November 2011

City Buses in PPP mode - Bhubaneswar. Why not Mysore?

3 November 2011 - 11:13pm — silkboard

Did you know that Bhubaneswar operates Buses in PPP model? They may be planning a BRT too in PPP or outsourced model (see another post for details). Any idea on population and size of Bbsr? 9 lakhs, 135 sqkm. Mysooru? Almost the same, close to 10 lakhs, 130 sqkm.

Clippings from an attached ppt attributed to Mr Saurabh Garg, an IAS officer from Orissa (Odissa?)

Bellandur lake revival!! Who killed it in the first place?

2 November 2011 - 9:46am — psaram42

When Sunita Rao called me yesterday evening, about Bellandur Lake, we talked about diverting the storm water drain sewage water being discharged into the Lake. I must admit of my folly. The basic question is why is the sewage water flowing in the Storm water Drain in the first place?!!!! The reason is obvious!

Metro Feeder Gyaan

2 November 2011 - 8:31am — silkboard

Project wiki to capture project team's thoughts, can structure this for the eventual report.

General Strategy

The Target Commuters

There are two types of commuters to target and please

Recce ride report - BMTC connects

1 November 2011 - 11:19am — silkboard

Lets keep this post for BMTC related observations from our morning ride. Noticed a few things during the test ride this morning.