The document summarizes an appraisal study of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Surat, India. The BRTS Phase 1 corridor from Udhna Darwaja to Sachin GIDC was selected for analysis. Surveys found that while BRTS provided faster journey times than auto-rickshaws, it lacked accessibility for passengers at intermediate stops. As a result, 60% of passengers preferred auto-rickshaws to BRTS during peak hours. The study concluded that improving accessibility at stops is needed to make BRTS more sustainable and preferred over the entire route.
Planning of intermediate transport system for bengaluru metropolitan city to ...eSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology.
Due to rapid unplanned development, versatile land use, rapid population
growth, poor public transport system and increase of private car users, traffic
problems are worsening day by day. The only mass transit is bus which is
insufficient in terms of safety, capacity, comfort, and convenience. Considering
the worsening congestion, it is high time to develop effective mass transit
system such as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a means for achieving sustainable
urban transport in the city
Study of Key Factors Determinant Choice of Rail-Based Mass TransitIJERA Editor
Pursuant to regulations of the Ministry of Transportation in 2002 about the type of transport based on the city
size, the metropolis with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants are required to have the urban mass
transit. Nevertheless, until now not all city-scale population of more than 1 million have mass public transport,
either bus or rail-based. Especially for rail-based mass transit, indicated the existing regulations have not been
able to challenge the development of rail-based urban mass transit. Learning from the literature study and the
experience of countries that already have rail-based urban mass transit it has acquired nine main factors to be
taken into account in developing a rail-based urban public transportation. This study was conducted by using
Analytical Hierarchy Process method which was further validated through the implementation of the On Focus
Group Discussion in the Jakarta City Transportation Council (DTKJ) as well as in the City Development
Planning Board (Bappeko) Surabaya. Finally, the initial result shown five sequences determining factor for the
determinant choice of rail-based mass transit, namely: fiscal or economic capacity of the region and society,
transport policy, integrated public transport, land use, fare and travel time. Furthermore, the acquisition results
of this study can be applied to the selected cities to address the challenges to urban mass transit development.
The research objective is to evaluate the performance of intersections around the
central area of urban activities, analyze queues and delays that occur in the area,
openings and existing canalization, analyze the level of accessibility from the
influence of traffic management, from obstacles to various privacy activities,
determine the optimization of traffic light functions coordinated and integrated. The
research method is generally carried out through direct surveys, mathematical
analysis and comparative analysis. Mathematical analysis is done iteratively to get the
best cycle time as an integrated and coordinated intersection function. Graphically, it
can facilitate the drawing and reading of the best cycle times for various intersections
that are included in the design. The results obtained showed that the densest traffic
volume in the CBD area occurred at the intersection 7 and 12, with the 42.02–72.59%
composed of vehicles dominated by motorbikes, while jeeps between 6.72 – 35. 63%.
The capacity of Intersection in this area averages 6,809 passenger car unit (pcu) /
hour, so that the Degree of Saturation averages 0.895 with the maximum is 0.917. The
highest chance of queuing occurs in unsignalized intersections in the CBD area
between 42-84% which occur at the intersection 7 and 12 with the highest delay was
38.18 seconds (intersection 2). The level of accessibility of this region was high but
because of the high side barrier. Intersection capacity improvement through
geometric improvements, channelization, improvement and optimization of integrative
traffic light functions, has the potential to contribute up to 36% and based on
simulations with VISSIM program aids until the projections for 2025 can be
maintained contributing to an increase in capacity of up to 22%.
Planning of intermediate transport system for bengaluru metropolitan city to ...eSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology.
Due to rapid unplanned development, versatile land use, rapid population
growth, poor public transport system and increase of private car users, traffic
problems are worsening day by day. The only mass transit is bus which is
insufficient in terms of safety, capacity, comfort, and convenience. Considering
the worsening congestion, it is high time to develop effective mass transit
system such as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a means for achieving sustainable
urban transport in the city
Study of Key Factors Determinant Choice of Rail-Based Mass TransitIJERA Editor
Pursuant to regulations of the Ministry of Transportation in 2002 about the type of transport based on the city
size, the metropolis with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants are required to have the urban mass
transit. Nevertheless, until now not all city-scale population of more than 1 million have mass public transport,
either bus or rail-based. Especially for rail-based mass transit, indicated the existing regulations have not been
able to challenge the development of rail-based urban mass transit. Learning from the literature study and the
experience of countries that already have rail-based urban mass transit it has acquired nine main factors to be
taken into account in developing a rail-based urban public transportation. This study was conducted by using
Analytical Hierarchy Process method which was further validated through the implementation of the On Focus
Group Discussion in the Jakarta City Transportation Council (DTKJ) as well as in the City Development
Planning Board (Bappeko) Surabaya. Finally, the initial result shown five sequences determining factor for the
determinant choice of rail-based mass transit, namely: fiscal or economic capacity of the region and society,
transport policy, integrated public transport, land use, fare and travel time. Furthermore, the acquisition results
of this study can be applied to the selected cities to address the challenges to urban mass transit development.
