Southern States own 70% of nation’s public transport

Naveen - 1-JAN-2012

Three southern states - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh - own and operate 70.4 per cent of theto tal fleet of public transport that exists in the country. Maharashtra too, to some extent, shares the credit.

Banashankari TTMC Creating more trouble than convenience

Vasanth - 18-DEC-2011

Recently inaguarated TTMC is causing hassles to all the buses travelling from Western Portion of Bangalore towards East such as the 201, 201R, 500 K etc.. All the buses are now forced to enter and exit the Banashankari TTMC. The entrance and exit being narrower, as well as capacity being lower is resulting in pile up of Buses.

Autorickshaw - Case for a decent service and good business model!

kbsyed61 - 10-DEC-2011

Background

Mere mention of word 'Auto' starts ringing the bell of many different voice. Don't these voices sound familiar?

SWR has been asked to pay for delayed service!

kbsyed61 - 7-DEC-2011

Source - Deccan Herald

Keeping bus lane clear - how hard will it be?

silkboard - 2-DEC-2011

Two videos, one from the NYC, US, and another Bangkok, Thailand. East or West, keeping Bus lanes clear isn't that easy. How will we do it in Bangalore? Bus mounted Cameras to take snapshots of moving vehicles ahead, and fine random 10 every day from the pictures taken? Or simple 'heavy fine' warning to induce fear?

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul1m6G8TNjo]

Railways can help Bangalore

Arun - 29-NOV-2011

Railways can play a great role in taking over Bangalore’s transport.  Yes, take over!  This requires tremendous amount of political will though.

Few steps that can take us towards this are listed below.  As we discuss many more ideas are surely going to emerge.

Will you support a PIL against BBMP & BMTC or GoK transport ministry?

silkboard - 26-NOV-2011

Are you pained by mobility situation in Bangalore, and think that it has not improved or worsened during last 5 years? If yes, then would you read below and answer these two questions?

Train, solution to traffic woes?

Sanjeev - 24-NOV-2011

 Another route that is largely unheard of is the 67 km Yeshwantpur- Hosur rail route.

Shaping Bangalore's periphery - before its too late

silkboard - 20-NOV-2011

Our city, Bengaluru has a core, and periphery. Let us define the area bound between  Outer Ring Road as the core, and beyond as periphery. If you look back from nineties onwards, City planners cared for people to live in the core, and work in the periphery.

Metro Underground - Who Is Gaining the Expertise?

pdk - 19-NOV-2011

Came across this report in DH:  Metro’s Phase-I unlikely to meet deadline.  From June 2012, to December 2013, to March 2014 and now December 2014, though Mr Sreehari admits anything before mid-2015 is a pipedream.