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Monorail's Ups & downs

Monorails or for that matter most of the mass-transits have not been churning out profits. Japan is the only unique exception due to their much higher standards of living & people's higher affordability levels to pay fares. Thus monorails have been profitable there. In fact, monorail makers have been forced to cut manufacturing costs for systems & are offering to install & run their systems as there had been no takers. Some examples :

Is 91C bus plying?

91C supposedly plys from Yeshwantpura regulated market to Girinagar. I do not see the bus at all. And even in btis.in it is not shown. Any idea, if it is really there?

Enforcers / Violators?

Last evening’s drive home was interesting.

Smart Growth Principles Book Review

Getting to Smart Growth II book provides 10 policy options to achieve each of the 10 Smart Growth Principles. These policies are supported with ''Practice Tips'' which offer additional resources or brief case studies of communities that have applied the approach to achieve smart growth.

The 10 principles are:

Metro - coverage comparision with some cities

Here is a simple comparison of the coverage various metros in the world provide and where we should be going. It is important to be developing a network that covers more areas and enables last mile connectivity and feeder services to be more effective.

Tried office commute using Big10 - a report

Big10 inside 28.22 am - Wife dropped me at the main road outside our complex, a Big 10 was waiting right then and there. Even better, the driver stopped for me to save me a 50 m walk till the bus stand. Good or bad, I wonder, but I did say thanks to him.

Electric Supply - A Chronicle

Here is an attempt to chronicle media reports related to our electric supply scenario. Let us update this list as we see related articles in the media.

2008:

19/July/08 - DH: Power crisis may worsen

Looting business called "Schools"

Off lately I have been wondering why shouldn't I open a school?

Same Route - Different Bus charges

I commute daily between Koramangala Water Tank to Electronic City in Volvo Non- A/C I guess its Suvarna buses and end up paying a different fare everyday. I have paid fares from Rs 10/- to Rs 15/- Moreover in one of the buses the conductor always asks 15. Does anyone know what is the right fare for the distance?

Traffic studies on Pune

Hi- Looking for links to studies done on Pune traffic . Essentially surveys/modelling etc done to arrive at solutions for better traffic management.

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