page_title: Visakhapatnam Bus Rapid Transit System
section_title: Corridors
hierarchical_section_title: Visakhapatnam Bus Rapid Transit System / Corridors
caption_attribution_description: BRTS in Visakhapatnam
context_page_description: Visakhapatnam BRTS:-The implementation of the bus rapid transit system has been taken up as a high- capacity public transport system in Visakhapatnam keeping in view the projected multi-fold increase in traffic and constraints of road capacity.
  A Bus Rapid Transit System was approved for the city under the JNNURM.
  This project is under construction and will be completed by the end of 2010.
  The BRTS intends to increase use of public transport from the present share of about 30 per cent to 50 per cent by 2011.
context_section_description: The following two corridors were identified for BRTS by the APSRTC and Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation.
  The two corridors connect Pendurthi to Dwaraka Nagar on two different routes.
  Vizag BRTS - Pendurthy Transit Corridor
  Pendurthi via Gopalapatnam, NAD X Road, Kancharapalem and the Railway Station
  Vizag BRTS - Simhachalam Transit Corridor
  Pendurthi via Simhachalam, Adavivaram, Hanumanthavaka and Maddilapalem
  Bus Rapid Transport System projects of about 42 km in Vizag city at a total cost of about Rs 452 crore.
  The BRTS would be implemented with a joint finance from the Andhra Pradesh government (20 per cent) and Government of India (50 per cent) under JNNURM, and GVMC (30 per cent).
caption: BRTS at Rama Talkies road
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