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Vajra/Volvos doing well

10 September 2010 - 10:28am — Naveen
BusPublic Transport

Times of India reports that Volvo's are doing well now:

Elevated Coastal Expressway - Chennai

9 September 2010 - 7:57pm — idontspam
Infrastructure

 Kicking off topics for our friends in Chennai with this burning issue. An elevated expressway is planned along the coast line. See here for the details. This is causing a lot of heartburn amongst the people who are questioning its utility.

Red Board buses v/s Black board buses

9 September 2010 - 3:08pm — ss87
BusPublic Transport

 BMTC's ordinary services are of 2 types-the red board catering to the suburban areas and the black board catering to the city areas. By the way of passes the red board passes have higher fares owing to the distance covered by the buses (Route no. 210 and above covering a minimum 15-20kms from city centre).

 

Training for Drive-Well Day volunteers, Sep 15

9 September 2010 - 9:56am — silkboard
EnforcementTraffic
15 Sep 2010 14:30
Asia/Calcutta

Training for volunteers for Drive-Well Day is b eing organized on Wednesday 15th September 2010 between 2.30 and 4.30 at TMC. 20+ volunteers from MphasiS are attending. Anyone here wants to go, please leave a comment.

Venue: Bangalore Traffic Police's Traffic Management Center (TMC).

NammaRailu 2010 Roundtable - Press Release

8 September 2010 - 6:12pm — idontspam
Commuter RailPublic Transport

Press Release

Monday, Aug 30, 2010: CiSTUP, IISc, and Praja.in organized a round table event, Namma Railu 2010 to discuss Commuter Rail System (CRS) as a mobility solution to enable growth of Bengaluru Metropolitan Region (BMR). The event was chaired by Dr A Ravindra, Advisor to the CM.

Tech savvy policing

8 September 2010 - 12:25pm — murali772
EnforcementTraffic

A perennial complaint across cities about auto rickshaws is addressable through this proposed SMS facility. This will be more effective than a few manned auto help centres near bus and train stations since its reach will cover the entire city.

Draft National Anti-Corruption Strategy

7 September 2010 - 6:43pm — murali772

The National Anti-Corruption Strategy represents a blue print for commitment and action by the various stakeholders to the governance process. It aims at systematic and conscious reshaping of the country’s national integrity system.

The EVM controversy

6 September 2010 - 12:03pm — murali772
Everything else

There is worldwide acceptance of the need for a paper trail in conjunction with EVMs. Electronic voting was introduced in many countries. But serious doubts were soon raised about the security, accuracy, reliability and verifiability of electronic elections. In October 2006, the Netherlands banned the use of EVMs. In 2009, the Republic of Ireland declared a moratorium on their use.



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