Learning from mistakes and gaps at other cities - Pune could be doing that. Read this morning, with great interest that Pune has created a special purpose vehicle called Pune Infrastructure Development Corporation (PIDC). Quoting this story (PIDC cleared), this body will be:
... a special purpose vehicle, for resolving the traffic and transport problems of the city. The company will have to raise Rs 24,000 crore for the implementation of projects like flyovers, bridges as also the Metro rail in the city. “The company would be responsible for the infrastructure to improving the traffic and address the transportation woes of the city. PIDC will not be responsible for public transport though,” Municipal Commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi said.
An equivalent situation for Bangalore could be a BMLTA like body entrusted with running CTTP with Rs 50000 crore worth of projects detailed by the study conducted by RITES and others. Refer Naveen's post for details on a PIL some of us are proposing to make something like this happen in Bangalore).
I still need to read more details on what PIDC is, but if it indeed is something like BMLTA, but with authority and money on hand, then imagine what this could bring us. Outer Ring Road will get High Quality Bus solution before or along with the upgrade to make it an expressway. There would have been no elevated road to Electronics City, there may have been a Metro line on Hosur Road with connection to a Rapid Bus corridor or a Mono on Outer ring Road. Etc, etc ... you list your favorite example of car centric projects.
Keep thinking, and please, join us in our efforts to rid Bangalore of its congestion problems by getting a single responsible body for City's Transportation needs.
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Pune PIDC - At least, it's a good start
I have huge reservation about this one
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Not clear to me
Too many similarities
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