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Bus Day at Mysore - got ideas for KSRTC?

7 March 2011 - 6:29pm — silkboard

KSRTC is all set to start Bus Days in Mysore, they will announce firm dates and plans real soon. Their sister concern BMTC are passing all logistics related learnings from Bangalore Bus Days, and KSRTC is keen to take in input from all who care about public transport in Mysore.

TransRetail : Idea for Public Transport

22 February 2011 - 4:21pm — bharatm

Summary: The growing metro cities in India are in dire need of better transportation system. There are lot of proposed solutions which talks about more infrastructure ( Metro , Flyovers ) or talks about priority infrastructure for public transport like BRT ( and others).

HU study on "equity and access in Bangalore bus system"

16 February 2011 - 1:58pm — murali772

DULT has commissioned Hasiru Usiru (HU) to undertake a study on "equity and access in Bangalore bus system". A concept note prepared in this connection, and submitted to the Commissioner, is attached.

Amongst other things, the Concept note says that:

Common Bus System (CBS)

15 February 2011 - 12:41am — Sanjeev

BMTC cuts Volvo deal for IT majors on ORR

This week, another attempt to get well-heeled infotech sector commuters to drop their vehicles and use buses began. BMTC and the Outer Ring Road Companies Association put this together.

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BMTC customer service...a new high

10 February 2011 - 9:30pm — mohan anekal

I had a peculiar experience on 1st Feb while travelling in a BMTC bus.

I bought a Volvo Gold Day Pass at Attibele on that day morning. However, the dates 8-11 were torn while tearing the pass from the bunch. Added to that, on the month column, the conductor had ticked 1 and 2.

BMTC Bus Day – It’s a date or live-in-relationship?

8 February 2011 - 3:36am — kbsyed61

On Feb 2nd, BMTC observed its first Bus Day anniversary and announced that Bus Day will be observed in other cities/towns like Mysore, Dharwar and Hubli. It was a subtle message that the monthly ritual of Bus day in Bengaluru would continue. I was very curious to know what BMTC is planning for this year as a result of one year learning via 12 Bus Days.

Red board and Black board - do we still require this classification?

5 February 2011 - 8:32pm — ss87

Today's Bangalore is quite different from what it was 10 years back. The diameter of the city at that time was lesser than what the radius of the city is at present.

New reforms to be implemented(BMTC)

4 February 2011 - 12:15pm — shashi kumar y

Many have already posted about this topic in a different way so as to how make BMTC effective in terms of providing service.

Following are my views mainly in terms of operational:

'Mysore too will get a Bus Day'

3 February 2011 - 2:36am — vlnarayan

On the first anniversary of the launch of Bus Day in Bangalore, Mysore will start a similar Bus Day service.

The Kochi connection

20 January 2011 - 1:52pm — murali772

I was in Kochi on Monday, the 17th Jan. After I finished the personal work that I had gone there for, I called up Mr Vivek Mathai of Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), the people who had organised the Bus Day in Kochi on Dec 18th. Between us, we fixed up to meet next morning at 10 AM in their office.

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