The research objective is to evaluate the performance of intersections around the
central area of urban activities, analyze queues and delays that occur in the area,
openings and existing canalization, analyze the level of accessibility from the
influence of traffic management, from obstacles to various privacy activities,
determine the optimization of traffic light functions coordinated and integrated. The
research method is generally carried out through direct surveys, mathematical
analysis and comparative analysis. Mathematical analysis is done iteratively to get the
best cycle time as an integrated and coordinated intersection function. Graphically, it
can facilitate the drawing and reading of the best cycle times for various intersections
that are included in the design. The results obtained showed that the densest traffic
volume in the CBD area occurred at the intersection 7 and 12, with the 42.02–72.59%
composed of vehicles dominated by motorbikes, while jeeps between 6.72 – 35. 63%.
The capacity of Intersection in this area averages 6,809 passenger car unit (pcu) /
hour, so that the Degree of Saturation averages 0.895 with the maximum is 0.917. The
highest chance of queuing occurs in unsignalized intersections in the CBD area
between 42-84% which occur at the intersection 7 and 12 with the highest delay was
38.18 seconds (intersection 2). The level of accessibility of this region was high but
because of the high side barrier. Intersection capacity improvement through
geometric improvements, channelization, improvement and optimization of integrative
traffic light functions, has the potential to contribute up to 36% and based on
simulations with VISSIM program aids until the projections for 2025 can be
maintained contributing to an increase in capacity of up to 22%.
Planning for Metro Transit Transportation System a simplified Approach: A Cas...IJAEMSJORNAL
Currently Muscat the capital city of Oman is suffering from many traffic and transported related problems. Some of the serious concerns are high vehicle ownerships, low occupancy in personalized vehicles and poor patronization towards public transportation systems. Ruwi is the City center and a major Central Business District in Muscat. More than one million commuters daily visit Ruwi City center for their day to day business. The common transportation related problems often reported by the citizens at Ruwi CBD, are traffic congestion, over speeding of vehicles, inadequacy of parking places and pedestrian safety. All such problems can be eliminated by providing efficient public transportation system by restricting the entry of personal vehicles and para transit. In this technical paper, panning and designing of public transit facility by metro transport facility is attempted by capturing land use and travel information of daily commuters at Ruwi CBD area. An extensive literature review is carried for establishing the bench marking while planning metro transit system. For this the CBD area is cordoned and divided into traffic analysis zones based on the land use characteristics. Travel information of the commuter is estimated through interviewing them at the CBD entry gateway points and work locations. Land use characteristics are captured through reconnaissance of the area and random inspection of land parcels. Land use Information captured through the Google images and physical verification of data of the selected sample land parcels helped in estimation and characterization of the land use. Questionnaire survey at the activity centers helped in estimation of total trips attracted by the land uses. Travel characteristics, derived through the personal interviews of the commuters, facilitated for the estimation of total trips. Trip factors for different land uses are derived. Total trips generated are quantified and is used in planning of Metro Transit facility at the Ruwi city center. Commuter circulation pattern for the metro transit is also scheduled. Also it is proposed to carry extensive literature for establishing bench mark while planning the transit system.
The presentation provides an overall view of the urban transportation market in India. The presentation provides glimpse of development in different cities. It also tries to highlight the growth of ITS and AFCS market and the strategy of three key global players for India. You may send your feedback on jaaaspal@yahoo.com.
This presentation will give you an overview of Ahmedabad BRTS "JANMARG" Project. The slides were presented by me at Civil Engineering Department, L.D. College of Engineering
In this presentation all concepts, needs of urban mass transportation system is explained in well manner. after seeing this presentation you can be able to answer all questions related to mass transportation syatem.
