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Proposed BMLTA Act feedback is due Feb 10th

7 February 2010 - 8:51am — kbsyed61

BMLTA is slated to become the sole responsible authority for land based transport in Bengaluru via the proposed BMLTA Act.

For more read Deccan Herald news item http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51135/bmlta-soon-monitor-all-urban.html

Pollution levels dropped on Bus Day

7 February 2010 - 2:03am — kbsyed61

Deccan Herald carried this new story on pollution levels measured by KSPCB on Feb 2, Feb 4 and Feb 5th.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51309/pollution-levels-dropped-bus-day.html

Plans for BMTC's Rome need redrawing

6 February 2010 - 4:34pm — Naveen

BMTC has made a start on one front for building their Rome: by increasing bus inventories & increasing the number & types of services. Most other areas are still struggling to even get blueprints ready. Thus, we seem to have many attractive buildings put up haphazardly & with poor lighting in BMTC's Rome.

Modernised Hubli Railway Station & Local Train

5 February 2010 - 6:25pm — Sanjeev

DRM of Hubli Division of SWR Mr Adesh Sharma informed that new Building of Hubli station will be ready by this year end. It will have 6 platforms with sub way connecting all platforms with Escalators. Bus shelter will be made at the entrance of Sub Way. .Cost of this upgradation is Rs 12 Crore.

Bengaluru’s first Bus Day gives filip to public transport

5 February 2010 - 3:40pm — vaishvittal

The idea was proposed by a citizens’ community and became a reality through BMTC. An additional 10,000 Bangaloreans hopped on and off buses on ‘Bus Day’, according to one estimate.

Shuttle suggestions based on our experiences

5 February 2010 - 10:57am — Vasanth

After reading everyone's Bus Day experiences in these posts, I felt we can have two approaches:

Media report card on just concluded Bus Day initiative!

5 February 2010 - 8:54am — kbsyed61

Here is a media reports round up of the Bus Day initiative we triggered and participated in. Good coverage all around, and going by some of the reports (25% jump in ridership, breather on some corridors etc), looks like the city has made a good beginning. The event is likely to become a permanent fixture on BMTC's and Bengaluru's calendar. Lets hope BMTC will act fast on all the feedback the event generated for them.

Deccan Herald - Commuters give thumbs up ...

BMTC can make use of simple technologies to attract more commuters

4 February 2010 - 1:10pm — bharath_hegde

Whole of current week I have been choosing Bus instead of my Car for commuting to office. Here is been my experience and suggestions for BMTC.

Share your Bus day experiences here

4 February 2010 - 7:40am — kbsyed61

First of all, my sincere thanks to all the Praja members who worked very hard to publicize this event wide and far. Result is that it has reached more than 40k population in IT companies just by Praja efforts alone. Today's news papers are full with Bus Day buzz and Praja is being given credit for its excellent web presence and information.

Bus day survey now available

4 February 2010 - 1:49am — silkboard

A Bus Day survey has now been posted. It is available at:

http://praja.in/en/form/2...

Attempt was to keep it short and simple. And it was posted outside the project section for wider visiblity.

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