BRT corridors not suitable for city: Experts
Road safety experts have waved a red flag at the city government’s move to go for half-a-dozen more Bus Rapid Transit Systems (BRTS). The experts have said that Delhi is not suitable for BRT corridors and at best they should be introduced on highways out of the city.
Experts from the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture, which is hosting an international conference on road safety here, has called upon the city government to be cautious while experimenting with BRT corridors. Delhi government’s first BRT corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Delhi Gate had run into major controversies after a number of hitches when it was inaugurated.
The road safety experts have stated that BRT corridors could not be successful on stretches which have a number of residential colonies on either side as commuters coming out from them face problem.
“The BRTS is all about rapid mobility but in Delhi the problem is accessibility to various artery roads and colonies on the way. The whole character of Delhi is not made to experiment with BRTS,” said School of Planning and Architecture director, A. K. Sharma.
Former director general, roads, GoI, A.V. Sinha, said that there is need for improvement in BRT corridor that the city government has constructed.
“The mobility aspect of BRTS and pedestrian accessibility in the system is contradictory. If there are colonies on the route, then making such a transit system would be wrong,” Mr Sinha opined.
He said that to improve the existing BRT corridor and for upcoming ones, the government should construct subways and underpasses for giving accessibility to residents of colonies on the route without disturbing the mobility of the vehicles on the corridor. Mr Sinha rued the fact that nothing of this sort is being done by the city government.
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