Route Rationalization and Mass Transit Feeder Route Design

Route Rationalization and Mass Transit Feeder Route Design
Route Rationalization and Mass Transit Feeder Route Design
Sector:Sustainable Transport Undertaken By:World Resources Institute Year Published:2019

With increasing deployment of metro rail projects in Indian cities, the need for effective first and-last mile connectivity options has gained significant traction. In this regard, city bus systems have great potential in serving as feeder services to metro and other rail-based forms of mass transit in India. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), operator of bus services in Bengaluru, has been exploring the possibility of running feeder bus services to metro rail lines in the city. However, several of the metro feeder routes thus deployed failed to gain significant ridership and soon became heavily loss-making services for the operator. This report presents learnings for any future Metro Feeder route designs based on the implementation of a few pilot feeder bus routes on the Green line (north-south) corridor of the Bengaluru Metro.