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Big10 Corridor improvement - good intentions

19 October 2009 - 10:52pm — silkboard
InfrastructureTrafficPedestrian Infrastructure

Some good intentioned work seems to have been kicked off on the Big10 corridor this side of the city. From what I can see, the HAL Airport Road, Varthur Road Big10 corridor is seeing some upgrades towards:

Whose Responsibility Are These?

19 October 2009 - 11:15am — E.R. Ramachandran
Public Transport

Do we have accidents waiting to happen at every turn?

Road width over pavement - Marathahalli example

19 October 2009 - 10:35am — silkboard
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

First of all, credits to BDA or BBMP or ABIDe (who knows!?) or whoever is thinking about bus interchange points like Marathahalli ring Road and improving the pedestrian amenities there. So yes, something is better than nothing. However, if you watch the work, uncalled for and unscietific preference to road width over pavement is visible. Sample some pictures.

Namma Metro - it just gets better and better.....

14 October 2009 - 8:21pm — rs
Infrastructure

This might be a bit alarmist but this is a report I read earlier today. It does not seem too surprising given that the BMRCL got around to finding digging specialists after starting to dig..

Discussion regarding Bus day

13 October 2009 - 8:52am — manjari
BusPublic Transport
14 Oct 2009 18:30
Asia/Calcutta

There will be a meeting with Mithila regarding the Bus Day.

 

The discussion will only include the Bus day, its planning and how to go about it.

Anyone interested can join, please feel free to put up any question and suggestion

Free Helmet....

12 October 2009 - 11:53am — gopi
Private transport

 

One of the ammendments in the year 2005 to the The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 says  

 

Roads over drains - The erstwhile "Club Pyramid" project

12 October 2009 - 6:07am — Naveen
Infrastructure

 

According to this report in DH, two elevated roads are being planned over SWDs :

1) Seshadripuram to Double Road; &

2) Rajajinagar to Mysore Road.

 

Service Life of Elevated Metro

9 October 2009 - 12:15pm — blrsri
Infrastructure

 There have been numerous debates on wether we take metro underground or do we have it on elevated structures..these have been mostly related to the following:

1. Number of tree cut and properties damaged

2. Cost of going underground

Peak Oil before 2020 a significant risk - Report from the UK

8 October 2009 - 7:58pm — s_yajaman
InfrastructurePublic Transport

The other big theme that I follow is peak oil.  There has been a flurry of articles in the mainstream media that last few days on this topic. 

Expressway or High speed Rail corridors

5 October 2009 - 6:34pm — pravn1984
Commuter RailPublic Transport

I came across this  draft report about the proposed plan for creating expressway in india. www.morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/DFR_Expressway9202196751.pdf

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