November 2008

The Real Price of Nano

14 November 2008 - 6:26pm — asj

The Real Price of Nano -

The government has reportedly offered huge tax sops of over Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) to Tata Motors for the Nano car project, according to the State Support Agreement (SSA) signed between Tata Motors and the Gujarat government on October 7, which was leaked to the media.

PIL - To Sort out the Transport Mess

13 November 2008 - 4:51pm — Naveen

[Note: Work in progress - Copied from an email exchange, needs to be merged with the the PIL draft itself]

Our basic complaint is -----

Traffic Diversion and Flow During Construction of BRTS

13 November 2008 - 10:37am — Nitinjhanwar

Can somebody help in providing links or suggestions for Construction Management Techniques for concrete and type and traffic diversion for contruction of an elevated road on a major arterial road?

Anybody still believes BMTC can deliver?

12 November 2008 - 11:41am — murali772

The presence of buses at the flagging-off ceremony seems to have been symbolic, as was the schedule given by the depot and the confirmation by officials that the buses were in operation. And as of this morning, more than a week later, the opinionforming, feedback-providing public is yet to make its acquaintance with the mysterious Marco Polo.

Competition without regulation, like this

12 November 2008 - 9:10pm — silkboard

I see this every other day on my commute, and to many who back competition and liberalization in public transport as a possible solution, this picture represents the fear keeping them from being vocal supporters of the idea. On one side, you have a 3-4 year old nice big bus. Pushing it out of the stand though is a 15 year old vehicle which would be worth a lot less than the bribes it'd take to get operating licenses from RTO.

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