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The Cheap Volvo ride coincidence

15 September 2008 - 1:06pm — murali772

The travel in the BMTC’s prestigious Volvo air-conditioned buses for just Re 1 from one point to another point in the city for four days is seen as a gesture by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government to celebrate its completion of 100 days in office. But not many people know that it was a gimmick. It is believed that the gesture was intended to benefit the participants of the three-day national executive meet of the ruling party in the State. The Re 1 travel did help many commuters, who find the rates otherwise unaffordable.

Probing public transport stats for Bangalore

15 September 2008 - 10:12am — silkboard

Last we heard (Mr Sharif may have told TOI), BMTC said that public transport accounts for 48% of trips in the city. Another stat from Ministry of Urban Development had put public transport's share in Bangalore to about 35%. So, there we have, a range of 35% to 48%, and we know that in Bangalore, public transport virtually equals BMTC.

Urban transportation - addressable market size: how big?

12 September 2008 - 11:35am — silkboard

I had asked this question at the TransInnova/ BMLTA summit yesterday, and didn't get a good answer, most likely because nobody had a number handy. Local urban transportation is a "problem", and problem equals "opportunity". Why is it that private players are not taking enough interest in lobbying to get access to this market? Policy hurdles would be one reason, but I am curious if the size of the market is being underestimated here. Lets do some numbers, simple and basic.

TransInnova/BMLTA Transportation Summit - Notes

10 September 2008 - 11:30pm — admin

[Update Sep 17: find all material presented at the summit on BMLTA website - click here]

Placeholder post for notes from those who attended the summit, and to upload/post material presentations etc obtained from the summit.

BIA is shoddy: Yeddyurappa

9 September 2008 - 4:12pm — mcadambi

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/New-Bangalore-international-airport-shoddy--Karnataka-CM/359223/

"It's shoddy compared to all airports in India," he said at a function at Vidhan Soudha, the State Secretariat."

Bangalore Transportation Summit - Praja participation

9 September 2008 - 2:18pm — admin

If you have not already heard about the Bangalore Transportation Summit being organised by BMLTA and Transinnova, please refer to the announcement on BMLTA's site. The program for the event is available here.

BMTC's business-oriented outlook

8 September 2008 - 8:59pm — murali772

To compensate for the losses in the regular operations, BMTC is now having to look at newer and newer avenues, though in the process they may be deviating totally from their original mandate. The increased contract services for schools and IT sector companies, etc are a part of all that.

CTTP review comments

8 September 2008 - 6:59pm — srkulhalli

Comments on RITES proposal, Suhas Kulhalli.

General background

Bangalore Transportation Summit

8 September 2008 - 5:24pm — shas3n

Start: 10 Sep 2008 08:20

End: 11 Sep 2008 08:20

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

BMLTA and TransInnova are organising Bangalore Transportation Summit on 10th and 11th September. Here (http://www.bmlta.org/Tran...) are a few more details and here (http://www.bmlta.org/site...)is the schedule. Who is who of Bangalore Transport is expected to be there. Anybody from Praja planning to go? It does not mention if it is an open event or invitation only. If it is invitation only, I guess it wont be too hard to get an invite if we ask BMLTA nicely.

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Report - Meeting with Mr. Gaurav Gupta, IAS, Convener, BMLTA.

6 September 2008 - 6:47pm — psaram42

[Praja tradition is that all attendees log their individual reports of these meetings. Here is Ananth sir's report to lead it off! {admin}]

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