Kozhikode: The Centre for Transportation Research of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kozhikode will submit its study report on improving the city public transport system to the Regional Town Planning Office by the final week of June. The report is being prepared based on the one-year-long data collection conducted by the Planning Office.
Though the City is growing rapidly as a metropolis, in many of the places well inside the city limits, the public transport system is still weak. Many of the newly developed areas in the City are devoid of bus routes even though they have quality roads. For the last 24 years the government has not reviewed the number of permits allotted to the City. The study report, prepared with the help of the NIT will be submitted to the government and Road Transport authority for further action.
The study is expected to help the RTA to fix new routes according to need and also to amend the restrictions on the number of permits for buses and autos. The study would also help the police to implement effective traffic control and to fix diversions during any emergency.
