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* Its my daily routine now a days to take a ride in BRT bus and I love it.

*Traveling at the speed of 65 kmph in the middle of the city is fun.

Loves my BRTS and hats off to the planners.....
Thnks again to you.

Regards
Vrundan shah]]> Vrundan shah http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2011-01-21T08:50:15-05:00 Ranjana Bhargava http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-12-05T19:31:04-05:00 http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-08-09T03:06:29-05:00 Ank http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-08-04T11:55:25-05:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA4IR7PvO6I ]]> Adriana http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-06-29T12:47:36-05:00 George http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-05-26T05:32:54-05:00
http://www.humantransit.org/2010/05/bus-rapid-transit-in-india-an-upbeat-view.html
]]> Jarrett Walker http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-05-25T18:22:27-05:00
We've written about Janmarg on TheCityFix. I think you'd be interested to read it from an urban planner/transport engineer's perspective:

A Photographic Tour of Ahmedabad’s Janmarg BRT System
http://thecityfix.com/a-photographic-tour-of-ahmedabads-janmarg-brt-system/

And others:
http://thecityfix.com/ahmedabad%e2%80%99s-janmarg-changing-the-game-for-brt-systems-in-india/

http://thecityfix.com/five-months-of-ahmedabad%e2%80%99s-janmarg-setting-the-standard-for-brt-in-india/

http://thecityfix.com/more-on-ahmedabad%e2%80%99s-janmarg-brt-accessibility-and-signage/]]> Erica Schlaikjer http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-30T10:05:20-05:00 Niyati Rana http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-30T04:13:17-05:00 Helen Wilson http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-27T19:09:39-05:00 Minakshi http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-22T14:51:54-05:00 Abhijit Lokre http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-22T01:39:53-05:00 Morgan http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T14:53:23-05:00 faslanyc http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T13:47:45-05:00
Since ITDP worked on this project, this should come as no surprise!]]> Ranjit http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T09:04:26-05:00 @faslanyc: hopefully this helps with your queries.

And so others know – Abhijit http://bit.ly/aGrEUX
worked alongside Shivanand Swamy http://bit.ly/cYdXqU
who led the CEPT team in Ahmedabad.]]> Meena Kadri http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T07:13:49-05:00 More details of the project are available at www.ahmedabadbrts.com. This includes maps, cross sections and photographs.

Around 2001, an Integrated Public Transit System plan for Ahmedabad was prepared. The BRTS project was conceived sometime in 2004-2005. Consensus building too started around that time through a series of stakeholder workshops. Construction began in early 2006 and the first 12km were operational by October 2009.

Right now, 18km is operational, with a further 6km to slated for operation by April 25 and 13km by June 2010.

]]> Abhijit Lokre http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T06:53:30-05:00 ]]> Ahmed Kutbi http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T03:49:09-05:00
You can see a stylised map
of the network here: http://bit.ly/diKsJF
and a lo-res, less stylised map here: http://bit.ly/90Z3R9.

I've asked the folk at CEPT to weigh in on your other queries about when various types of research commenced as they can give more accurate detail.]]> Meena Kadri http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T03:39:53-05:00 Prashant Bhargava http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T02:28:42-05:00 I hope to ride on one of the buses soon.
Thanks Meena for the informative and well put article.
]]> Gunjan http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-21T02:01:28-05:00 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4oBKlv5UVEA/SMt3BwrX04I/AAAAAAAABnQ/hxu03lj66jA/s400/Pnq+BRTS.jpg]]> g10 http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-20T23:33:35-05:00
is it possible to find out more detail about the project (for instance maps of the different types of routes and how they overlap)? I'd be interested to know how this differs from Curitiba, and how long was the process? They got funds a few years ago, but were they studying possibilities and building consensus since 2000? Before?

Thanks!]]> faslanyc http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-20T13:04:41-05:00 Praveen Nahar http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-20T05:13:32-05:00 Sunandini http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-20T04:10:07-05:00 Prasenjit Sarkar http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-20T00:49:13-05:00 Ross http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-19T22:06:02-05:00 -Vas]]> vasudev bhandarkar http://places.designobserver.com/feature/peoples-way-urban-mobility-in-ahmedabad/12918/#comments 2010-04-19T21:59:03-05:00