Large cities in developing countries are characterized by growth in automobile ownership, insufficient
transportation infrastructure and service development. These cities often suffer from congestion, poor mobility
and accessibility, significant economic waste, adverse environmental impact and safety problems. This paper
focuses on identification of travel time characteristics and other traffic parameters and to develop a predictive
model for travel time on Akure major roads. Data on travel time were collected for vehicles during the morning
and evening peak periods using floating car technique. The data was analyzed using Statistical Packages for
Social Sciences (SPSS) and fitted into Multiple Regression model to establish a relationship between the
Travel Time and other road traffic parameters. Travel time (Tt) was modeled as a function of section length
(X1), number of intersections (X2), pedestrian/ economic activities (X3), Traffic volume (X4), enforcement
agency (X5) and road width (X6). The Coefficient of multiple determination R2 was 0.702 which means that
there is 70.2% of the dependent variable (travel time) in the forward direction as explained (accounted) by the
independent variables and 72.2% in the opposite direction. The result revealed that section length, pedestrian
economic activity and traffic volume were all significant at 5% level and has a positive relationship with travel
time in both forward and reverse direction. The model identifies the impact of these traffic parameters on travel
time and recommend measures for improvement.
This Presentation shows a comparative study of 5 construction projects in India & abroad enabling us to understand the process of conducting Pre-Project feasibility analysis.
Capacity Determination of an Arterial Road - A Case study of Modasa Town (Bus...ijsrd.com
In Modasa, newly born City of north Gujarat (INDIA), faces severe traffic congestion due to rapid and uncontrolled development by an unacceptable level of disparity in transportation demand and supply scenario resulting in environmental degradation as well. Capacity analysis is essential for planning, design and operation of road. Planning and development of road systems require an understanding of capacity standards for assessing economic consequences of important road development schemes. Among other things, it provides the basic of determining the total width to be provided for bus-station to state bank of India with regards to volume, composition and other parameters of traffic. The factors affecting capacity of road are physical road way, traffic, environment and control conditions. Speed-flow relationship is the basic relationship depicting traffic behavior. In this study speed-flow relationship, speed-density relationship and flow-density relationship for SBI to bus-stand and bus-stand to SBI road link in Modasa city are developed using video recording technique. The capacity is derived from the speed-flow relationship, which can be helpful for working out improvement plans.
Planning for Metro Transit Transportation System a simplified Approach: A Cas...IJAEMSJORNAL
Currently Muscat the capital city of Oman is suffering from many traffic and transported related problems. Some of the serious concerns are high vehicle ownerships, low occupancy in personalized vehicles and poor patronization towards public transportation systems. Ruwi is the City center and a major Central Business District in Muscat. More than one million commuters daily visit Ruwi City center for their day to day business. The common transportation related problems often reported by the citizens at Ruwi CBD, are traffic congestion, over speeding of vehicles, inadequacy of parking places and pedestrian safety. All such problems can be eliminated by providing efficient public transportation system by restricting the entry of personal vehicles and para transit. In this technical paper, panning and designing of public transit facility by metro transport facility is attempted by capturing land use and travel information of daily commuters at Ruwi CBD area. An extensive literature review is carried for establishing the bench marking while planning metro transit system. For this the CBD area is cordoned and divided into traffic analysis zones based on the land use characteristics. Travel information of the commuter is estimated through interviewing them at the CBD entry gateway points and work locations. Land use characteristics are captured through reconnaissance of the area and random inspection of land parcels. Land use Information captured through the Google images and physical verification of data of the selected sample land parcels helped in estimation and characterization of the land use. Questionnaire survey at the activity centers helped in estimation of total trips attracted by the land uses. Travel characteristics, derived through the personal interviews of the commuters, facilitated for the estimation of total trips. Trip factors for different land uses are derived. Total trips generated are quantified and is used in planning of Metro Transit facility at the Ruwi city center. Commuter circulation pattern for the metro transit is also scheduled. Also it is proposed to carry extensive literature for establishing bench mark while planning the transit system.
The presentation provides an overall view of the urban transportation market in India. The presentation provides glimpse of development in different cities. It also tries to highlight the growth of ITS and AFCS market and the strategy of three key global players for India. You may send your feedback on jaaaspal@yahoo.com.
This presentation will give you an overview of Ahmedabad BRTS "JANMARG" Project. The slides were presented by me at Civil Engineering Department, L.D. College of Engineering
In this presentation all concepts, needs of urban mass transportation system is explained in well manner. after seeing this presentation you can be able to answer all questions related to mass transportation syatem.
