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  • Part I: Airport Rail Link - The Monorail Option

    10 April 2008 - 5:53pm — Naveen
    Airport Rail Link – the Monorail Option
    The Airport-City rail link has been a much visited topic, but nothing seems to have been finalized, so far. The central government had recognized mass transit systems as vital for larger cities’ needs & had previously offered assistance to the tune of 30% (similar to Metro-rail systems), which is a small contribution – 70% still has to be met by state government & BIAL, including loans & debts. Negotiations always seem to have ended in deadlock as agreements over revenue sharing are uncertain with changing stands by the government/s involved. It appears that the central government has now changed its stand & is willing to provide more participation as this is a vital sector that can have far reaching consequences for the country’s economy.

  • Part I: Monorail

    10 April 2008 - 5:46pm — Naveen
    Monorail
    About 60 kms of Monorail /Light rail has been recommended in the CTTP report on various potentially high-growth corridors (Western portion of ORR & Bannerghatta road) in the CTTP report.

  • Traffic/Transport Issues & CTTP-2007

    10 April 2008 - 4:52pm — Naveen

    There is deep concern about unmanageable volumes of traffic, the deteriorating road discipline & difficulties in commuting, all calling for very urgent interventions.

  • Part II: Non-Motorised User Facilities

    10 April 2008 - 4:26pm — Naveen
    Metro RailTraffic
    Pedestrian Facilities
    Excerpts from various sections of the CTTP report are as follows :
    3.13.1.9: There is high pedestrian traffic in core area and some other areas in Bangalore. Footpath facilities are generally not adequate and their condition is deteriorating. Therefore up gradation of their facilities is very important.
    5.5.8 (Preferred Strategy for Transport Development): Special facilities for pedestrians within the entire network specially in the core areas; Pedestrianization of selected shopping streets in side the core area going to be served by Underground sections of Metro; Provision of pedestrian sky walks, under passes, footpaths and other road furniture along the roads where necessary.
    7.9: Recommends as many as 78 roads within ORR & 54 roads outside ORR for improvements & widening.
    7.11.2.2 (Foot paths): Recommends a width of 2.0m for sidewalks for about 350 kms of city roads.

  • Part I: BRTS

    10 April 2008 - 4:16pm — Naveen
    Metro RailTraffic

    Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)
    Earlier (1999), a feasibility study for BRTS had identified a promising network of 20 corridors for bus routes comprising twin central rings intersected by 8 radial routes, with assistance from SIDA, Sweden. A pilot project of 12kms from Jayanagar to Shivajinagar with a combination of exclusive lanes with priority of passage at signals & construction of rapid transit lines was planned but never materialized & was abandoned without any attempt. There is no mention of this in the CTTP-2007 report, either. If this had commenced then, we might have seen it progress to some extent & at least, public opinion about the value of such quicker means of public travel would have been recognized.

  • Urban Rail - The Chennai Experience

    1 April 2008 - 4:52pm — Naveen
    Metro RailPublic Transport

    Sometime back, I remember reading a report in a magazine (published from either HongKong or Singapore) about the Chennai Suburban Rail (CRS) & the newer MRTS. This report, I think was actually based on a study for economic assistance for expansion of the Chennai MRTS (Phases 2 & 3).

  • The need for BRTS

    26 March 2008 - 8:01pm — Naveen
    Metro RailTrafficPublic Transport

    This refers to the article in TOI & the guest column by Muralidhar Rao.

    The basic premise on which public transport is based is that if the road seems too narrow with high volumes of traffic, there is a case for public transport. The higher the volume of traffic on a road, the stronger is the case for public transport.

    In India, the low–cost /low–quality public buses are now not preferred by the upwardly mobile strata. Rail-based systems (such as Metro /Monorail) are very expensive to build & maintain & will therefore, not have extensive reach for a long time to come. The city cannot make do with widening roads & adding elevated roads continuously. No city has ever been able to “build” its way out of the problem. A new, faster & cost efficient system is required for quality conscious groups, over & above the existing low quality bus network. BRTS fulfills these requirements & is perhaps, the only available alternative worth exploring.

  • The Traffic Quagmire – Using Logic & Rationality the Right Way

    25 March 2008 - 9:35pm — Naveen
    Metro RailTraffic

    Vasanth - your post ‘Using Technology the Right Way’ made good reading.

    We can come up with umpteen reasons for the chaos that traffic is, but simply put, there is just one real core issue – the city is trying to cope with traffic loads for which it’s road network certainly was never designed nor envisaged. Despite having lost the battle time & again, all efforts so far have been to satisfy the ‘Car lobbies’, even at the expense of pedestrians, bicyclists & public transport users. Planning & Construction of the Metro rail is the only exception.Plans, policies & procedures that involve a multi-dimensional approach to seek long-term & permanent solutions have never materialized, though efforts have been made.

  • Bangalore Metro vs. CMH Road HC Case

    28 February 2008 - 12:50am — tsubba
    Writ petition by CMH Shops and Establishments, and Residents Association and K. V. Ramakrishna and N. Suresh Kumar, challenging the alignment of Metro through the CMH Road and 100 feet Road in Indiranagar and seeking a stay on further work along the CMH road. The petitioners seek an alternate alignment along the Old Madras Road. They have also sought appointment of an expert committee to consider the economic, social and environmental aspect of impugned alignment.

  • work on the metro..

    26 February 2008 - 7:29am
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