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Empowering BMLTA

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In the case of Bangalore, the BMLTA has been instituted, though it is still in the form of a sub-committee of another Committee, as averred by none less than Mr Ravindra, Dy Chairman, State Planning Commission, himself, at the seminar. There is a proposal to strengthen and broad-base it.

"Road Dividers" or "Walls"?

Dear Sir,

     Recently most of the important roads of Bangalore have been made double roads.
     As part of that, "Road Dividers" have been placed in the middle of roads, so that the traffic gets streamlined.
     This is a welcome move and helps.

SC grants three months to implement high security registration plates

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Supreme Court on Tuesday set a three-month deadline for the Centre and the state governments to implement high security registration plates (HSRPs), removing all ambiguity about the mandatory nature of its earlier order on the issue.

Traffic Signal Modeling - Sharing a Case Study

Attached is an interesting case study for geeky types on Praja, related to modeling and optimization of Traffic Signal Syncronization in Bangalore.

Forced pedestrianization! An opportunity.

TrafficPedestrian Infrastructure

Brigade road is going to be closed for vehicular traffic for 10 days, per this DH report.

Analyzing Traffic Police's spot fine system

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I am told that developed countries do not have this system of spot fines. We do - and I guess that low levels of automation would be one reason we have this in place - sub-inspector or above can issue challans and levy spot fines.

Me ? I'm not causing the problem !

TrafficTraffic jams

It's always somone else causing the problem !

In general, the richer the person is:

1. The more resources he uses

2. The more he feels that he part of the solution

3. The less he feels that he is part of the problem.

Death Trap - Mysore Road

The traffic from Vijayanagar right upto townhall is getting more dense but there is no improvement in the road infrastructure at all.

Oxford Street 'diagonals'

InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

Work to re-structure the pedestrian crossings at Oxford Circus to include a diagonal option starts this week as part of the Oxford Regent Bond Street (ORB) Action Plan. To redress the pedestrian/ vehicular balance, pavement area is being increased by 63 per cent. With the extra space created by de-cluttering, this represents an overall increase of 69 per cent.

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