting caught in such gridlocks are the worst sufferers. It is not
known how many patients die in ambulances when caught in such traffic jams. It
is common on our Bangalore roads, more so when some agitations are held.
DEDICATED lanes of BRTS provide good solution. Ambulance shall be allowed to
use these lances. The Buses ahead can move sideways a few feet, and allow the
ambulances to push forward. Lives of critical patients in the ambulances can thus
be saved.
Bangalore too is expected to get
BRTS in the near future. The BRTS FOR BANGALORE ??
Government has appointed one
Mohammed Mohsin (IAS) to
head ‘Bangalore Metropolitan
Land Transport Authority
(BMLTA) for the proposed BRT
for Bangalore.

BRT is seen as a cost effective

method to deploy high quality
rapid transit in cities. That is the
crying need of Bangalore,.

Bangalore’s congestion on
roads is menace to the
movement of ambulances
carrying critically ill
patients. BRTS should help
providing free ways to them.(see
picture and write up above)
 (A) Internet picture 2010 B Picture by me in 2001

• Seattle has excellent Underground

BRT lane network. I had travelled by
it in 2001 and had taken pictures
there too

BRTS Ahmedabad has installed this

machine at the exit at every station. Ticket is
to be ‘shown’to it while exiting. The machine
will catch If the person who has taken ticket
for a shorter distance, has travelled longer.
• This Power Point Presentation slide show
is my creation. I, with my family visited Ahmedabad on 16-02-2010 for a
week’s stay. I was impressed by the overall development of
Ahmedabad after I last visited that place in 1994. But what did
impress me most was the introduction and the functioning of BUS
RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (BRTS)– a great gift to the people of
Ahmedabad by their dynamic Chief Minister Sri Narendra Modi.

The specially ordered air-conditioned buses that are running here in the
dedicated lanes with speed, and without any obstruction, the
stations in the median, automatic door opening, cleanliness and
discipline etc. very much impressed me.

Just as I was ignorant about this unique system of transportation until I

saw it there, I felt that my friends and relatives may not also be
knowing about it . Hence I clicked as may pictures there as possible,
and collected the details from internet, and prepared this PPP
SLIDES.

This slide presentation is not for publication, but strictly for being
viewed by of my friends and relatives only.