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Bangalore Traffic - problems & solutions

20 December 2008 - 2:01pm — murali772

Presentations linked here were made by Mr Dasrathi (CEO of Cadem, Bangalore, and a member of Hasiru Usiru), who, even with being in his mid-forties, uses a bicycle for over 75% of the trips he makes, including client visits. He has stated that anyone may use these presentations in any way - view online, download, distribute, put them in blogs, whatever, as long as the message spreads.

Safe Passage Meeting

12 December 2008 - 11:53am — psaram42

Start: 28 Dec 2008 10:00

End: 28 Dec 2008 11:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

This post was put as a comment earlier by Mr. Chandrasekar, which is self explanatory.

Road Safety in Bangalore

9 December 2008 - 2:12pm — Ravi_D

Recent terrorist activities have highlighted our vulnerability, drawing a lot of well deserved attention. But we should not forget that at the same time, other neglected issues continue to cause havoc in everyday life.

BTRAC & Signals

9 December 2008 - 12:43pm — Vasanth

BTRAC is putting signals in almost every intersections and replacing manual signals with lights.

One thing I observed in most of the replacement was that there is more congestion and waiting now. Traffic cops were manually observing the density of vehicles and releasing it accordingly. Waiting times used to be less.

BTRAC and the road signs scam

8 December 2008 - 7:55pm — silkboard

Tune your mind to observe traffic signs in the city, and you'd notice a few things. One, BTRAC project is busy putting up a lot of new ones. Two, perhaps they needn't have spent taxpayer's money on putting them up. Three, sorry Mr Sood, BTRAC may not be doing the best that it can.

Road Humps (Good & Bad)

5 December 2008 - 3:46pm — anent

Bangalore is a good example for Good & Bad road humps. Though we have regulations in IRC (Indian Road Congress - http://www.irc.org.in/) but the humps in the city are being laid incorrectly in several areas.

The crooked signs

4 December 2008 - 11:57pm — silkboard

I think its a challenge, a real one. How do you convey, via simple road signs, the so modern concept of looping road interchanges!? Try describing an interchange when giving out directions - is that a left, or a right that you take from Inner Ring Road to get on to airport road towards HAL? The road signs around such interchanges convey this confusion really well. Some samples for you:

Traffic Lights don't work

3 December 2008 - 1:29pm — bijeshkrishnadas

On one hand, we have the B-TRAC initiative that the Bengaluru Traffic police claim will improve traffic conditions, lights and signage. On the other, we have traffic signals that don't work or work erratically and have gone unfixed for months.

Traffic fines to be increased

3 December 2008 - 12:48am — mcadambi

Finally,

The Transport Commissioner, Shri Bhaskar Rao is going to increase the fines and enforce traffic rules better in Bengaluru:

http://www.hindu.com/2008...

He should seriously consider options such as the "denver boot" for vehicles that are parked opposite driveways and other negligent drivers.

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Wide & elevated rendered useless

29 November 2008 - 10:37pm — asj

For those who think wide roads, elevated routes et al is the solution - this is Hampton, zone 4 outskirts of London. I get caught in this rut each time I decide to drop my daughter off by car during morning rush hour.

View this image http://better.pune.googlepages.com/queues.jpg

ASJ

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