August 2010

Updates from BMRC meeting

21 August 2010 - 10:55am — Naveen

The meeting was delayed & began only at 4.40PM since BMRC officials were busy till then. Flwg items discussed & status advised by BMRC :

1) BMTC feeder services will be operated upon commissioning of Metro for 3km distances from all stations. Ticketing will be made common for feeder buses & Metro. Smart cards with online recharge facilities will be made available.

The new DCP Traffic (West)

21 August 2010 - 1:27pm — murali772

A week from now, a woman police officer will be manning Bangalore City west division traffic, with 21 traffic police stations and four sub-divisions under her purview.

Hawking - the questions rise again

21 August 2010 - 6:55pm — murali772

Recently, a group of residents from certain streets in Koramangala petitioned to the ward level authorities to evict food-vending hawkers from the neighbourhood. Some were on pavements and some occupied vacant plots. After many meetings, the authorities obliged. In some cases, the carts reappeared the same day.

Bengaluru Airport (BIAL) Terminal 1 Expansion

20 August 2010 - 12:34am — santsub

The consortium comprises GVK Power and Infrastructure (GVKPI), Siemens Projects Ventures AG and Zurich Airport, Switzerland.

An easy and safe Park and go option - Impose heavy fines for parking violations

19 August 2010 - 1:30pm — Ramesh Menon

During my recent visit to Commercial Street on two ocassions, I witnessed a series of parking violations. Although there are traffic wardens, parking bays and payment options, I noticed drivers parking at will ignoring the inconvenience of the other commuters.