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APAD - A Picture A Day, Traffic Indiscipline

3 December 2010 - 10:25am — idontspam

Submit motor vehicle traffic violation pictures/video that you would have clicked from your personal camera/phone here. The title of your comment has to read APAD - <date as DD/MMM/YY> - <some text>

[PS: Help on how to insert a picture, via flickr, or directly]

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Yet another way to enforce traffic rules

3 December 2010 - 12:12am — Rithesh

One can call it decentralization of traffic rules enforcement - let citizens help the police book people for traffic violations and let them be rewarded for this.

Report on B/P-ToI Mobility event

2 December 2010 - 11:11am — murali772

Though announced to start at 10 AM, the event (Times of India’s ‘Bangalore Patrol’ public meet held at Shree Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain college on J C Road, on Sunday, the 28th Nov - ToI report may be accessed

Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project

2 December 2010 - 10:07am — Ravi_D

On 29/Nov ADB approved a $315 millon loan for Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (KSHIP II). Amounts to 68% of estimated total ($463 million).

Main goals: Improve over 600km of roads in the state. Due for completion by Dec 2014.

Projected Outcome:

Better facilities for private run buses!

2 December 2010 - 2:32am — kbsyed61

There is no denial that private bus service is being operated in Bengaluru and other places without having its own/leased infrastructure like Terminus or bus stops. As noted in the Imran_haq's ordeal in Kalasipalya, in absence of proper infrastructure, these buses are making use of the public spaces like Roads, gullys, playgrounds even making use of no parking spaces.

Chikkabullapur : Railway minister neglects station in his neighbourhood

1 December 2010 - 12:07pm — Sanjeev

Chikkabullapur has its share of pride for being the neighbouring district of the Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa’s home constituency, Kolar.

station doesn’t have basic facilities such as drinking water and toilet. Several inter-state trains pass through the station which houses not a single shop to serve coffee or eatables

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Parking policy in Asian cities

1 December 2010 - 11:12am — idontspam

Sharing a report from Parking policy report in Aisan cities by Paul Barter who blogs on reinventingparking.org

Task - special landing page for DDC

1 December 2010 - 9:45am — silkboard

Some of us are thinking about doing a special landing page for Disciplined Driver's Club (DDC) campaign. Think of a page like praja.in/ddc (warning, the page isn't there yet). The page will have a pledge form, and more features like upload pictures, forward the pledge etc. Starting this post more as a task to track this DDC landing page.

Links to related blogs

1 December 2010 - 9:30am — Bheema.Upadhyaya

Here is the list of related links for this subject, just for quick reference

Not more auto's; instead, good shuttle bus services please!

30 November 2010 - 1:55pm — murali772

The transport department and traffic police are mulling over reforms that could scale up the number of autorickshaws in the city from about 80,000 to 95,000. Simukltaneously, however, the Transport commissioner, Bhaskar Rao, himself states “The system has many anti-social elements. The common man is a victim.

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