November 2008

The road ahead ….. on roads

18 November 2008 - 11:05pm — srkulhalli

This is a followup to the road working group call, we (nithin, asj and myself) had a couple of weeks back. After that, I also talked to a contractor who has built roads (Pradeep). The consolidated "whats the story" is below, in the format of question/answers. Needs a lot more work and refining, but feel free to comment on the work so far. Also, if you want to call in and give your feedback, send me a private message.

ROB Vertical Clearance for Electric Routes and Double Stack Routes

17 November 2008 - 10:26am — Nitinjhanwar

The Planning commission for the year 2007-2011 has identified Indian Railway Routes for Electrification and Double Stack Routes. First Link (pdf from Planning commission website)

And (Attachment : : Page no 10.0)

Sanity Check: A Namma Metro link to Bengaluru International Airport

17 November 2008 - 11:57pm — Devesh

About 40 days ago, I had raised the issue of a "Sanity Check" on the proposed High Speed Rail Link (HSRL) to Bengaluru International Airport. The issues I raised were :

Sanity Check 1: Who is the target customer of the HSRL ?
Sanity Check 2: Convenience
Sanity Check 3: Close integration with Namma Metro and BMTC
Sanity Check 4: Affordability
Sanity Check 5: Financial Viability

BIAL RTI Progress - Response from DGCA

16 November 2008 - 6:17pm — kbsyed61

Time to share the RTI response received from Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)in in response to one of the RTI applications filed with them. Here is the copy of the responses.

Basavanagudi Traffic Regulation

16 November 2008 - 8:38pm — Naveen

Hi All,

Attached is the letter being sent to BBMP /Traffic Police (South) about streamlining traffic at Basavanagudi. I am also forwarding the map (copy updated) with some captioned pictures about traffic in the area.

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