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Volvo becoming Mumbai Suburban trains?

13 September 2010 - 2:23pm — SrikanthLogic

I have written a blog post about overcrowding in Volvo buses here. I am posting the excerpt here, read more on the link. Request your feedback.

Vajra/Volvos doing well

10 September 2010 - 10:28am — Naveen

Times of India reports that Volvo's are doing well now:

Yeddyurappa will ride high-speed trains in China

10 September 2010 - 9:50am — idontspam

Your chief minister will soon be zooming away in the high-speed trains of Beijing

Red Board buses v/s Black board buses

9 September 2010 - 3:08pm — ss87

BMTC's ordinary services are of 2 types-the red board catering to the suburban areas and the black board catering to the city areas. By the way of passes the red board passes have higher fares owing to the distance covered by the buses (Route no. 210 and above covering a minimum 15-20kms from city centre).

Setting sights on KSRTC, what say?

27 August 2010 - 8:57am — silkboard

We have discussed BMTC a lot. Tons of suggestions, some of which have gone in. Some of us here helped create the Bus Day event. We pulled lots of data out on their operations. etc etc. Wanted to check if we can set our sights on KSRTC now.

Feeder bus service - at last

26 August 2010 - 10:48pm — n

Feeder service has been introduced between the City Central station and KBS/Majestic. Excerpts from the article below (from DH Metro; link - http://www.deccanherald.com/content/91083/enjoying-free-ride.html):

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Bus pass fare increased

17 August 2010 - 11:03am — tellvkb

Hi,

BMTC has increased daily bus pass fare to 40 now for whose who don't have ID cards. Is this fare enough?

PRAJA Saarige not to be, atleast for now

13 August 2010 - 3:46pm — murali772

After a persistent pursuit, through registered letters, RTI queries, appeals, etc, targeted primarily at the Commissioner for Transport in Karnataka, he has finally got the the RTO, Koramangala, to write to me officially to say that I cannot be issued a license to operate 'majilu vahanagalu' (meaning 'stage carriage', I guess) in the city.

August Bus Day in IBN News!

6 August 2010 - 7:51am — kbsyed61

Actually I had totally forgotten the August Bus Day untill this morning I received an email from my nephew who lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US.

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Crushing bus door

4 August 2010 - 12:26pm — murali772

A 21-year-old man was almost crushed to death when the hydraulic doors of a BMTC bus closed in on him on Sunday evening. Prannoy David Rao hurt his shoulders and chest but what hurt more was the reaction of those around: The bus conductor yelled at him and some passengers guffawed at his plight instead of rescuing him.

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