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SWR has been asked to pay for delayed service!

7 December 2011 - 8:35am — kbsyed61

Source - Deccan Herald

Keeping bus lane clear - how hard will it be?

3 December 2011 - 12:32am — silkboard

Two videos, one from the NYC, US, and another Bangkok, Thailand. East or West, keeping Bus lanes clear isn't that easy. How will we do it in Bangalore? Bus mounted Cameras to take snapshots of moving vehicles ahead, and fine random 10 every day from the pictures taken? Or simple 'heavy fine' warning to induce fear?

Railways can help Bangalore

29 November 2011 - 10:37am — Arun

Railways can play a great role in taking over Bangalore’s transport. Yes, take over! This requires tremendous amount of political will though.

Few steps that can take us towards this are listed below. As we discuss many more ideas are surely going to emerge.

Will you support a PIL against BBMP & BMTC or GoK transport ministry?

26 November 2011 - 9:47am — silkboard

Are you pained by mobility situation in Bangalore, and think that it has not improved or worsened during last 5 years? If yes, then would you read below and answer these two questions?

Train, solution to traffic woes?

24 November 2011 - 5:20pm — Sanjeev

Another route that is largely unheard of is the 67 km Yeshwantpur- Hosur rail route.

Shaping Bangalore's periphery - before its too late

20 November 2011 - 11:48pm — silkboard

Our city, Bengaluru has a core, and periphery. Let us define the area bound between Outer Ring Road as the core, and beyond as periphery. If you look back from nineties onwards, City planners cared for people to live in the core, and work in the periphery.

Metro Underground - Who Is Gaining the Expertise?

19 November 2011 - 6:10pm — pdk

Came across this report in DH: Metro’s Phase-I unlikely to meet deadline. From June 2012, to December 2013, to March 2014 and now December 2014, though Mr Sreehari admits anything before mid-2015 is a pipedream.

de-cattle-class-ifying bus services

11 November 2011 - 8:10pm — murali772

Recently, I was required to make a few trips to Kochi. The options before me, and what each implied are listed below:

City Buses in PPP mode - Bhubaneswar. Why not Mysore?

3 November 2011 - 11:13pm — silkboard

Did you know that Bhubaneswar operates Buses in PPP model? They may be planning a BRT too in PPP or outsourced model (see another post for details). Any idea on population and size of Bbsr? 9 lakhs, 135 sqkm. Mysooru? Almost the same, close to 10 lakhs, 130 sqkm.

Clippings from an attached ppt attributed to Mr Saurabh Garg, an IAS officer from Orissa (Odissa?)

Bhubaneswar going Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) - see RFP

3 November 2011 - 10:29pm — silkboard

They have been talking BRTS for at least 3 years now. Orissa government announced the intent earlier this year in July. This week, BDA (Bhuwaneshwar Development Authority, not our BDA) floated tenders for doing detailed technical project report for BRT for total 49 km long, 6 corridors of BRT.

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