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Was October Bus Day Different?

5 October 2010 - 3:16am — kbsyed61

As a monthly routine tried to lay my hands on news for this month's Bus Day. Only TOI had a some passing reference to today's Bus Day campaign.But BMTC website was boasting about todays bus day being unique. Is it really?

Chennai's elevated BRT system

4 October 2010 - 11:05am — silkboard

While Bangalore planners are still toying with BRT concept, Chennai seems to have an elevated corridor identified for BRT (Bus Rapid Transport System). Wonder if we have some Chennai geeks here who can enlighten how the corridor was identified, and history of the BRT idea in Chennai in general.

Docs related to controlling traffic growth

3 October 2010 - 9:56am — vinay_sreenivasa

have attached some docs related to parking (HU's comments to DULT on their parking policy) and the HU mobility manifesto (in kannada and english), though these docs might be useful for people working on this project.

 

not sure if this was the best way to attach these docs, so in case its not ok, dont feel upset :-)

The Metro may not be best answer to our urban traffic woes

2 October 2010 - 10:45pm — vinay_sreenivasa

Mobility, not metro, by Himanshu Burt, Business Standard, Oct 2:

The Metro may not be best answer to our urban traffic woes

Lobby for BRT in Bangalore - focus Big10, Circle routes?

1 October 2010 - 7:42am — silkboard

First things first. If you don't like BRT, think it absolutely can't be done, please keep out, and discuss on other posts. This thread is for those who think that BRT in some sort or form (dedicated corridors, only at some places, or priority signals, or bus only magic boxes, or whatever) is needed for Bangalore, and can possibly be done.

Hello to all from anonymous coward

30 September 2010 - 4:25pm — acoward

Hello to everyone from anonymous coward, (short: acoward) at Praja. I am new here and like all this talking walking you people do. Listen, write to me at acoward [at] praja.in if you have stories that you are afriad to tell everyone.

Elitist infra projects - BETL

30 September 2010 - 1:44pm — Photoyogi

Being elitist may never payoff and more so if you you have an elitist attitude towards Infrastructure projects

On August 23, 2010, I was driving back from Madurai and took the Elevated Road that links E City to Silk board jn. Envisioned and supported by IT giants.

NO-PARKING zone violations

29 September 2010 - 10:36pm — Arun

Too many violations of the No-parking zone can be seen all over the City, and 95 times out of 100, it will be private cars that violate this rule.  Jayanagar, probably tops this list.  Few observations -

Vehicle to People ratio in Bangalore

29 September 2010 - 3:46pm — idontspam


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