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Poor show by BMTC drivers

25 December 2010 - 1:41pm — murali772

Despite many efforts and initiatives to improve driving skills of drivers of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), results have not matched the expectations. According to data available, this year (till December) 82 people have died in various accidents involving BMTC buses.The number of deaths recorded last year was also 82.

Local Rail for Bengaluru with existing rail lines

25 December 2010 - 12:16pm — ravichandar

Here is a suggestion to solve Bangalore's traffic problems, also crop up a series of improvements. Railways as mass rapid transport system can play a very big role in solving this problem. Bangalore has railway lines in almost all the directions. It is feasible to ply local trains on these lines.

Industrial Hub next on Tumkur Rail Line : Nidvanda

24 December 2010 - 8:00pm — Sanjeev

Mr Lalit Jain's request letter in Karnataka State Industrial Times at Page No 16 of Nov 2010 edition for Local Trains :

"footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas"

23 December 2010 - 12:56pm — ashwin

TOI article on ABIDE member Ashwin Mahesh's wishlist for Bangalore in which he is quoted as saying,

"The footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas around stations are a good beginning"

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mail to BMRC on namma metro station names

23 December 2010 - 10:04am — naveen_blr

Thanks Sir,

I am delighted to receive your response.
I do understand some of the concerns you have raised , these can be reduced/fixed using various options.

1.Some company like Infosys/ Satyam would like to maximum put up their hoardings in the stations which would anyways be the case even if we do not lease out the station to them.

Namma Railu in News Again - This time Deccan Herald

23 December 2010 - 1:55am — kbsyed61

Deccan Herald today carried a news item titled "NGO dusts off commuter rail idea" with a NR map.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/122932/ngo-dusts-off-commuter-rail.html

Some myths about disciplined driving/drivers

22 December 2010 - 5:36pm — Bheema.Upadhyaya

I was thinking to clarify certain points to people who wanted to join DDC, just to clarify about myths/ wrong beliefs/feelings they might have come across.

Meet-up for DDC project planning

21 December 2010 - 9:06am — Bheema.Upadhyaya

Start: 25 Dec 2010 08:00

End: 25 Dec 2010 09:15

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Hi DDC Project Team,

The meeting is to just to discuss the project and get car bumper stickers in person

Venue: Freedom park (Old Central Jail), Date: Dec 25, time: 8 AM.

Agenda:

Memo to Minister of State for railways

18 December 2010 - 5:07pm — idontspam

Sanjeev, Ritesh & myself went to the office of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri KH Muniyappa and submitted a memorandum to the Officer on Special Duty there. Have scheduled a meeting with the minister on 27th of the month after he is free from campaigning for the local elections that are on. See acknowledged memorandum below.

Meeting with BMTC MD on Bus Priority, confirmed!

18 December 2010 - 5:02pm — silkboard

Start: 22 Dec 2010 15:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Mr Pasha has given us time on Dec 22 at 3 PM to discuss Bus Priority System project. The meeting will be focused on BPS or at maximum current status of BRTS projects at BMTC.

I can take along maximum 5 folks with me. Please leave a comment if you want to join. BPS project members will be preferred.

We could go with following agenda for the meeting:

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