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Namma Railu - Terms of Reference

15 September 2010 - 1:09pm — Naveen
Commuter RailPublic Transport

At the end of the meeting on Namma Railu at IISc on 30-Aug-2010, we had agreed to work on a Terms of Reference (TOR) for raising a demand for DPR (Detailed Project Report) for Namma Railu.

[update] Revised TOR submitted to CiSTUP from Praja

First DriveWell Day, supported by MphasiS - October 15

15 September 2010 - 11:14am — silkboard
EnforcementTraffic
15 Oct 2010
Asia/Calcutta

The first Drive Well day is confirmed for September 30th now postponed to October 15. (confirmed). MphasiS is supporting this first event. Based on how it goes, we can sit down with traffic police to plan the next one, and also find sponsors for the next such or similar event.

Volvo becoming Mumbai Suburban trains?

13 September 2010 - 2:23pm — SrikanthLogic
BusPublic Transport

 I have written a blog post about overcrowding in Volvo buses here. I am posting the excerpt here, read more on the link. Request your feedback.

 

 

Working group on railways - 11th 5-yr plan (2007–2012)

11 September 2010 - 2:54pm — Naveen
Commuter RailPublic Transport

“Report of the working group on railway programmes for 11th 5-year plan (2007–2012)” has the following salient points with regard to suburban rail. Due to file size, the entire report is not attached to this post.

Vajra/Volvos doing well

10 September 2010 - 10:28am — Naveen
BusPublic Transport

Times of India reports that Volvo's are doing well now:

Elevated Coastal Expressway - Chennai

9 September 2010 - 7:57pm — idontspam
Infrastructure

 Kicking off topics for our friends in Chennai with this burning issue. An elevated expressway is planned along the coast line. See here for the details. This is causing a lot of heartburn amongst the people who are questioning its utility.

Red Board buses v/s Black board buses

9 September 2010 - 3:08pm — ss87
BusPublic Transport

 BMTC's ordinary services are of 2 types-the red board catering to the suburban areas and the black board catering to the city areas. By the way of passes the red board passes have higher fares owing to the distance covered by the buses (Route no. 210 and above covering a minimum 15-20kms from city centre).

 

Training for Drive-Well Day volunteers, Sep 15

9 September 2010 - 9:56am — silkboard
EnforcementTraffic
15 Sep 2010 14:30
Asia/Calcutta

Training for volunteers for Drive-Well Day is b eing organized on Wednesday 15th September 2010 between 2.30 and 4.30 at TMC. 20+ volunteers from MphasiS are attending. Anyone here wants to go, please leave a comment.

Venue: Bangalore Traffic Police's Traffic Management Center (TMC).

NammaRailu 2010 Roundtable - Press Release

8 September 2010 - 6:12pm — idontspam
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Press Release

Monday, Aug 30, 2010: CiSTUP, IISc, and Praja.in organized a round table event, Namma Railu 2010 to discuss Commuter Rail System (CRS) as a mobility solution to enable growth of Bengaluru Metropolitan Region (BMR). The event was chaired by Dr A Ravindra, Advisor to the CM.

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