Large cities in developing countries are characterized by growth in automobile ownership, insufficient
transportation infrastructure and service development. These cities often suffer from congestion, poor mobility
and accessibility, significant economic waste, adverse environmental impact and safety problems. This paper
focuses on identification of travel time characteristics and other traffic parameters and to develop a predictive
model for travel time on Akure major roads. Data on travel time were collected for vehicles during the morning
and evening peak periods using floating car technique. The data was analyzed using Statistical Packages for
Social Sciences (SPSS) and fitted into Multiple Regression model to establish a relationship between the
Travel Time and other road traffic parameters. Travel time (Tt) was modeled as a function of section length
(X1), number of intersections (X2), pedestrian/ economic activities (X3), Traffic volume (X4), enforcement
agency (X5) and road width (X6). The Coefficient of multiple determination R2 was 0.702 which means that
there is 70.2% of the dependent variable (travel time) in the forward direction as explained (accounted) by the
independent variables and 72.2% in the opposite direction. The result revealed that section length, pedestrian
economic activity and traffic volume were all significant at 5% level and has a positive relationship with travel
time in both forward and reverse direction. The model identifies the impact of these traffic parameters on travel
time and recommend measures for improvement.
This Presentation shows a comparative study of 5 construction projects in India & abroad enabling us to understand the process of conducting Pre-Project feasibility analysis.
Capacity Determination of an Arterial Road - A Case study of Modasa Town (Bus...ijsrd.com
In Modasa, newly born City of north Gujarat (INDIA), faces severe traffic congestion due to rapid and uncontrolled development by an unacceptable level of disparity in transportation demand and supply scenario resulting in environmental degradation as well. Capacity analysis is essential for planning, design and operation of road. Planning and development of road systems require an understanding of capacity standards for assessing economic consequences of important road development schemes. Among other things, it provides the basic of determining the total width to be provided for bus-station to state bank of India with regards to volume, composition and other parameters of traffic. The factors affecting capacity of road are physical road way, traffic, environment and control conditions. Speed-flow relationship is the basic relationship depicting traffic behavior. In this study speed-flow relationship, speed-density relationship and flow-density relationship for SBI to bus-stand and bus-stand to SBI road link in Modasa city are developed using video recording technique. The capacity is derived from the speed-flow relationship, which can be helpful for working out improvement plans.
Determining trip generation of commercial land use of kaptaiKazi Mahfuzur Rahman
Abstract
Trip generation is the first step in the conventional transportation forecasting process. Trip generation rates can
influence the magnitude of the roadway improvements that are constructed like the amount of land that is
required to be dedicated for road’s right-of-way, and calculation of long term maintenance costs of the roadway
network. Therefore, an accurate estimate of vehicle trip generation is required to construct the necessary roadway
infrastructure without overbuilding it. Mohora to Kaptai road is an important and a busy road in Chittagong
because some important commercial buildings, power plants, industries and institutions are situated along this
road. The goal of this paper is to determine trip generation of adjacent commercial land uses of Kaptai Road. To
fulfill the goal, our objectives are to identify the number of trips generation by the adjacent commercial land uses
and to relate trip generation with respect to land use and socio-economic characteristics of Kaptai road. This
study utilizes Geographic Information System (GIS), Questionnaire Survey, Personal Interview and Multiple
Linear Regression Analysis for the trip generation analysis and calculation. Trip generation surveys have
completed at a total of 10 commercial sites, covering five different shopping centers and five different banks at
different important intersection point. The findings have clarified the existing land uses, trip generation situation
with multiple linear regression model and trip rates of commercial land uses.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Effective learning from delhi brts –a case study of pune brtseSAT Journals
Abstract This paper emphasizes on the common problems endured by Delhi and Pune BRTS corridor. Urban Traffic commutation has an eloquent place in urban life. BRTS is a very old form of public transport, but it is still a new concept for developing countries like India, because of its psychological aspects. Bus Rapid Transit involves synchronized improvements in a transport system’s infrastructure, equipment, working, performance and technology that give preference to buses on urban roadways. This paper gives an overall outlook of Delhi and Pune BRT systems and observed some common problems in operating both the system, and some recommendations are mentioned so that could help improving Pune BRTS immensely and influentially and have a better result avoiding bottlenecksthose faced byDelhiBRTS.The main present study intent to highlight the problems and to overcome those problems. Keywords: Delhi and Pune BRTS Bottlenecks, Public Transport, Feeder, Social Image
The Prediction of Optimal Route of City Transportation Based on Passenger Occ...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
Currently, the existence of city transport is increasingly eliminated by private vehicles such as
cars and motorcycles. This situation is further exacerbated by the behavior of city transport drivers who are
less discipline in driving, or in picking up and dropping off their passengers. The bad behavior is partly
caused by the low level of passenger occupancy. The drivers try to search for passengers as much as
possible but often ignore the traffic rules. To overcome this problem, an optimal transport route with high
passenger potential is required. Therefore, this study investigated the optimal route of city transport based
on the passenger occupancy rate in the city of Bandung as the case study. The method employed for
determining the optimal route is Genetic algorithm combined with Ordinary Kriging method used for the
process of passenger prediction and fitness calculation. The optimal routes are those with higher
occupancy rate. The analysis results showed that the use of the Genetic algorithm with a low number of
generations succeed in creating new optimal routes even though the increase is not too high the maximum
only reaches 4%.This result is certainly important enough to be used in making better public transport
routes.
