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Can Bangalore ban motorcycles ?

31 March 2010 - 4:02pm — Naveen

At some stage soon, auto-rickshaws & motorcycles will have to be banned or atleast, confined to city's outskirts to streamline traffic within the congested CBDs of Indian cities. Bangalore, with it's relatively richer citizens can perhaps lead the way in this!

A case study report, full of good explanatory maps & photos by Karl Fjellstrom, ITDP (dtd 15-Sep-2008) about how motorcycles were banned in a span of about 16 years can be downloaded from this link on filesanywhere.

Excerpts from this report are worth looking at (especially, the section "Lessons from Guangzhou’s successful motorcycle ban") in relation to our own future needs :

Gradual implementation

Fixing the great mistake

8 March 2010 - 4:17pm — murali772

"Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions continue to affect our lives today.

Carlton Fire - What can we learn?

24 February 2010 - 10:35am — Ravi_D

Earthquake in Haiti showed us results of bad construction practices. A 5.1 Richter scale quake is a distinct possibility in Bangalore per this study.

Traffic Cops Charging too much eh??

28 January 2010 - 8:29am — Runforyourlife

I have seen many people often caught by the Bangalore's traffic police. If this is the same case all you guys experience, then here are some important things you need to know when it comes to traffic fines.

What is the next scheduled event on Praja's interaction with BTRAC officials?

27 January 2010 - 12:02pm — Naveen_Sanjay_Nagar

Bengaluru is in the threshold of becoming a megapolis but it is not able to handle the ever increasing road traffic. The infrastructure is just not sufficient to handle the unprecedented growth in the number of vehicles on road. I would like to participate in issues related to improving traffic management in Bengaluru city.

Sumanahalli Flyover and the Outer `Ring' Road.

21 January 2010 - 10:32pm — rs

About a week ago the CM inagurated the Sumanahalli flyover, which is a fancy name for the overbridge over Magadi Road on the Outer Ring Road. This leads to a new part of the ring road which is supposed to make the Outer Ring road more of a ring than it currently is.

Are two wheelers exempt from traffic rules ?

21 January 2010 - 10:18pm — rs

Hi I've noticed that increasingly two wheelers - essentially motorcycles violate all possible traffic rules. This afternoon I was walking back along 17th Cross road, Malleswaram, which is a one way. A motorcycle rider was about to enter the road and I stopped him, informing him that it is a one way. He said he had to deliver some flowers, so it was okay for him to go that way.

Bumpy roads of Bangalore - Road Humps the back breakers not speed breakers.

29 December 2009 - 12:32pm — srikanthml

Maybe this has been discussed earlier.

I am appalled by the state of Bangalore roads of late. Day by day there are more road humps added to the streets without any thought on the inconvenience it causes to the riders/drivers.

Kodigehalli Level Crossing - Politics First, citizens later

27 December 2009 - 8:25am — kbsyed61

Strange are our public representatives and more strange are their political ways. In every act of their's is motivated first by their politics, party and their personal interests.

Diganth caught under the influence.. and Let off!!

17 December 2009 - 8:06pm — justathought

Shame on you Diganth for not abiding by the law. You had a chance to set an example and you blew it. Add to that, you were with a chick, stupid enough to buy you out instead of talking sense into you to follow the law! Being an actor isn't above the law. Lowlife junkies..a shame to my society!

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