NECESSITY OF INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM TO NAMMA METRO AT BYAPANAHALLI - A STUDY

Mass Rapid Transit is one of the major Transportati on system proposed in metropolitan city like Bangal ore in order to be beneficial in reducing various traffic problems and result in reduction of Travel time etc. The efficiency of thi s system can be increased by attracting more number of Trip makers by a suitable Integrated Transport System. Feeder system is one of these techniques proposed for Namma Metro in Bangalore which includes Feeder bus (Minibus) operating throughout the radial areas of Metro stations. The present study includes the necessity of these buses as par with Public Transport Buses currently opera ting in these areas with respect to the willingness of commuters, Frequency and Trav el Time. -------------------------------------------------------------------***Bangalore is the fifth largest metropolis in India. It is not only the administrative and commercial capital of the St ate but also the IT capital of India. Due to the rapid growth of major cities there has been vast increment in population which h as resulted in the traffic growth rate. There has been a 10% fo ld increase in the number of vehicles in the last 20 years. The se have lead to various traffic problems like Narrow roads heavi ly congested with a mixed type of traffic and little p ossibility of widening of these roads or laying new roads due to heavily built-up area, frequent traffic jams at road inters ections, high atmospheric pollution levels and high rate of accid ents. Therefore Mass Rapid Transit is one of the major tr ansport systems which have been proposed in metropolitan cities. The system leads to several positive impacts like Reduc tion in traffic density on road, Reduction in Travel time a nd safety, fuel consumption, urban air pollution and road acci dent, Employment opportunities and improvement in rural economy, Enhanced rural economy, saving in productive manhours due to rapid mode of transport, reduced need for expansion of roads, laying new roads. The commuters using these systems can then be increased by using proper Transport Integration Technique. Feeder system is one of the Integration Techniques have been implemented to attract more number of commuters from the surrounding radial area so as to increase the revenue of the MRT system and to reduce the tra ffic problems.