GIS-based Road Network Analysis and Bus Route Evaluation in Futian District, ...AI Publications
Futian District is the central urban area of Shenzhen and one of the busiest and most dynamic urban areas. This article is based on the spatial analysis method (slop, density, road area); Simultaneously, using research methods such as average station distance, nonlinear coefficient, service area, and public transportation network repetitive coefficient, combined with national standards, this study analyzes and evaluates the urban road network and public transportation network in Futian District, Shenzhen. The results show that: firstly, the overall difference in road network density in Futian District is significant, with a characteristic of high density in the southeast and low density in the northwest. The transportation network is mainly distributed in the east, south, and west regions. Secondly, the shortcomings of the planning in this area were manifested in the non-compliance of the urban road area with national standards, the high nonlinear coefficient of bus routes, increased time and travel costs for residents' bus travel, and a bus service area within 500 m far below national standards. Reflecting on the sustainable development of urbanization in the area, we should address the shortcomings in road design and public transportation layout, explore our own advantages, and adjust planning strategies to seek new directions and strategies.
As is the trend worldwide, India is undergoing rapid urbanization. This means not only that more people than ever before
will be living and working in cities, but also that more people and more goods will be making more and longer trips
in urban areas. The costs of increasing dependence on cars is resulting in expensive road building and maintenance,
clogged and congested roads, high levels of energy consumption along with its economic and environmental costs, worsening
air and noise pollution, traffic accidents and social inequities that arise when the poor find transportation services
increasingly unaffordable.
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
Necessity of integrated transport system to namma metro at byapanahalli – a s...eSAT Journals
Abstract
Mass Rapid Transit is one of the major Transportation system proposed in metropolitan city like Bangalore in order to be beneficial
in reducing various traffic problems and result in reduction of Travel time etc. The efficiency of this 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 operating in these areas with respect
to the willingness of commuters, Frequency and Travel Time.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Assuring Contact Center Experiences for Your Customers With ThousandEyes
E012442937
1. IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE)
e-ISSN: 2278-1684,p-ISSN: 2320-334X, Volume 12, Issue 4 Ver. IV (Jul. - Aug. 2015), PP 29-37
www.iosrjournals.org
DOI: 10.9790/1684-12442937 www.iosrjournals.org 29 | Page
Appraisal Study Of Brts Surat-A Sustainable Urban Transport
Shah Shaishav D1
, Patel Ravi J2
, Jain Saurabh3
1, 2, 3
(Civil Engineering,C.G. Patel Institute of Technology, India)
Abstract:Urban transport system is the key issue in today’s scenario due to incredible growth rate in urban
areas and improper planning to accommodate incoming migrants. Surat city being the Diamond capital and
Textile Hub becomes an epicenter for opportunities which in turn attracts a great number of man-power. This
huge population and increasing requirements towards transportation challenges the existing service in the heart
of the city. To face this challenge, BRTS turns out as a sustainable transit system looking towards the
availability of space and existing network of roads. This paper deals with assessment of less preferred existing
operational BRTS Phase-1: Corridor-1 i.e. UdhnaDarwaja-SachinGIDC which doubts its feasibility and
requires thorough analysis to highlight its flaws. Also Congestion and Connectivity has been the concerned
issue and needs to be resolved by re-planning to eliminate the flaws and sustain the tough three-wheeled
competitor.
Keywords: Heterogeneous traffic, Mass Transit-system, Sustainable Planning.
I. Introduction
Indian traffic is heterogeneous in nature where variety of vehicle moves over a single lane. Also with
insufficient transport facility within the city, it adds more usage of private vehicles and Intermediate Para-transit
vehicles. All this together makes city roads very congested and time consuming journey with rapidly increase in
pollution.
Surat city being the centre of opportunities for laborers as well as investors attracts large number of
migrants from surrounding rural areas and lures investors to invest in huge diamond and textile industries. The
network of roads in the city is incapable to accommodate the traffic induced as a result of huge population
growth rate. South zone of Surat has more number of industries which develops a large need for transport
facility, which is presently served by shared auto-rickshaw and leads to very heavy traffic and time consuming
journey.
