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  • Public Transport - Bus service algorithm / checklist

    30 August 2008 - 12:27pm — asj
    BusPublic Transport

    My views on BRT have been known for a while on Praja.

    I am not anti or pro any model. I believe a place has a thing and a thing has a place. First we must be able to justify BRTS on basis of need, then it should be implementable on given corridor (just being able to implement without demonstrated need is no good).

    Here is an algorithm which I would use -

  • BMTC and Rs 750 crores

    7 August 2008 - 5:46pm — silkboard
    Public Transport

    BMTC has postponed its Rs 750 crore IPO for the time being due to volatile market conditions. But its never too late to look at their plans. BMTC had submitted a Rs 3000 crore plan tothe center under JNNURM to "modernize and expand its network to meet the public transport demands of a growing city.". The plan is (source: Livemint) "to raise money from the public to add luxury buses on newer routes".

  • I am ready to travel in these types of BMTC buses:

    22 July 2008 - 8:32am
    Vajra (Volvo) Only
    34% (62 votes)
    Vajra / Pushpak / Suvarna Saarige - No ordinary
    22% (40 votes)
    Any BMTC bus is OK for me
    19% (35 votes)
    Pushpak / Suvarna Saarige / Ordinary - Volvo is expensive
    5% (9 votes)
    Ordinary bus is enough - I need more frequency.
    19% (35 votes)
    Total votes: 181

  • Keep the saarige, let go yelli-iddira

    21 July 2008 - 8:01am — tsubba
    Understanding competition as a/the solution for public transit. Muralidhar rao's praja post is a starting point for the discussion on competizing public transport. The other day, during the PTWG meeting, when the issue of the pathetic condition of BMTC's website and demise of yelli-iddira came up, he broke into an impassioned and yet articulate speech. I cannot recollect his exact words, but his basic point was that BMTC lacks any competitive or regulatory pressure and hence the pathetic state of those services. The only way to get service levels to improve is to open its domain for competition. I have heard his basic position many times, but to hear him make his case in person was a friends,countrymen and romans moment for me. In any case, his speech got me thinking ...

  • BBMP doing bus bays for BMTC - slow progress?

    15 July 2008 - 6:09pm — silkboard
    Traffic

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    Late last year (Nov 2007), we were told read about BMTC requesting BBMP for 140 bus bays. Refer this Nov 07 Hindu article:

    The Traffic Engineering Cell (TEC) of the BBMP has ... invited tenders for 100 bus bays out of 140 proposed by the BMTC ... official of the cell told The Hindu that construction was likely to begin in a month and completed in three months.

  • BIAS Routes and Frequency - suggestions

    10 July 2008 - 9:56am — narayan82
    Public Transport

    The BIAS services (Vaayu Vajras) are Bleeding! Only 1 out of every 4 busses on route Nos. 3 & 4 are even close to half full. I have seen a lot of the busses running almost empty. The return journeys seem to be faring better.

    The reasons for this could be the following

  • The reason I don't use BMTC buses

    7 July 2008 - 10:42am
    Dirty and crowded
    33% (47 votes)
    Slower than my car or bike
    11% (16 votes)
    Don't know schedules and timings
    22% (31 votes)
    No or too few buses on my commute route
    26% (37 votes)
    Bus stand too far from house
    8% (12 votes)
    Total votes: 143

  • Urban Transportation reforms around the BMLTA concept

    2 July 2008 - 9:37am — silkboard
    Bus

    In the telecom space, you have TRAI which is a national level regulatory body. Rightly so, since telecom networks have national footprint through interconnections, it need not be looked at as a state subject. Drawing a parallel for our state, think of extending BMLTA concept - a Karnataka state land transport authority (KSLTA). Why so? Because we want efficient two or three change connectivity from Whitefield to Haradanahalli as well, and not just to Jayanagar or Malleswaram. Just like the primary schools, every region needs good connectivity.

  • Why India’s Bus Rapid Transit Projects don’t excite me

    29 June 2008 - 8:23pm — asj
    Public Transport
    The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as it is currently planned in India is suggested as the one-size-fit-all solution to our transport woes. Having travelled on Mumbai’s bus service (BEST) for thirty years & London’s public transport since 2001, I can’t share the optimism of those who believe BRT (as it is currently planned) is the way forward. When senior citizens, children & disabled struggle to cross the roads safely, one would hope for a solution that improves all aspects of mobility. I wonder why a city like Pune would spend crores of rupees on BRT when 40% of its roads don’t have pavements (see state of Pune pavements here). That almost a third of Pune citizens commute by walking makes the question more poignant.


  • Example of BMTC Local Shuttles for Bannerghatta Road

    28 June 2008 - 5:15pm — bangalorean
    BusPublic Transport

    Hello All,

    Here i am once again, i had promised long back to explore more on problems with BMTC in bannerghatta road. So here are some of the major problems.

    BMTC busses currently ply only from the main bannerghatta road and it does not penetrate the interiors of bannerghatta road. Interiors on either side of bannerghatta road is pathetic with no proper asphalt. It seems to me that no one has taken interest in improving the conditions these roads. Most of the roads have been occupied by petty shops making the interior existing roads small.

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