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Intermittent Bus Lanes - an input for BPS

5 January 2011 - 10:55am — silkboard

Those of you who are coming over to CiSTUP/IISc on Jan 10 will get to hear about in from the Professor himself. But the "intermittent bus lane" concept that was demonstrated at Lisbon in 2005 could be a source of input for evolving Bus Priority System (BPS) proposals in Bangalore.

BMTC to introduce trunk feeder service on 21 routes

5 January 2011 - 3:47am — vlnarayan

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will introduce trunk feeder service on 21 routes with new buses and electronic ticketing machines by July 1 this year on an experimental basis for three months.

4th Block Koramangala Maestripalaya Lake area is used as dumping ground

4 January 2011 - 1:07pm — cklinc

Over the last few months, tractors have been coming with demolition debris and dumping it around the banyan tree in the lake area of Masitrepalaya in 4th Block, Koramangala. Not sure it this is with or without permission from the relevant authorities. Have complained to bbmp helpline and also informed the local corporator.

So BBMP, when to demolish the Windsor Manor bridge?

4 January 2011 - 8:52am — silkboard

Leave aside cutting down five hundred trees for a moment. Lets get into engineering and traffic planning specifics. What BBMP is trying to do is widen this of stretch Bellary Road. There is some justification, stretch from Mekhari circle to Windsor Manor is a bit narrow to manage four lanes of traffic. The Cauvery junction Magic Box is tight on space.

Time to Corporatise Autorickshaws?

2 January 2011 - 11:45pm — vijaypadiyar

There is a growing realisation among government circles that there has to be a big push towards promoting public transport in the country, together with steps to disincentivise private transport.

The blaming game

2 January 2011 - 10:26am — psaram42

Yesterday News X TV channel carried the story with footage of big size CFC cables found in the man holes sewage lines. The anchor was trying to color it as a multi crore scam of the same order as the 2G spectrum scam. I was curious to find whether the story would appear in TOI too. However to my surprise I found it in Deccan Herald.

Seminar on 74th CAA in Karnataka: Status in 2010 and Future

1 January 2011 - 1:15pm — murali772
5 Jan 2011 09:30
Asia/Calcutta

CIVIC Bangalore has great pleasure in inviting you to a STATE-LEVEL SEMINAR on 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in Karnataka: Status in 2010 and Future

Mumbai has MRVC / MUTP, Bangalore still waiting

29 December 2010 - 8:13pm — Sanjeev

Here you can see how Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), joint venture of Indian Railway & Govt. of Mharastra under  MUTP :

Partners in MUTP -

Pushpaks getting converted

29 December 2010 - 4:02pm — ss87

Well one of the most horrible service provided by BMTC is the pushpak service-a single driver-cum conductor, single door, single passage with 5 seats in a row instead of 4 and is one of the least preferred bus for commuting in the city unless there is no other way to go.

BMTC converted pushpak.jpg

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