approach, and the following matters have benefited the society: night and morning service for textile workers special routes from Government Colonies to secretariate and new civil hospital special concession rates for children and students free pass scheme for the blind concessional pass for professional and medical post-graduate students The transport service became popular among citizens as well as tourists visiting the city during last 7 years, because the arrangement of two modern coaches facilitated city tours, specially engaged tours, religious places tours, picnic tours for students at discounted rates and also a bus-facility at public functions. Moreover, "The Merry-go-round service" was introduced around Kankaria lake and it was attractive for children. This way the organization created a unique image of its own. The financial aspect was almost balanced. There was enough provision in the budget for loans to purchase new buses, repayment of the instalments of the loan borrowed from the corporation, instalments for loan and sinking fund, depreciation fund, insurance fund, and also instalments for gratuity funds. Though the economic progress of the organization was satisfactory, no major increase was made in the rates of bus fare and each section was managed skillfully with frugality. The existing bus fare rates were good enough to meet the price-rise of diesel fuel and other supplies. AMTS has been managed by a Transport Manager under the Transport Committee and Municipal Corporation from the very inception. The organization has adopted a service-oriented attitude, so one should not consider it as a firm or a company, but as a service organization. AMTS is a voluntary service managed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Upgrading AMTS will begin upgrading the red buses carrying local passengers in Ahmedabad and these red buses are different compared to the previous generation of red buses. The new environmentally-friendly buses will run on compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel and are similar to the local low-floor buses of Delhi. Some of the new features in these buses are: Low floor buses with sliding door at both sides Comfortable fiber seat. Latest handle, steering and dashboard 33-passenger capacity, 60 can stand at one time Four LCD screens in each bus GPS connectivity available Fire safety kit, announce system, emergency window AMTS intends to buy 400 such buses, at a cost of Rs 1.17 billion, in one year. External links Official website of Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service Easily accessible Bus Routes information for AMTS Ahmedabad