Ahmedabad BRT

Program Area: Developing High-Quality, Low-Cost Mass Transit
Country: India

BRT Rendering – Ahmedabad, India. Rendering by: CEPT University, Ahmedabad

In coordination with local partner the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, ITDP is providing direct technical assistance to Ahmedabad, India for the development of a Bus Rapid Transit system. The design of Ahmedabad’s system will be closer to world-renowned BRT systems in Curitiba, Brazil and Bogotá, Colombia than any of India’s other BRT systems currently under development.

Photo: Ahmedabad’s old bus fleet (Source: ITDP)

Encompassing a network measuring 89 kilometers (55.3 miles) Ahmedabad’s system began construction in early 2007 and is scheduled to open in 2008.  It will have exclusive bus lanes down the central corridor, platform-level boarding, higher-capacity, compressed natural gas-powered (CNG) buses; and an integrated management structure.  Off-board fare collection will be available at a limited number of stops and the presence of on-board fare collectors will help keep dwelling time at stops to a minimum. 

System buses will operate in routes partially divided between both mixed traffic and exclusive bus lanes.  The distinctiveness of BRT service in Ahmedabad’s streets will be preserved using uniform branding, bus types, and corporate identity.  System corridors will also have bike lanes, much improved pedestrian paths, and rationalized car parking.

Questions about this project can be directed to:

Walter Hook