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MMTS Service Improvements and what about Bangalore Commuter Rail

18 November 2010 - 5:46pm — Sanjeev

MMTS services of Hyderabad has doing great improvements, you can see here how the services have been improved over the last few months. For Bangalore & its suburbs Commuter Rail is still distant dream unless we push our Politicians hard either BJP / Congress

Monorail updates

17 November 2010 - 5:09am — n

Monorail RFP and replies to queries to RFP attached (also at http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/monorail.html, http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/docs/RFP_Tech_Cons_Monorail.pdf, http://www.idd

HSRL updates

17 November 2010 - 4:13am — n

HSRL update attached as a PDF (also available at http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/hsrl.html and http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/docs/Proceedings_of_PRS_IDD_HSRL.pdf). It is commendable that Mr.

Double Decker Buses in Bangalore

16 November 2010 - 2:06pm — Clive VanBuerle

When I went to school in the late 80’s and early 90’s, we enjoyed taking the double Decker bus number 134 to Ulsoor from Shivajinagar. I know there were other routes like 131 and 150. BTS became BMTC and soon the double Decker buses became history and faded away from the roads and our memory.

Karnataka high-speed rail plan hits legal roadblock

16 November 2010 - 1:49pm — Sanjeev

A high-speed rail link (HSRL) project connecting Bangalore to its new international airport, proposed at a cost of Rs 6,000 crore and intended to reduce commuting time from the present one hour to 20 minutes, has hit speed breakers over the legal framework the project is to be implemented under.

Bangalore City Railway Station expansion

16 November 2010 - 10:23am — Sanjeev

Railways eyes land swap with BBMP

Sources in the Railways told Deccan Herald that if the deal goes through, the service yard/line in the City station, along with the coach yard near platforms 4 and 10 will be shifted making room for more platforms.

Chaos in Major Bus Stops

13 November 2010 - 10:50am — Vasanth

Major Junction Bus Stops like Corporation (Hudson Circle), Richmond Circle, Banashankari, Marathalli, Jayadeva are fully chaotic. These bus stops handle multiple buses 4-5 at the same time and the bus stops are not designed to handle multiple buses.

Bus Priority - Project updates

12 November 2010 - 9:30am — silkboard

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As of mid Nov, where are we?

No one wants to go in City Buses

10 November 2010 - 8:29am — jakkura

CITY BUSES ARE SO much full and even girls or old people will not get a seat. And who wants to go to ITPL or Electronic city or Yellahanka or Penya how will they go soon at 8 o clock office hours. Only some of the IT sector people have flexible hours, and still IT sector does not have work from home option, very few companies have work from home option.

Chennai Metro contractors - anything new, different?

2 November 2010 - 9:11pm — silkboard

Just out of curiosity, was looking at home page of Chennai Metro Rail corporation (CMRL) to find the list of awarded tenders. Wanted to see if it is the same set of companies (as in Bangalore) carrying out works there, or if there are any new & different names.

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