October 2007

Prez Rule - What's In It For Us?

9 October 2007 - 9:34am — tsubba

So we are in for president's rule for the next 5-6 months. so what happens to things like AT ramaswamy led joint commission that is probing land encroachment? what about airport expressway and metro? and what about ULB elections? already we are being panned by the NURM on this. and what about things like mono, bidadi, PRR, nandagudi... and the million $$ question what happens to BMIC? :)

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Bangalore's CTTP Due Next Week

9 October 2007 - 8:59am — tsubba

The Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Plan(CTTP) - which is the result of a 15-month city wide survey of traffic patterns in the city - is a crucial prerequisite to get a lot of projects under JNNURM approved. Even otherwise, it marks a beginning towards systematically addressing Bangalore's traffic problems. It is finally going to be released next week. And Bangalore is the first city in the country to come out with it. Go Bangalore!!

Bangalore and Ribbon Development

7 October 2007 - 3:16pm — silkboard

Bangalore's peripheral areas all messed up? Blame it on Ribbon Development. Let me introduce you to a term very relevant to the congested sprawl that our city is witnessing. Simply put, Ribbon Development means building shops and houses along the roads radiating from a town. If you were to look at Bangalore from the skies and track recently laid or widened major arterial roads leading out of the city, you would notice that almost all big ticket construction/development happens solely along (rather right on top of) these roads.

Do me another favor. When on the periphery of Bangalore, try take a left or right out of any big radial road. This is most likely what you would see [pictures below]. Pathetic roads, poor quality of construction and even narrower streets if you were to venture into a "layout".

‘Bellary Road only option’

5 October 2007 - 11:37am — arunvishvin

It’s official. The airport expressway planned by the BMRDA to provide connectivity to Devanahalli International Airport will not be ready till 2009.

VAAS - Bangalore's New Traffic Control System

5 October 2007 - 4:19pm — tsubba

By October-end Bangalore will have a new traffic control system - Vehicle Actuated Signal System which, the Hindu reports, will facilitate faster movement of traffic BEL begins installing sensor lines at 48 locations

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