As citizens of Ahmedabad are rejoicing that their city is the first in India to have a metro rail, a BRTS (Bus Rapid Transport System) and local AMTS (Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service), I am tempted to request all of you to wait for one critical number to prove that it is worth celebrating the arrival of metro rail in the city.
To really adjudge success/failure of a public transport system one has to study how it impacts private vehicle sale numbers in the city, and the bitter truth is, the last such adventure in public transport, the BRTS has failed on this count.