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Effective use of RTI

15 September 2008 - 1:23pm — murali772

When Ravindranath first saw the irregularities, he started investigating and found that the buildings did not have occupancy certificates . "But the trade licences were given by the BBMP's health department. When I informed the authorities, they were not bothered. So I took up the issue through RTI and approached the KIC. Following the KIC order in May 2007, the three commercial complexes have been closed down and sealed," he explains. For more

The Cheap Volvo ride coincidence

15 September 2008 - 1:06pm — murali772
Public Transport

The travel in the BMTC’s prestigious Volvo air-conditioned buses for just Re 1 from one point to another point in the city for four days is seen as a gesture by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government to celebrate its completion of 100 days in office. But not many people know that it was a gimmick. It is believed that the gesture was intended to benefit the participants of the three-day national executive meet of the ruling party in the State. The Re 1 travel did help many commuters, who find the rates otherwise unaffordable.

Probing public transport stats for Bangalore

15 September 2008 - 10:12am — silkboard
Public Transport

Last we heard (Mr Sharif may have told TOI), BMTC said that public transport accounts for 48% of trips in the city. Another stat from Ministry of Urban Development had put public transport's share in Bangalore to about 35%. So, there we have, a range of 35% to 48%, and we know that in Bangalore, public transport virtually equals BMTC.

'Jaago Re! One Billion Votes' from Janaagraha and Tata Tea

15 September 2008 - 8:38am — silkboard

Got this on Janaagraha's email group. worth posting, and nice initiative.

Metro shoddy too?

13 September 2008 - 10:26am — idontspam
Metro Rail

They have dumbed down the metro stations originally to make it look straight out of a village. Maybe BMRC is also taking us for a ride. (see the two images)

CMH station

Urban transportation - addressable market size: how big?

12 September 2008 - 11:35am — silkboard
Public Transport

Rushing to busI had asked this question at the TransInnova/ BMLTA summit yesterday, and didn't get a good answer, most likely because nobody had a number handy. Local urban transportation is a "problem", and problem equals "opportunity". Why is it that private players are not taking enough interest in lobbying to get access to this market? Policy hurdles would be one reason, but I am curious if the size of the market is being underestimated here. Lets do some numbers, simple and basic.

Do we need this?

11 September 2008 - 9:04am — Ravi_D

Have you seen this one?

Apart from Volvo goody, here is something interesting and concerning.

A Rs 1,000-crore, 45-storey interchange terminal where BMTC, KSRTC and Namma Metro services would converge, would come up at the Majestic bus stand, the minister said and added that the construction work on it would begin shortly. 

TransInnova/BMLTA Transportation Summit - Notes

10 September 2008 - 11:30pm — admin
Public Transport

[Update Sep 17: find all material presented at the summit on BMLTA website - click here]

Placeholder post for notes from those who attended the summit, and to upload/post material presentations etc obtained from the summit.

Next meeting with Mr Sood, Sep 20, 12 noon (updated)

9 September 2008 - 8:19pm — admin
Traffic

[Update Sep 18, slight change in time] Mr Praveen Sood, ACP Traffic, has confirmed Sep 20, 12 noon as the date for next meeting with Praja members. Please send in your confirmation for attendance on this event entry "2nd meeting with ...". Let us use this post to discuss what we will do in this meeting.

Some guidelines, if we may:

2nd meeting with ACP Traffic, Mr Praveen Sood

9 September 2008 - 7:58pm — silkboard
20 Sep 2008 12:00
20 Sep 2008 13:00
Asia/Calcutta
Traffic

[Update 18 Sep: slight time change] 2nd meeting with Mr Praveen Sood. Time: 12 noon, Sep 20. Venue: His office, top floor of Shivaji Nagar bus stand TTMC building. 8 people would be a good size to go for this meeting. As always, first come first serve, but if there are more than 8, active members get priority.



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