Citation :

Omkar Bidkar, Prashant Bhaganagare, Chaitrali Abhangrao, Nishigandha Mahamuni, Suyash Lubal, Ashpak Sayyad, Chaitanya Adhavalkar, Arbaj Mulani, 2023. "Study on the Effect of Implementation of Transit System between Pandharpur Railway Station to Vithoba Temple-A way towards Sustainable Transportation and Congestion Mitigation" ESP International Journal of Advancements in Science & Technology (ESP-IJAST)  Volume 1, Issue 2: 1-4.

Abstract :

On the banks of the Candrabhaga River, close to Solapur City in the Solapur District of Maharashtra, India, is the well-known pilgrimage town of Pandharpur. One of the eleven tehsils in the District, its administrative territory is also a state legislative assembly electoral constituency. Pandharpur to honour Vithoba, the Wari or Wari yatra travels to Pandharpur, Maharashtra. It entails transporting a saint's paduka in a palkhi from their individual shrines to Pandharpur, most notably for Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram. In this procession, many pilgrims are on foot. The distance between Pandharpur railway station and Vithoba temple is nearly about 2 km. Most of the people will travel from Pandharpur railway station to Vithoba temple using Three-Whelers or Walk as mode of transport. It causes to increase heavy rush and pedestrian traffic on most of the roads of Pandharpur. It is necessary to look into new mode of transport between Pandharpur railway stations to Vithoba temple. Hence in this paper, study on the effect of Implementation of Transit System between Pandharpur railway station to Vithoba temple is described in detail. Binomial Logit Model is applied for do-nothing condition for two modes of transport namely walk and 3W. Multinomial logit model is applied after implementation of transit system between railway station and Vithoba Temple. It is found that after implication of transit system people will shift to the transit system. Percentage of people will shift from Walk as mode of transport to the Transit system.

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Keywords :

Railway station, Mode, Three-Whelers.