September 2008

'Jaago Re! One Billion Votes' from Janaagraha and Tata Tea

15 September 2008 - 8:38am — silkboard

Got this on Janaagraha's email group. worth posting, and nice initiative.

Probing public transport stats for Bangalore

15 September 2008 - 10:12am — silkboard

Last we heard (Mr Sharif may have told TOI), BMTC said that public transport accounts for 48% of trips in the city. Another stat from Ministry of Urban Development had put public transport's share in Bangalore to about 35%. So, there we have, a range of 35% to 48%, and we know that in Bangalore, public transport virtually equals BMTC.

The Cheap Volvo ride coincidence

15 September 2008 - 1:06pm — murali772

The travel in the BMTC’s prestigious Volvo air-conditioned buses for just Re 1 from one point to another point in the city for four days is seen as a gesture by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government to celebrate its completion of 100 days in office. But not many people know that it was a gimmick. It is believed that the gesture was intended to benefit the participants of the three-day national executive meet of the ruling party in the State. The Re 1 travel did help many commuters, who find the rates otherwise unaffordable.

Need study for metro projects

14 September 2008 - 9:08am — blrsri

We have seen many projects which are very ill conceived and never catering to the actual needs. These more to satisfy interests of few people!

Metro shoddy too?

13 September 2008 - 10:26am — idontspam

They have dumbed down the metro stations originally to make it look straight out of a village. Maybe BMRC is also taking us for a ride. (see the two images)

CMH station