Smart city- efficient and integrated transport system

Abstract

Bangalore, an IT hub, where every software engineer dreams to become millionaire, has become congested. With 10 million population, roads are becoming crowded and crowded, making lives of people miserable. Bangalore ranks third among the Indian cities In terms of population. Due to high prices, people live in outskirts of Bangalore and commute two and a half hours daily on average. Currently, a huge jams can be seen on the roads in morning and evening timings. The situation is getting worse with more and more people coming to Bangalore for jobs. In Bangalore, there are various transports available. They are metros, autorikshaws, buses, cabs and other small four vehicle private vehicles. The intention of a seamless transport is to integrate all the available transport options to decrease the commute time. It will also appeal to other sections of the society, who are currently dependent on their personal vehicles for commuting. So by investing in the integration of transport services, in the long term, will increase the revenue of public transport. The BMTC bus service is although considered one among the best bus services in our country but still due to increasing number of travellers, there are many problems which are arriving. Some of them are: *Due to the high growth of population, increasing number of vehicles, thus huge traffics on the main lanes *Mismatch between the road capacity and number of vehicles *Route Overlapping *Issues in network coverage *Overcrowded main roads The above specified problems have resulted in many other related issues like vacancy rates in some of the routes (buses moving without passengers) and coordination for feeder network near the metros. These problems are the result of inefficient management of road traffics which have raised due to the absence of single central planning. Currently, whenever administration see a demand, they add new routes or buses in existing routes. This has worsened the situation at hand.