Integration of Public Transport Fare: A Case Study of Ahmedabad

Abstract

The Paper discusses the development of integrated fare structure for public transport in Ahmedabad. The main objective of the study is to bring the fare structure of the public transport services on same ground while taking into account the practical difficulties of collecting fare, electronic monitoring of passenger traffic, concessionary fares and fare integration modalities. Design of integrated fare systems is based on analysis of various parts of journey and fare collection methods. The basis of the study approach is developed by using the Toolkit on Fare Collection Systems for Urban Passenger Transport defined by World Bank. The study worked on all the transfers occurring in an area where an integrated fare system can exist, and make it possible the use of more means within certain limits and the choice of different itineraries with a single ticket. For integrated fare structure to work implementation of the general principles of the automated fare systems in transport is necessary. As a part of the study an integrated fare structure for the public transport services in Ahmedabad is formed with a model which will give out the fare of travelling in an integrated manner on putting in the values of the preferred mode and the distance to be travelled in each mode.