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ABIDE Plans - More buses to the BMTC Fleet?

14 February 2009 - 4:28am — kbsyed61

If we look at the Bengaluru Plan2020 and news that has appeared in the media suggests that for decongestion on B'lore roads, more buses are required and hence plan to add more buses to the BMTC fleet. Here is the scoop from DH

St Charles School authorities at Lingarajapuram block traffic

12 February 2009 - 3:52pm — Praveen Kumar

Please note the only connecting route between Hennur,Chellekere,HRBR Layout, Kalyannagar and surrounding areas is thru the lingarajapuram flyover. Please note this flyover is clogged -

A case of wrong fining

10 February 2009 - 6:14pm — murali772

My wife received a challan by post a few days back for "holding/ using a mobile phone while driving" asking to pay up Rs 100/- fine as per Sec 230(A) KMV rules R/W 177 IMV. The incident was supposed to have happened at 9.40 hrs on Monday, 19th Jan, at Rajajinagara Entrance Circle.

VIP Convoy Privilege

10 February 2009 - 9:33am — Ravi_D

Last evening a convoy driving into the city had traffic stopped in both directions for at least 15 minutes on Mysore Road. I was waiting near the end of the flyover, headed out of the city and was wondering what in the world was the reason, until I saw some 5 vehicles of a convoy zoom into the city on the other side of the road.

Bengaluru: Traffic congestion

7 February 2009 - 11:47pm — idontspam

1. Overview

2. History

3. Data

4. Solutions

5. Examples

6. References

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Namma Auto (awareness program for auto drivers)

7 February 2009 - 12:48pm — veeracb

Namma Auto is a community project to bring awareness to auto drivers about the traffic rules and regulations and road safety, this will be the first to create safe roads in Bangalore.

Improving Road Safety - Fiji Experiment

3 February 2009 - 9:39am — Ravi_D

Happened to come across this PDF on worldbank website. Read item (b) - Fiji.

Interesting.... 10% of the third party insurance premium goes to Fiji National Road Safety Council (NRSC). Benfits both insurance companies and the population.

BTRAC road divider menace

1 February 2009 - 3:05pm — blrsri

Its slowly taking over all roads in Bangalore and this needs to be stopped immediately. In the name of BTRAC they are laying these road dividers which I am sure in not in any of the road design books.

Segregating Pedestrians from Motor vehicle traffic

25 January 2009 - 9:55am — psaram42

In To days Times of India the report of yesterdays accident in Indiranagar has been reported on the front page. The page 2 is fully devoted to the story. Mr.

Pune cops look at solutions to smoothen traffic flow using fuzzy logic

23 January 2009 - 9:29pm — asj

Here is how data is mis-interpreted and mis-used to suit one's belief systems:

Below is a letter I wrote to the journalist who did this TOI feature -

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