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BMTC - It is all in the numbers

7 February 2010 - 12:38pm — ashfaq syed

One of the easiest scheduling problems to solve is when time and route are known. If the time and at least one (pickup or destination) is fixed, then it is even easier to schedule. If a pickup and drop schedule for 100 people going to an office has to be designed, simply get the pickup points and put it on a m

BMLTA Public Meeting

7 February 2010 - 9:09am — kbsyed61

Start: 3 Mar 2010 15:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

[Update: Date changed to March 3, "The Venue is Institute of Town Planning, Ambedkar Veedhi, Vasantha Nagar, Bangalore. Time - 3 PM" ]

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.

New features at Praja!

5 February 2010 - 3:11pm — tech

We at the Tech team are happy to announce another set of new features on Praja. Starting today, all registered users will have access to these new features.

1. The Stream Microblog with Twitter Integration

For those of us who are familiar with Twitter, we now have an analogous feature built within Praja. How is PrajaBytes to name it? Suggest better if you have one. The idea is for you to share your status or broadcast those pithy one liners to all Praja users (and especially those who follow you, see below).

To start posting, just head to 'My account' and type in the 'Stream' box.
What more, you can link one or more of your Twitter accounts to your praja accounts. If you link your Twitter account, a tweet will be posted to your Twitter account when you make a post on Praja.

To link your Twitter account:

go to 'My account',
choose 'edit' and click on 'Twitter Accounts' tab.
Fill in your Twitter id and Twitter password. We need your Twitter password to make posts on your behalf.
Rest assured that the passwords will be stored securely and are not accessible to any users, including the admins.

Houses for slum dwellers by Dec 2010

5 February 2010 - 2:42pm — murali772

Speaking after laying the foundation stone for construction of 1,500 houses in the Ragigudda slum at JP Nagar 2nd phase, the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said, “All 570 slums in the City will be rehabilitated under the JNNURM-BSUP scheme by Dec 2010 to make Bangalore a slum-free City".

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:

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