To solve this problem mass transit system was inevitable and so Bus Rapid Transit System was
planned to meet the travel requirements over the entire city. But with the less preference given to the BRTS over
the stretch Udhna Darwaja-Sachin GIDC raised questions against its feasibility.
In order to resolve the issue of less preferred BRTS, this paper presents the studies that were carried out
to analyze the flaws of BRTS over the stretch and evaluating the deficiency between the planned and achieved
objectives.
I.1 Need of Study
Surat is the one of the most dynamic city of India with one of the fastest growth rate due to
immigration from various parts of Gujarat and other states of India. As there is no further scope for expansion of
available physical infrastructure within the walled city of Surat, it is the need of today to manage the available
resources and make potential use of it. Although BRTS is operating over the route, traffic, delay in journey,
congestion and accidents have not changed significantly due to following reasons that developed the base of
study.
1) More preference to shared auto-rickshaw than BRTS over the route.
2) Priority to Private vehicles than travelling into BRT buses.
I.2 Methodology
The Study was carried out in following steps:
1) Literature review
2) Inventory Survey
3) Field survey
4) Analysis
5) Conclusion
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II. Site Introduction And Data Collection
In order to evaluate the operational data of BRTS, the stretch of BRTS Phase1: Corridor 1: Udhna
Darwaja-Sachin GIDC was selected as a study area which is 9.5 km long with 18 BRT Stations. This stretch is
located in the south zone of Surat.
Fig.1. Stretch Details
II.1 Inventory Survey
Population of Surat has been increasing at very fast rate and because of this, the rate at which vehicles
have been registered is quite significant. According to 2011 census urban population of India has increased
about almost at twice the rate of increase in total population over a decade.
Fig.2. Population Growth rate
While the growth of urban population in Surat district is almost thrice the growth of total population in
the city over the decade. This has lead to a serious demand in infrastructural facilities out of which Transport
facility is one of the major concerned issues.
To cater the problems related to transport facility, National Urban Transport Policy had set certain
guidelines to be followed while planning a transport facility. Those guidelines were,
1) Reduce the travel demand.
2) Encourage use of public Transit.
After that Comprehensive Mobility Plan of Suratcity was developed, it added strategies in order to
execute the planning that contained the idea set forth by NUTP. Those Strategies were,
1) Structuring Land use.
2) Structuring Road Network.
3) Developing Transportation Systems.
4) Developing Parking Policy.
Proper structuring of land use and road network would decrease the trip requirement and eventually
there will be decrease in the trip demand. So land-use also plays an important role to improve the conditions
within the city. A result obtained from a survey reveals the travel speed in 2003 and projects the speed in 2020
where it indicates decrease in travel speed of vehicles to a great extent on a given road network if no proper
transport system was planned. It is shown in Fig.3.
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Fig.3 Travel speed Forecast
Hence it became very essential to plan an efficient transportation facility.But to promote the use of
public transit, there appears the facility such as Light rail system, Metro systems, Mono-rails and Bus Rapid
Transit System, out of which BRTS turns out to be viable enough to fulfill the demands. And so, BRTS plan
was developed which divided the execution of construction into three phases. The routes are as shown in Fig.4.
Fig.4. BRTS proposed Routes
This BRTS plan had set certain objectives which were meant to be fulfilled to make this system
feasible. These Objectives were,
1) Easy Access
2) Economical
3) Rapid service
4) Traffic Reduction
5) Eco-Friendly
Our paper deals with the assessment of the BRTS over the selected route which is the only working
transit line out of these three planned phasein order to review its feasibility. Details regarding corridor
identification and travel pattern were obtained from Detailed Project Report and CMP of Surat city and the
surveys that were carried out to obtain operational data of BRTS are listed as below.
II.2 List of surveys
1) Questionnaire survey
2) On Board BRTS survey
3) Para-Transit survey
III. Data Analysis
As the objectives were set looking towards the need of travel along the route, it becomes essential to
study the deficiency between the planned and achieved objectives.
III.1 Trip details
Being an area where large number of laborers work in various industries located over short distances it
is necessary to understand the purpose of trips that are generated over the route which forms the base of
providing any transport facility. Use of two-wheelers and shared auto-rickshaw is the most over the route and
when surveyed regarding the purpose of their trip, over 60% trips belonged to job or work oriented while study
based & social trips were found to be second most over the route. The job or work oriented trips were carried by
the Two-wheelers and laborers in shared auto-rickshaw which according to them turned out to be the most
convenient mode of transport for short distances. Hence travel need for short distances is predominant on this
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stretch and BRTS must cater this basic requirement when planned on this route. The details of trip generated by
purpose is shown in Fig.5
Fig.5 Purpose of Trip
III.2 Need for Public Transport
The stretch has been observed with congestions at many locations and with the development of BRTS
lane it seems to have increased the road user problems like traffic and accidents. When it was surveyed
regarding the need of an efficient transport facility despite of the available BRTS over the stretch, it was found
that time effective journey was needed much more than cost effective journey. Passengers have perception to
spend more money but to have a fast and rapid journey. The results of this survey are shown in the Fig.6 where
almost 70% people seek a better facility to avoid time consuming journey.
