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BMTC and monopoly - opening up Local Bus Transport in Bangalore

1 November 2010 - 11:53pm — silkboard

BMTC has monopoly in operating road based public transport services in Bangalore. No-one is allowed to operate buses to carry general public in Bangalore. Special and closed situations like Private companies shuttling their employees, and schools hauling in their students are the only exceptions to this monopoly.

BMTC and Corruption

12 July 2010 - 12:01pm — admin

Lot of posts and comments on bad practices around tickets, and possibility of organized corruption inside BMTC around Bus operations. Some say that pilferage levels are too high, though there is no real data to either show the level of pilferage, or compare with estimates from transportation companies.

Number and Type of Violations

22 September 2010 - 11:30am — silkboard

Data on traffic violations, by type - comparative statement: M.V. ACT  Cases booked for years 2006 TO 2010 in Bangalore City:

 

Number of vehicles registered in Bangalore

22 September 2010 - 11:22am — silkboard

Number of Motor Vehicles registered & kept for use in Bangalore city, 1976 to 2009 (UPTO 31.12.2009)

 

Book of Projects

3 March 2009 - 10:29pm — silkboard

[Note: A "Project" feature was introduced in late 2009 where in initiatives undertaken by Praja members can get a separate dedicated section on the website. All projects since then have been using that feature instead of this "Project of Books" approach. (Also see: list of projects)]

Bangalore - Traffic

22 September 2010 - 10:55am — silkboard

Traffic is probably the most popular subject of discussion in Bengaluru. Language of rage, frustration, surprises and disappointments is universal, but attempts to collect menanigful information and data and analyze them are far and few.

Data from Bangalore Traffic Police

22 September 2010 - 10:46am — silkboard

A gyan page to hold together posts that carry statistics and data received from Bangalore Traffic Police. Bangalore Traffic Police collects and maintains detailed statistics on

CAF PIL on Bangalore Master Plan 2015

24 August 2008 - 6:57pm — admin
Vijayan Menon, resident Bangalorean and an urban planning citizen enthusiast, forwards us the documents related to the Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by the Citizens Action Forum(CAF), the Koramangala Initiative(KI) and several residents of Bangalore, challenging BDA's Draft Revised Master Plan - 2015. Also included is the Report of the Advisory Committee on the Draft Revised Master Plan -2015, also called the PSS Thomas Committee Report, which was set up to analyse citizens feedback.

 

Crowdsourcing: BMTC Vajra Route info database - II

1 July 2010 - 1:25pm — shekhar_mittal

 

A few folks at Praja are trying to create some handy, cool and easy to understand maps for buses. In the initial phases their focs is on the volvo routes.

Attached is the completed vajra map. The plan is that there will be one more map/side which will accompany this map, which shows each route individiually in a straight line - showing ALL the stops. Now to create this map, we need to collect data regarding the list of all the stops the bus stops at. This complete info is not mentioned on the BMTC site.

Can we do this true Praja style? Below is the SECOND list of bus routes. The First list can be found here We need to make sure that all the bus stops covered by the route are covered in "via places".

How to fill the table?

CRS for Bangalore

22 May 2010 - 10:40am — idontspam

Overview

Per McKinsey report on India’s urbanization to 2030:

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