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Transportation system accessing jobs, education, recreation and similar activities is becoming increasinglytime-consuming. Billions of man hours are lost with people “stuck in traffic”. The primary reason for this has been theexplosive growth in the number of motor vehicles, coupled with limitations on the amount of road space that can beprovided. Transport crisis adversely affects human lives. Statistics indicate that traffic accidents are a primary cause ofaccidental deaths in the Indian cities. Further, the changes in urban form and structure in terms of land use, density ofpopulation and concentration of activities have changed the travel pattern. In other words, the traffic problems areincreasing in the cities in general and the situation is becoming complex especially in core areas of the city. Bustransport is the most desirable and sustainable system from societal perspective. A well planned bus system can providea high level of mobility to a large section of the population with least cost. However, a poorly planned system causesinconvenience to the users, loses ridership, encourages use of private vehicles and imposes financial burden on theoperator.

Shaikh S.S, Shah P.M, Varia H.R, “Literature review on Feasibility of Mass Transportation Facility in Dahod City”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 200-205, April 2016.