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Bangalore's CTTP Due Next Week

9 October 2007 - 8:59am — tsubba
TrafficPublic Transport
The Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Plan(CTTP) - which is the result of a 15-month city wide survey of traffic patterns in the city - is a crucial prerequisite to get a lot of projects under JNNURM approved. Even otherwise, it marks a beginning towards systematically addressing Bangalore's traffic problems. It is finally going to be released next week. And Bangalore is the first city in the country to come out with it. Go Bangalore!!

Should MG Road area be pedestrianized?

9 October 2007 - 7:21am — tsubba
Metro RailTrafficPedestrian Infrastructure

A peak into what the some of the authorities think about an issue that we have been discussing here at praja. We have been discussing a hypothetical test case to see how metro would work - say you come to MG road by metro then how do you move around the area then. say to commercial street, magrath road etc etc... So I thought it was exciting that some officials were discussing the same problem and with the same area as a test case.

Bangalore and Ribbon Development

7 October 2007 - 3:16pm — silkboard
Urban DevelopmentGovernance

Bangalore's peripheral areas all messed up? Blame it on Ribbon Development. Let me introduce you to a term very relevant to the congested sprawl that our city is witnessing. Simply put, Ribbon Development means building shops and houses along the roads radiating from a town. If you were to look at Bangalore from the skies and track recently laid or widened major arterial roads leading out of the city, you would notice that almost all big ticket construction/development happens solely along (rather right on top of) these roads.

Do me another favor. When on the periphery of Bangalore, try take a left or right out of any big radial road. This is most likely what you would see [pictures below]. Pathetic roads, poor quality of construction and even narrower streets if you were to venture into a "layout".

Bangalore Metro Stations - Artist's Impressions

7 October 2007 - 1:31pm — tsubba

We now have renders for all the stations on Stretch I, Phase I of Bangalore metro- MG Road, Trinity Circle, Halsoor, CMH Road and Old Madras Road. Only the terminal at Byapanahalli and oh, I forgot the new station KR Puram remain. :)

BIAL Airport City, Oct 2007

5 October 2007 - 9:06pm — tsubba

Also See, Official Updates September 2007

Airport City
As a part of the overall master plan, BIAL has earmarked approximately two hundred and fifteen (215) acres of land within the project site for the first phase of commercial real estate development. BIAL’s vision is to develop this prime property called ‘Airport City’ as a destination in itself and create a premier business, retail and entertainment hub. This area will be a well balanced mix of office parks, retail and entertainment and hospitality.

VAAS - Bangalore's New Traffic Control System

5 October 2007 - 4:19pm — tsubba
By October-end Bangalore will have a new traffic control system - Vehicle Actuated Signal System which, the Hindu reports, will facilitate faster movement of traffic BEL begins installing sensor lines at 48 locations

Now a Majestic-Kanakapura Rd 18 km Mono

5 October 2007 - 4:09pm — tsubba
The state cabinet, which met here today, decided to invite brand new tenders for the proposed monorail project in Bangalore. Asian Infrastructure Consortium (AIC), a private company, is in the process of preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the monorail. Initially, the mono rail will run on a trial basis (18 kilometres) connecting the commercial hub of the city - Majestic to Kanakapura Road on Bangalore's southern tip. Source: Business Standard

BIAL Official Updates September 2007

5 October 2007 - 2:29pm — tsubba

New! Oct 2007 Images Of BIAL!!

New! Oct 2007 BIAL Airport City, Plans & Renders!!

Construction progress update for September 2007

The opening of the new Bangalore International Airport draws closer with just 6 more months to go. Progress on the project is now approximately 85%. In addition to the runway being complete, the taxiway has also been completed. At the terminal building, all the civil works are now done and finishing works are in progress.

‘Bellary Road only option’

5 October 2007 - 11:37am — arunvishvin
It’s official. The airport expressway planned by the BMRDA to provide connectivity to Devanahalli International Airport will not be ready till 2009.

Its a Shrinking World

4 October 2007 - 5:07am — tsubba
Traffic

Even as working mothers at EC complain of not being able to spend time with their new borns, KA Govt's incessant, relentless attack on BMIC, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "its a shrinking world".

If last week it was Global Infrastructure Consortium and its monorail, this week its, I'm kidding you not, Asian Infrastructure Consortium, headed by a Malaysian monorail company! Even before you can say Swiss Challenge, within one week, HDK's KA govt has come up with a whole new proposal and a whole new petition.

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