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  • How Wide is Wide?

    21 December 2008 - 3:51pm — Vasanth
    Infrastructure

    Nomatter however the road is wide, there is always traffic jams. Still BBMP seems to have not analyzed the problem and expanding the roads by cutting trees and reducing pavements has become its endless project. Today morning I saw trees on the Maharani's College Road while getting down the Anand Rao circle which were 'alive' from 100s of years being cut to widen further. Already the road is 1 way and it is a 4 lane road. Why to loose our greenery unnecessarily. Also the pavements were narrowed still further. We all know, how matter the road is wide, still traffic will not reduce. Length of the jam decreases and width increases. We have seen the examples of Bangkok, as well as we have seen the roads of California. Its all so wide still there are lots of delays in traffic. Why to loose our precious trees which are seniors in terms of age for a foolish act of road widening which we all know is not going to give us any solution. Loosing the tree for a Metro Rail / Mono Rail is OK since it is minimal as well as it is definitely give us a solution. Still, alternative routes should be taken wherever possible to avoid tree cutting such as the case in Nanda Road.

  • Why are our cities suffering?

    13 December 2008 - 1:11am — mcadambi
    My take on why local level governance in cities like Bangalore and Mumbai are suffering while thriving in cities like New Delhi and to a lesser extent, Chennai.

    Any good city needs local governance. This means having a strong mayor council in place and using revenues generated by the city to a substantial extent for the city's needs. 

  • We want infrastructure but no taxes!

    23 November 2008 - 2:56am — mcadambi

    We the proud citizens of Namma Bengaluru, arguably having a higher Household Income on an average compared to the rest of India cry a lot for infrastructure.

    Yet, we do not want to pay property taxes and to add insult to the injury want to pay abysmally low taxes. If we do not pay adequate property taxes, we cannot even have good infrastructure.

  • Footpaths upgraded but width reduced

    18 November 2008 - 8:53pm — Photoyogi
    InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

    I live in Kumarapark (BBMP Ward No 77) and i was initially pleased to see the footpaths getting a face lift. Yes Serpentine road is having spanking new machine finished granite slabs to cover the drain and make for the footpath.

  • Basavanagudi Traffic Regulation

    16 November 2008 - 8:38pm — Naveen
    Traffic

    Hi All,

    Attached is the letter being sent to BBMP /Traffic Police (South) about streamlining traffic at Basavanagudi. I am also forwarding the map (copy updated) with some captioned pictures about traffic in the area.

  • One more example!

    11 November 2008 - 3:28pm — Ravi_D
    Today's DH carried this article. I have seen quite a few of these haphazardly written infrastructure related articles. I cannot understand why they don't bother with little bit more research...

  • Lakes - BBMP/BDA spending

    10 November 2008 - 12:04am — silkboard
    Lakes

    After govt handed upkeep of some lakes from LDA to BWSSB, and in the midst of courts asking LDA to stop privatizing lakes (See Hindu news report, a victory for ESG and Leo, great show!), last week saw BBMP and BDA floating tenders for works on some lakes

  • Tagore Circle Underpass – Moving Bottlenecks in Basavanagudi

    8 November 2008 - 11:25pm — Naveen
    InfrastructureTraffic

    KR Park 1BBMP’s prescription to ease congestion in Basavanagudi area is to install an underpass at Tagore circle – a strange decision, since a gigantic flyover has been built on a parallel road, & that same road (Vani Vilas Rd) can be streamlined for uninterrupted flows to attract more traffic, & limit traffic past Gandhi Bazaar & Tagore Circle.

    As can be seen from the diagram, what this will do is invite even more traffic through  MN Krishnarao Rd (diagonal road), BP Wadia Rd as also on Gandhi Bazaar Rd . Soon, there will be a need for another underpass or flyover at Indian Institute of World Culture, followed up further by another at the DVG Rd–Gandhi Bazaar Rd intersection, & so on so forth ! 

  • Multiple Bus Shelters - Another Route to Money ?

    8 November 2008 - 3:22pm — Naveen
    Pedestrian Infrastructure

    Hi All,

    When the scheme to build bus-shelters of 'International Standards' was first floated a few years ago, many welcomed it as the standard of shelters in the city was pathetic, similar to cattle sheds.

  • How about a Bangalore related Projects library?...

    7 November 2008 - 10:01am — Ravi_D
    Public Transport

    Imagine a single portal (a book or pages of gyan) where we could log in and see:

    > A chronicled listing of all projects related to Bangalore City

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