ABSTRACT
Accessibility Analyst tool of GIS is employed to analyze the optimum accessibility distance to BRT station around its immediate neighborhood. The accessibility to transit network is a major issue in the planning of efficient bus transit, which affects the ridership significantly. The present study analyses the catchment area, a distance-decay buffer zone with actual street network and interoperates with GIS spatial data. Three corridors with 27 existing stations, field data was collected, which includes the distance between the stations, intersection distance, walking distance of commuter from different modes, age, gender, type of employment, the purpose of the trip, travel time to reach station and income of users. The analysis showed that the station locations is an integral part and resulting in spatial distributions of accessibility over a neighborhood. A GIS analysis gives an opportunity to BRT operators, commuters and authorities to spatial visualization of commuter’s accessibility from stations to its neighborhood.
