Accessibility to transport facility: A case study of Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Abstract

This paper reviews the concept of accessibility and strongly focuses on urban transport accessibility factors. Accessibility refers to people’s ability to reach goods, services and activities, which is the ultimate goal of most transport activity. Accessibility can be evaluated from various perspectives, including a particular group, mode, location or activity. This paper will also focus on accessibility of urban transport at city and regional level to give an overview of accessibility factors. Jodhpur has been taken as case study. The city is spread over an area of about 78.60 km2. As per 2011 census, the population of Jodhpur city is 11.38 lakh with growth rate of 3.3% per annum, respectively. Jodhpur district is well connected by road, railway and airway. Major issues regarding road infrastructure, traffic, public transport, bus terminals, non-motorized facilities, parking have been taken into consideration. Transport parameters such as affordability, availability, accessibility, acceptability are mainly adopted. Thus, this paper emphasizes on following factor to make city more accessible with well-connected surroundings and the transport network must be planned efficiently.