Siddeswar Prasad HR
GIS Programmer, Induscorp India PVT Ltd - Bangalore
26 and 27,6th Main Road,MICO Layout, BTM-II Stage,Bangalore-560076
Ph No. 080-6789391/6789395, Email : Kartik.krish@induscorp.com
Introduction:
The burgeoning number of vehicles in the Country , especially in an Urban setting which are choking the cities in India is the main concern of the Government as well as the urban Planners .
The reason for this are many.With the liberalization of the Indian economy
- The large Indian middle class has that extra money to afford 'necessities'(vehicles being one of them) which was considered as a 'luxury' not very long ago.
- The availability of state of the art Vehicles in India which is too tempting to be ignored by the affluent.
This paper gives a comprehensive insight as to how GIS can be used effectively to manage and plan Transportation and make commuting easier (if not pleasure) in an Urban setting.
Need for transportation management:
The growth of any urban area is driven by two factors. One being, the establishment of Businesses which open up tremendous employment opportunities and secondly the large influx of people to the urban areas.This results in large number of people commuting from a large number of residential pockets, to the Central Business Districts where majority of the business establishments are located.
On an average an urban commuter spends about 2 - 3 hours every day on the roads to reach the work place , school or home where as a decade back the same dis
