15.4.11

Ahmedabad BRTS gets global acclaim


The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) of Ahmedabad received two international awards for design - Daring Ambition Award and Knowledge and Research Award at the 59th Union Internationale des Transports Public award (UITP) World Congress in Dubai on Thursday. The UITP was launched for doubling the public transport market share worldwide and is known as PT X 2. The PT X 2 Knowledge and Research award were conferred to the Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport (CoE), Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University for ‘Best Design’. The university was short listed from the regional award category to the final round as one of the five institutes from across the world. The jury appreciated the fresh and original principles of identifying key nodes in the city and connecting these through a comprehensive network. The emphasis was on connecting busy areas, but avoiding busy roads. In all, there were 155 entries from 43 countries. UITP is an international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry.

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