September 2010

Parking/Congestion charging proposals for CBD

26 September 2010 - 6:52pm — Naveen

Project number:	3781
Opened by:	Naveen
Opened on:	Sunday, 26 September 2010 - 6:52pm
Last modified:	Friday, 15 July 2011 - 8:37am
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Description: Restraining traffic growth via Parking enforcement, congestion charges or cordon pricing in central areas of Bengaluru city

Initiator:

Praja RAAG

This is a project to develop and propose a workable approach for re-introducing parking regulations in the city. A further long-term objective is to detail solutions for introducing congestion charge or cordon pricing in the central area of the city (CBD).

The project aims to prepare proposals that will provide benefits like:

Parking enforcement & restraining traffic growth

26 September 2010 - 12:23pm — Naveen

Further to the meeting with Mr Praveen Sood, AdCP-Traffic, a project will be necessary to identify a workable approach to re-introduce parking regulations in the city.
A further long-term objective for the project would be to investigate possibilities for enforcement of congestion or cordon pricing, particularly in the CBDs.

Bonded labour in the IT Capital of India?

24 September 2010 - 9:45am — kbsyed61

What a contrast? Where we all are going gaga over how India has progressed since 1990's economic liberlization. Yes indeed we have moved on and made progress. But still there is large chunk of population that is still to get its due opportunity of decent life.

Delhi's bus privatization experiment

24 September 2010 - 10:33am — Naveen

Excerpts from a 2007 paper about details of Delhi's city bus privatization process is reproduced below :

Are TTMCs really what they are claimed to be ?

24 September 2010 - 8:56am — Naveen

"TTMCs have proved to be quite a money-spinner for the transport department. Taking a cue from this, the government is now planning to set up similar centres in Mysore, Mangalore, Udupi, Shimoga, Hubli, Dharvad and other places.

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