The following defects were observed in the present locations of the bus stops:
- In certain areas, the bus stops are closely located resulting in waste of time and space.
- In many areas the bus stops are sparsely sited forcing the people to walk long distances or to take other modes of transport.
- Some bus stop locations are found to be hazardous posing danger to other vehicles and may also cause traffic congestion.
The Chennai City, the capital of Tamil Nadu State is the fourth largest city in India. Chennai is situated in the 13th north parallel and 80?longitude, along the Coromandel Coast in the southern part of the Indian peninsula .
The present area of this Metropolitan city is 170 sq.km. with a population of about 6 million. As per the 2001 Census density of population is roughly about 24,000 persons per square kilometer .
Public Transport
Chennai's MTC (Metropolitan Transport Corporation) Bus service provides a network that covers the entire city. This service, operating from 4.00 am to roundabout midnight, is affordable and frequent. Apart from the regular buses, there are Limited Stop services, Express services and Point-to-point services, circular route services. It is necessary to guarantee that all these services serve the people.
Advantages of the present study:
Some studies carried out in this area are based on conventional methods of data collection and analysis. So the proposed study has the advantage of using advanced methods of data collection such as the use of GPS for the collection of co-ordinates and the use of GIS for the spatial analysis which offers the following advantages.
