PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE IN A TRAVEL DEMAND ZONE OF A URBAN CITY: A CASE STUDY OF VADODARA

Author Reg. ID: TIJER_108987

Published Paper Id: TIJER2309068

Published In: Volume 10 Issue 9, September-2023

DOI: http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.36347

Abstract: Urbanization is one of the major changes that a country experiences in its course of development. One of the current issues pertaining to urban traffic is the role of Public transport. Travel demand is increasing with the passage of time and the resources available are limited. The purpose of this study is to estimate number of students coming to the college by using public transport and to evaluate the performance of public transport during the college hours that is before starting of the college 7 am and after 1:50 pm so that students using public transport do not face any difficulty to commute from home to college and back. Hence for the above study data was collected using google forms from various departments in the college. Origin destination matrix was generated from the data collected using TransCAD software and desire lines were obtained for the same. Routes of public transport were compared for evaluating the efficiency of public transport during college hours.

Keywords: Trip generation, Origin destination matrix, TransCAD Software

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Page No: a495-a500

Country: Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Research Area: Science and Technology

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