Fig. 6 Factors demanding need for transportation
III.3 BRTS usage and Journey Preference
As it was found that majority of the trips were oriented towards short distances in auto-rickshaw, it
affected the usage of BRTS to a large extent. Results of this survey showthat around 60% passengers were not
willing to use BRTS in morning as well as evening peak hours and were shifted more towards auto-rickshaw
and private vehicles. The details of the usage is shown in Fig.7
Fig.7BRTS Usage
Despite of the provision of connectivity with City bus at the two terminals i.e. SachinGIDC and Udhna
Darwaja, preference for the BRT buses is still not upto the mark. Survey results for the first preference out of
the available modes of transport over the route were again quite inclined towards private vehicles and auto-
rickshaw rather than BRTS and city-bus in morning as well as in evening. The preference of passengers in
percentage vs. different modes of transport is shown in Fig.8.
0
20
40
60
80
11.23
68.76
20.01
Percentage
Cost Time Consumption Other
0 50 100
Day Time
Evening…
57.71
68.52
42.29
31.48
Percentage
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Fig.8. Journey Preference
The reasons behind the choice of these modes and their preference were then segregated in three
parametersi.e. fare, frequency and accessibility of BRTS and were analyzed separately. The results of the
analysis stated that 70% people rated the fare as good on the scale of five while over 60% rated frequency as
good.
Fig.9 Factors
When the problems of connectivity of city bus with BRTS and accessibility of BRT stations was
surveyed, About 65% people rated accessibility and connectivity of BRTS poor and around 25% rated as
average. Hence, this has lead to more preference to auto-rickshaw as BRTS stations are not accessible enough
and to private vehicles as there no efficient connectivity which could make the journey less time consuming.
III.4 On Board survey details
This analysis produces a detailed idea regarding the behavior of passengers in terms of priority
towards BRTS and auto-rickshaw, by direct comparison of various parameters between BRTS and shared auto-
rickshawwhich governs the feasibility of BRTS.
III.4.1 Fare and Journey details
The results of this survey show that Fare of Shared auto-rickshaw is higher than BRTS between each
stops.Fig.10 shows the comparison between two modes of Transport between all the 18 stations.
Fig.10 Fare analysis
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5
10
15
20
25
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Auto Fare (Rs) BRT fare (Rs)
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Rapid service also plays a vital role and so a speed survey was carried out between each BRTS stop of
BRT buses and shared auto-rickshaw. The Results of the survey show that the speed of both the modes is almost
same between every stop with speed of BRT bus leading by marginal amount between certain stops. This results
in greater average speed of BRT buses over the route in both the directions as compared to average speed of
shared auto-rickshaw. Fig 11 represents the details of speed analysis From U-S i.e. Udhna Darwaja to Sachin
GIDC and in morning and evening.
Fig.11 Speed analysis
While Fig.12 represents the speed between S-U i.e. Sachin GIDC to Udhna Darwaja.
Fig.12 Speed Analysis
The Peak of red line can be easily seen of BRT buses at various stops which eventually results into
higher average speed over the route.
When the journey time were analyzed from, it was found that at every stop BRT buses takes less time
to travel than auto-rickshaw and which makes the entire journey faster over the route. BRT buses complete its
one cycle earlier than rickshaw. The travel time between every stop is represented in Fig.13 by bus and
rickshaw.
Fig.13 Journey time
Thus provision of separate lane on the route has resulted in faster movement of bus and thereby less
travel time.
The frequency was found to be sufficient enough to cater the passenger load which is shown in Table.1.
The total cycle time is represented in Fig.14 where BRT bus can be seen completing its cycle earlier than auto-
rickshaw.
Fig.14 Cycle time
44 46 48 50 52
Auto-Rickshaw
BRT Bus
51
48.2
49
46.58
Minutes
Evening
Morning
Cycle Time
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Table.1
time frequency headway (mins)
9.30 to 10.30 8 8
10.30 to11.30 7 8.5
Evening
4.30 to 5.30 8 7.8
5.30 to 6.30 8 8.3
Thereby, BRTS turns out as a rapid service over the route.
