Pawan Kumar, Asstt. T&CP, Town & Country Planning Organization, M/o Urban Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi; Prof S.Y. Kulkarni, Professor & Head, Department of Architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, and Prof. M. Parida, Associated Faculty, Centre for Transportation Systems, IIT Roorkee.
Introduction
The applications of technological and scientific principle to the planning, design, operation and management of facilities, combine two or more modes to provide utility and service for safe, rapid, convenient and environmentally compatible movement of the people. This combination is known as Multi Modal Transportation System (MMTS). In MMTS, two or more different modes are used for single trip between which the traveler has to make a transfer. Transfer is an essential part of multimodal trip and travelers have to change modes at transfer nodes. Hence seamless travel is an important requirement of the system.
The Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India formulated National Urban Transport Policy, 2006 with broad objective to ensure safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable and sustainable access for public transport to the commuters within cities. One of the objectives is to "enabling the establishment of quality focused multi-modal public transport systems that are well integrated, providing seamless travel across modes." The choice between public transport and personalized mode is an individual decision depending on trip length, duration, route, purpose, fare, parking facilities, convenient and comfort. It is further influenced by Govt. policies and Urban Local Body (ULB) decisions priority.
The Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India formulated National Urban Transport Policy, 2006 with broad objective to ensure safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable and sustainable access for public transport to the commuters within cities. One of the objectives is to "enabling the establishment of quality focused multi-modal public transport systems that are well integrated, providing seamless travel across modes." The choice between public transport and personalized mode is an individual decision depending on trip length, duration, route, purpose, fare, parking facilities, convenient and comfort. It is further influenced by Govt. policies and Urban Local Body (ULB) decisions priority.
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