its 9am and sathya a resident of pallavaram receives a message on his smartphone from an endtoend travel planner that reads good morning boss your shared cab will reach your location at 905am you will be dropped at the metrorail station by 915am and you can board the first train towards t nagar at 920am you will reach t nagar at 940am considering todays traffic the best option for you is to take a shared cycle from the station to the office you will reach your destination at 950am start location home destination office total travelling time 50 mins sathya gets this message dailywell this could be possible in the next few years for as we listen in a few experts brief us on how the transportation system is going to make a remarkable change by the next decademetro brts to make a big changeaccording to experts in the transportation field the extension of metro rail and execution of the proposed bus rapid transit system brts will play a key role in the citys transportation system in the coming years chennai will be a city where highquality mass rapid transit is only at a walking distance from everywhere with about 100km of phase2 metro 100km of brts which is currently in detailed project report phase and more than 130km of existing rail including suburban rail mrts and phase1 metro the city will have a vast network of about 330km of highquality mass transit says aswathy dilip from the institute for transportation and development policy itdpagreeing with aswathy another expert founder of an urban transportation infrastructure planning agency in chennai on condition of anonymity says there will be a vast network of metro rail and also complementary network of brts so that people can use mass rapid system from one point to another along with that the integration of multimodern facilities like pedestrian tracks toilets comfortable seating areas and paratransit system is going to make a big difference confirming the expansion of metro md of cmrl pankaj kumar bansal says ten years hence i see a network of more than 200km of operational metro rail in chennai connecting the core city to suburban areas with the fastest secure and most comfortable transport system with a mobile phone or smart card citizens will be able to travel in autos share autos buses suburban rail and metro seamlessly the same card can also be used for parking and shopping as welllastmile connectivity for seamless transportationadds the expert just like how ola and uber functions the next big revolution in the public transport system will be paratransit and lastmile connectivity there will be more such service providers with better facilities today though you have the metro the stations are 23kms away from your house or office so what were going to see is the introduction of lastmile connectivity and para transit options the good thing is that with more people using smartphones today we will see the same concept of tracking rides and routes