Bus Priority Concept paper from Praja - draft ready

silkboard - 22-MAR-2011

We got delayed due to unavoidable reasons, but the concept paper on Bus Priority System (BPS) for Bengaluru is now nearing completion. Find attached a draft version, look forward to comments from those familiar with BRT and related concepts. Our goal is to prepare a crisp document that would provide a picture of what BPS is and how it can be applied to our arterial routes.

Report from Devanahalli

silkboard - 30-JUL-2007

Srivathsa mailed in this report from his drive to Devenahalli yesterday:

"Drove yesterday to Devanahalli on some other work. The road after Hebbal flyover is in pretty good shape. There are no real bottlenecks there - but a number of potential accident zones. The real bottlenecks are at Cauvery theatre, then the stretch along UAS or just before that. Very narrow roads with a number of right turns and intersections. Some serious de-bottlenecking needs to be done along this stretch.

Once past Hebbal - a grade separator is needed at the entry to yelahanka town. Of course a really bad accident will probably have to happen before something gets done. Then along the way there are a number of intersections where grade separators as well as pedestrian overpasses are needed. They also need to plan some elevated U-turns.

Meet to Plan BPS concept paper, Jan 20, 9.30 PM IST

silkboard - 18-JAN-2011

Transmog, Naveen, IDS, Albert, Shaheen and others (Karthik?) - with Jan 31 as sort of a deadline to hand over a Concept Paper on BPS to BMTC and BBMP, let us do that long pending meeting to exchange Q&A on BPS and plan collaboration on the concept paper.

Mobilicity report - session on Bus Priority System

silkboard - 13-JAN-2011

Apologies for delay in logging in this report. Real tight on time due to office work. I will request Naveen and Shaheen to log their individual reports/notes as well, had requested them to take notes during the session. So yeah, here is a quick summary.

Intermittent Bus Lanes - an input for BPS

silkboard - 5-JAN-2011

Those of you who are coming over to CiSTUP/IISc on Jan 10 will get to hear about in from the Professor himself. But the "intermittent bus lane" concept that was demonstrated at Lisbon in 2005 could be a source of input for evolving Bus Priority System (BPS) proposals in Bangalore.

Bus Priority meeting report, BMTC, Dec 22

Naveen - 28-DEC-2010

The BMTC meeting was to discuss about Bus Priority along the 335E/G1 route (ie. from Richmond circle to ITPL/Whitefield). In principle, BMTC is keen on this project & we were told that there were a total of five corridors that they were looking at for such bus priority routes.

Meeting with BMTC MD on Bus Priority, confirmed!

silkboard - 18-DEC-2010

Mr Pasha has given us time on Dec 22 at 3 PM to discuss Bus Priority System project. The meeting will be focused on BPS or at maximum current status of BRTS projects at BMTC.

I can take along maximum 5 folks with me. Please leave a comment if you want to join. BPS project members will be preferred.

We could go with following agenda for the meeting:

Letter to Mr Pasha, sent Nov 18

silkboard - 14-DEC-2010

Here is the letter sent to Mr Pasha, MD of BMTC, requesting for a meeting on the subject of Bus Priority System. Sent on Nov 18, no direct reply was rceived from him. To Mr Pasha's credit, someone had called from BMTC during last week of November, and promised to arrange a meeting and also supply the information we had asked for.

Bus Priority - Project updates

silkboard - 12-NOV-2010

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As of mid Nov, where are we?

Meeting with Mr Balachandran, Alchemy Urban Systems

silkboard - 23-OCT-2010

Yesterday, IDS, Naveen and myself met with Mr B R Balachandran, an Urban design & planning specialist. Mr Balachandran has experience with Ahmadabad BRTS, and is a big backer of the BRT/BPS concepts.