Background
Ahmedabad has a population of 72 lakhs (7.2 million), which is likely to be 11 million by the year 2035. This would lead to agglomeration of surrounding settlements like Naroda and other smaller villages, which ultimately increases the area of the city, which may become 1,000 km2 in the year 2035. Ahmedabad has limited public transport options. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Gujarat State Government initiated a plan for integrated public transit system, in which Bus Rapid Transit System) is one of the components, to facilitate the major mobility need of the people. In future, this system will get integrated with MEGA by the addition of two lines running through east to west and north to south in the city. Upcoming Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) would be easily accessible through this multimodal mix of Rapid Transport Systems.
It has system designs quite similar to Curitiba's Rede Integrada de Transporte and Bogota's TransMilenio. By following this system Chennai BRTS and Bangalore BRTS are also under implementation and Mumbai BRTS and Bhubaneswar BRTS are under planning.
Technical procedures was started in 2006. A part of the first corridor connecting Pirana to RTO Junction was opened to public on October 14, 2009 by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi. Second half of the first phase of the BRTS was inaugurated on December 25, 2009. It was stretched up to Kankaria Lake later to cater eastern part of the city.
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