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Move to divert traffic towards BRTS
In the last two years, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation set up two 'pay and park' sites in the city.
One question that has always dogged the average Amdavadi is whether the highly aspirational BRTS project will be economically feasible for the 'aam aadmi'.
Those travelling less than 4 km normally use a two-wheeler. Sources working closely on the project say that much will depend on how far existing two-wheeler riders as well as car drivers, switch over to BRTS.
"The operating expenses of travelling by a two-wheeler is currently the same as that of travelling by bus for a distance of about 3 km.
Thus, if BRTS has to get these two-wheeler users to switch-over, the economics has to be perfect. An increase in pay parks is bound to gradually make life economically tougher for the two-wheeler riders, in particular," a source said. In the last two years, pay parks have been set up at Ratan Pol and Prem Darwaza, the pay park on CG Road has been revived and tenders for new set-ups have also been floated.
Although pay parks run by AMC cost Re 1 and Rs 2 per hour for a two-wheeler and four-wheeler respectively, contractors manning pay parks say that people refuse to pay up. To 'attract' users to pay parks, contractors are using sponsors as bait. For example, a pay park ticket at CG Road is likely to give you Rs 5 off on an ice-cream scoop.
Municipal commissioner IP Gautam said: "We are discussing a common ticket for AMTS and BRTS, which can suit the middle-class passenger. We want to motivate people to switch over from private to public transport and therefore subsidised rates are very likely."
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