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Meeting with CiSTUP chairman on Urban infrastructure policy

11 July 2009 - 2:50pm — sanchitnis

Start: 18 Jul 2009 11:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Hi,

Bandra Worli Sea Link opens - any lessons for Bangalore?

1 July 2009 - 3:08pm — s_yajaman

Was watching TV in my Bombay hotel this morning.

Subramanya's legacy

19 June 2009 - 11:29am — murali772

The power of the Magic Boxes and the Tragic Hoaxes he invented can be assessed by confining ourselves to just one of his gifts to BB – the VIP road from Golf Club Circle to Mekhri Circle. That short stretch of “signal-free highway” is a signal contribution by the visionary in Subramanya.

Mixed use misuse

12 May 2009 - 1:33pm — idontspam

Take for example Kanakapura Road...Now suppose I want to cross the road at Yelachenahalli.

This is the whole crux of urban planning.

Integrated public transport network for VHOV

11 April 2009 - 1:56pm — blrpraj

Post for thoughts on building integrated public transport network from the ground up for VHOV (Very High Occupancy Vehicles).

A new Paris...

17 March 2009 - 11:39pm — mcadambi

A new design for Paris:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/arts/design/17paris.html

ABIDe's Bengaluru Governance Act: Basics getting in place?

6 February 2009 - 1:43am — idontspam

ABIDe ... has stressed on creation of a structure that would become the local planning authority for the city and the metropolitan region. Besides this ABIDe’s focus of citizen centric governance has been further enhanced by the proposal of a comprehensive development and co-ordinated execution of developmental projects. See: ABIDe presents Governance Bill

Highways and Ribbon Development

30 January 2009 - 8:11pm — asj

[Moved out of the Karnataka Roads PPP post] Without legislation that stops ribbon development, every new highway and bypass road (meant to by pass the townships) will be engulfed with surrounding development.

Even Mumbai-Pune expressway has not been spared from the above and towards the Pune end, we have numerous junctions sprouting and malls along highway which have driveways opening straight on to the highway!! Wakad in Pune has a Shoppers Stop and several more Corporates on the highway.

If you look at Western stats - country roads are most dangerous and Freeways / Motorways are most safe - because they are free of cycles, pedestrians and junctions. But in India, a highway can have have everything on it - from pedestrians, bullock carts, cycles, rickshaws and multitude of junctions - lots of elements trying to go across and perpendicualr to faster vehicles on the main carriage way. All this = 80% fatalities on Highway as reported above.

ABIDe: Transportation plan

20 January 2009 - 7:32pm — idontspam

ABIDe Its out now... ABIDe plans on their site bengaluruvedike.org. Let me know what you all think. I found Bus prioritized higher than other options. Including suggestions of doubling the bus numbers without any mention of route optimization or rail based transportation systems.

CISTUP

8 January 2009 - 2:55pm — murali772

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa inaugurated the Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) on the premises of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here on Friday. CiSTUP will focus on issues related to urban transport, planning and infrastructure, besides urban local issues such as water supply, sewerage and solid waste management.

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