Service Area Analysis for Determining the Accessibility to Bus Stops - A Case of Daund, Indapur and Baramati of Pune District

Abstract

Abstract: Public transportation plays a vital role in the daily lives of millions of people in India, providing an affordable and convenient mode of travel. However, the accessibility of bus stops, the crucial starting point for public bus journeys, remains a significant concern. Accessibility is one of the most important outcomes of the transportation system. Public transport accessibility has gained vital importance in designing and evaluating the transit system in terms of mobility, and sustainability and has gained a considerable impact on life satisfaction in the form of perceived accessibility. Moreover, researchers have revealed several impacts and correlations of the provision of public transport accessibility to the environment and daily life. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to determine the service areas of bus stops in three taluks of the Pune district namely the Daund, Indapur and Baramati with specified impedance i.e., travel time using the ArcGIS Network Analyst tool. Through this study, the non-served areas can be identified and considered as critical zone that can be superimposed with various parameters to find an optimum location of additional facilities that would improve the public transportation system in the study region.