Interactive information system for bus commuters of Mumbai


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Creator/Artist: Vikram singh parmar

Category: Product Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2001-2003

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1999-2008

Medium: Presentation pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Uday A. Athavankar


Detailed Description

As observed over the project, Mumbai is one of the only places where railways have a very significant presence in commuter routines. Delhi has the opposite situation; there, bus transport is more popular. (Now with the new metro in Delhi, there might be a change in the travelling patterns of commuters.) Everyday, approx. 15, 000 visitors, migrants, and businessmen come to Bombay to seek a desired job or money. Mumbai transport has a very significant role to play in terms of connecting all the novice people (new visitors) and regular people to their desired destination. The railway network is very linear and well defined because of the tracks, unlike the bus network. The bus network is quite diffused and distributed and has its own defined routes and stops. The bus is still popular among the users who stay at locations where there is no railway line or preferred by the commuter who can reach half way by train and later half by bus. Marriage of train and bus networking is very important, as commuters use both modes very effectively and efficiently for commuting short or long distances in Mumbai.