August 2007

Reva and Autorickshaw?

22 August 2007 - 12:33am — silkboard

There is this one thing I was hoping would happen, but it never did. Why did the promoters and makers of Reva (Maini) never try to push electric vehicles as an alternative to present-day auto-rickshaws?

An auto-rickshaw costs around Rs 1.3 lakhs today. 4 stroke ones would be a little more expensive than that. Most metro cities will sooner or later be pushing for a rickshaw overhaul, which as per current trends is an upgrade to cleaner engines running on CNG or four strokes.

The interesting Metro update

22 August 2007 - 1:59am — silkboard

Just read through Bangalore Metro's August'07 updates. Read through the first few pages of that pdf, and you realize that land acquisition seems to be delaying a few tasks - notice the schedule column, search for phrases "revised" or "after land acquisition".

These delays were always expected to be a part of the project, so no complaints there. But one key update you and I should look forward to takes the cake as far as disclosing information is concerned:

Bangalore Auto Transit Authority

22 August 2007 - 6:18am — tsubba

Autos in Bangalore are at a minimum Rs 44crore/annum business*, employ atleast 30,000 people directly**, and have a transportation model that most public transit systems will kill for. Yet autos and their drivers are known for all the wrong reasons. I hypothesize, because they have got the organization all wrong.

Metro to encash 'Green'liness

21 August 2007 - 3:20pm — shas3n

For a government controlled body, BMRC is really industrious and we have seen them taking a lot welcome steps earlier. Now, like a real smart company, BMRC plans to encash its environment friendliness using 'Carbon Bonds' from UNFCCC. Here is a kind of FAQ on that topic.

BMTC

21 August 2007 - 11:51am — Vasanth

BMTC has been the only mode of public transport available in Bangalore. According to survey by RITES, 55% of Bangalore people use BMTC. It has become very tough to attract the IT, Marketing Executives & ITES population towards BMTC. What are the steps that are needed to improve BMTC service? How to attract people towards BMTC? Please post your opinions in this new topic.

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