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Praja Monthly Meet Oct,10 2009 Bypanahalli Metro Station

11 October 2009 - 8:42am — psaram42

We gathered at the Bypanahalli Railway station to day at 9 AM. The following were present:-

The "Native" Kolkata Metro

21 September 2009 - 11:14am — murali772

The 20km long Calcutta Metro Railway completes its 25 years next month, unwept, unhonoured and unsung. It has never had a derailment, no fatality or no structural collapses. It carries 4.2 lakh passengers a day that is three times of the Delhi Metro which is more than thrice as long. It is faster too.

Metro underground stretch - delayed by 6 months

16 September 2009 - 7:05pm — s_yajaman

Read this today.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/25489/metro-underground-work-behind-schedule.html

Namma Metro Reach-4 pictures

14 September 2009 - 11:58pm — vinod_shankar

Piles being put in place at RV road

skeletal structures for the piles

Mono Rail for city transport

2 September 2009 - 3:26pm — Vasanthkumar My...

Source: Dec.Chronicle todate

Gist:

Futuristic Mono Rail on 30 km ORR between JP Nagar & Hebbal Flyover - Project Report in two months - Bangalore Airport Rail Link Authority - Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Plan (CTTP) - Rs.44,000 crore estimate

Namma Metro and the confusion over the underground route

1 September 2009 - 10:10pm — ashwin

The lack of disclosure about the exact underground route and the resultant confusion that causes is once again illustrated by today's TOI article

BMTC-improving the services/facilities- relying on Public Transport

28 August 2009 - 10:52am — Neeyathi_hemmige

Hi Prajas,

A question that I often ask is 'Did Bangalore really need a metro'? Could we not have efffectively managed the BMTC/KSRTC bus-services.

Lessons from Dallas Area Rapid Transport (DART)

25 August 2009 - 8:33pm — Clive VanBuerle

I'm writing in from Dallas, Texas where I am currently on a couple of months Training assignment. I use the Commuter system called DART and found some interesting lessons that perhaps can be shared with the BMTC and Namma Metro folks who can implement what fits in with our city's ethos, viability and pre-determined plans.

Massacre: 1000 more trees for U/G metro

24 August 2009 - 4:02pm — Vasanthkumar My...

Source: Dec.Chronicle 23-8-09

Gist:

Namma metro phase-I ridership projection and train operation frequency

8 August 2009 - 12:06am — vinod_shankar

some of projections made in DPR of namma metro phase-I for ridership and train capacity and operation frequency. All the data presented below is without taking into account the north and south extension done at a later stage.

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