Impact of regional rapid rail transit system (RRTS) upon surrounding land

Abstract

India iis ithe isecond imost ipopulated icountry iin ithe iglobe iwith ia iProjectedipopulation iof iaround i135 icrores, irequires ia itransportation iSystem ithat icaniaccommodate ihuge inumber iof ipeople. iIt idemands idevelopment iof ian ieffective ipublic itransportation iSystem iwhich iis iable ito ideliver iquick iand ifast itravel, ifavourable ienvironmental iconditions, ibetter imobility iand iactive igrowth iof ieconomy. iIn ipresent iera, ieffective, isecure, iauthentic ipublic itransportation iSystem iis ione iof ithe ipre-requisites iof igood iliving. iRegional iRapid iRail iTransit iSystem i(RRTS) ican ibe idefined ias imodern iurban, iautomated, iand ielectrical iand ienvironment ifriendly itransportation imeans ihaving ihigh ipassenger icarrying icapacity iand iit iruns iat ia ivery ifast ispeed ias iit ihas iseparate itrack iwhich iis itotally iindependent ifrom iother iTraffic iroads ior ipedestrians. iRegional iRapid iRail iis ibuilt ieither iin iunderground itunnels, isame igrade ias iroads ior ion ielevated iRails iabove iroad ilevel iand iit iuses idesignated ilines ibetween istations iwith ielectric imultiple iunits ion iRail itracks. iThey iare itypically iintegrated iwith iother ipublic itransportation iSystem ilike iwith ilocal ibusses, irickshaws iand iautos ito iprovide ibetter imobility iand ilast imile iconnectivity ito ithe icommuters. iThe iinteraction ibetween iLand iUse iand iTransit istation iis ia icyclic iprocess. iThe iallocation iof icertain iuse ito ia iland iimpacts ithe idemand ifor itravel itowards ithat iland, iwhich iin iturn iresults iin ithe idevelopment iof itransport iinfrastructure ifacilities iimproving ithe iaccessibility iof ithat iland. iThe iattractiveness iof itransport iinfrastructure ifacilities iresults iin iincrease iin iLand iValue iwhich iaffects ithe iuse iof ithat ipiece iof iland ito ithe iuse iwhich ican iafford ithat ispace iand irent. iIn ithis imanner, iLand iUse iand itransportation iimpact ieach iother. iThe ivisible ichange iin iLand iUse idue ito ithe ipresence iof ia iTransit istation ican ibe iobserved ionly iafter ia icertain iperiod iof itime, iwhich iin iturn idepends ion ithe ilevel iof iinteraction ibetween ithe iboth. iThis ilevel iof iinteraction inot ionly idepends ion ithe iTransit istation, ibut ion ilot iof iother isupporting ifactors ilike iavailability iof iland ifor idevelopment, ipopulation idensity, iemployment idensity, ipositive iregional ieconomy, ietc. iThis iresearch istudy iis ifocusing ion ichanges iin iLand iUse iand iLand iValue iwithin ithe iinfluence izone inear iRRTS istations iwhich icontributes ito ithe ichange iin ithe idevelopmental iimpact ion ithe iLand iUse isurrounding ithe iregional iRapid iTransit iSystem. . Keywords: RRTS, MRTS, impact on Land Value, Land Use of MRTS.