III.4.2 Boarding & Alighting details
This survey analyzes the boarding and alighting pattern of passengers at every stop. This helps to
understand the usage of every stop and its preference. Fig.15 shows the details of this survey.
Fig.15 Boarding and Alighting details
The graph represents no. of passengers boarding and alighting at every stop where it is observed that
maximum no. of passengers board at 1st
stop i.e. Udhna Darwaja and maximum passengers alight at last stop i.e.
Sachin GIDC. At intermediate stops hardly any movement of passengers is seen and so this route is utilized by
only those passengers who need to travel from origin stop to the other terminal. The result becomes clearer
when we analyze the load factor over the route which is shown in Fig.16.
Fig.16 Load Factor
The load factor over the intermediate stops hardly varies by 0.2, while average load factor turns out to
between 0.4 to 0.5. These details make it very clear that the passengers are not preferring the intermediate stops,
but they utilize the route just to travel from one terminal to another.
IV. Conclusion
Hence the objectives that were set for the BRTS are Rapid, Economical, Accessible, Smooth mobility
and Eco-Friendly. BRTS over the Phase1: Corridor1: UDHNA DARWAJA-SACHIN GIDC is planned in such
a way that it is economical, rapid and less time consuming as compared to auto-rickshaw but still it is not being
preferred just because it lacks the proper accessibility for the passengers who wants to board from the
intermediate stops.
The survey of passenger details that was carried out shows the boarding and alighting details of the
passengers, where hardly any passenger board or alight along the intermediate stops. Passengers who want to
travel from Udhna to Sachin are the only ones who prefer to travel in BRTS. According to the survey, 65 to 70
percent of passengers travelling in BRTS travel from end to end i.e. Udhna Darwaja to Sachin GIDC or vice-
versa. In order to make this system sustainable, proper access is required. The other major concerns are as listed
below.
1) This corridor has large number of laborers and workers who seek for the best convenient access for
transport which is satisfied by shared auto-rickshaw along Intermediate Stops.
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2) BRTS stops fails to cover certain major access locations over the route where large passenger traffic is
observed.
3) Private vehicle holders seek for parking facility and quick connectivity at the stops to ease their modal shift.
4) Perception of people to spend money rather than walking even 200 m.
V. Suggestions
1) Operation of all phases of BRTS in the city could result in more number of passengers having their origins
from farther locations and destinations over the selected route and certainly could increase the Bus
occupancy.
2) Re-locating BRT stops at certain major access points where large passenger traffic is observed or by
shifting of some stops towards the junction by marginal distance as by decreasing even 100 m walking
distance might attract more passengers than before.
3) Provision for the passenger in the bus such that passenger can indicate to the driver for his alighting station
as it will avoid unnecessary stoppage time and consumption of energy at intermediate stops where no
passengers are likely to board or alight.
4) Strict enforcement of law encouraging metered rickshaw once the project starts operating in the entire city.
5) Provision of Digital Indicators outside the BRT stop which could guide them regarding the arrival and
departure of bus, might attract more passengers than before as per the perception found during the survey.
Acknowledgement
We would like to take this opportunity to bestow our acknowledgements to all the persons who have
directly or indirectly been involved with us in making our project feasible and to run it up into a successful piece
of work.
It is the product of many hands, and countless hours from many people. Our thanks go to all those who
helped, whether through their comments, feedback, edits or suggestions. We express a deep sense of gratitude to
the Head of the Civil Department, Prof. Kamlesh Gandhi for providing a suitable environment, where we
can implement our work. Moreover, we would like to thank our guide DR. N .C. SHAH, Asst. Prof. Rinkal
Patel, Asst. Prof. Mehul Patel and Asst. Prof. ApurvaSutharwho has helped us throughout our project
development.
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Authors
Shah Shaishav D1
, IVYear,
B.TECH Civil Engineering,
ChhotubhaiGopalbhai Patel Institute of Technology,
Uka Tarsadia University,
Surat-Gujarat,
India.
Email: shaishavdshah@gmail.com
Contact: +919558319452
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Patel Ravi J2
, IVYear,
B.TECH Civil Engineering,
ChhotubhaiGopalbhai Patel Institute of Technology,
Uka Tarsadia University,
Surat-Gujarat,
India.
Email: ravi.patel9955@gmail.com
Contact: +917405290042
Jain Saurabh3
, IVYear,
B.TECH Civil Engineering,
ChhotubhaiGopalbhai Patel Institute of Technology,
Uka Tarsadia University,
Surat-Gujarat,
India.
Email: jsaurabh11@yahoo.com
Contact: +918866232714