R Sankar
B.E (Geo-Informatics), Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai-600025
Email: sankar_gi@yahoo.com
J Kavitha
B.E (Geo-Informatics), Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai-600025
Email: j_kavithaa@yahoo.com
S Karthi
B.E (Geo-Informatics), Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai-600025
Email: k_804@fastmail.ca
Introduction
The Cities in India are growing considerably at a faster rate with the suburbs thriving at a rapid rate. Chennai is also no exception for such development. The problems of congestion and overcrowding are common predicament in urban life. This situation force the planners to evolve with new strategies and ideas for meeting the requirements of the population which is steadily increasing quantitatively and also having a rapid shift in the cultural pattern which influence much on the living style of the people.
Transportation network can be rightly stated as the lifelines of the people that connect both urban and rural areas. In Metropolitan cities, public transport especially the corporation buses caters to the need of all the sections of the society irrespective of their economic status. On considering all the above mentioned factors it is apparent that the use of GIS would ensure optimum utilization of available resources for development of transport network.
Defining the problem:
The problem presented here is the location of bus stops. Are the bus stop location conducive for everyone? Any facility could not meet the need of each and every individual, here comes the optimization principle where maximum comfort and convenience could be given to the public by proper planning, which can be effectively done using GIS by considering the appo
