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Metro Speed in Buses & Commuter Rail - Way to increase public transit capacity handling Vasanth - 1-JUN-2016
With the recent introduction of Namma Metro E-W corridor, lot of fanfare from media as well as public. The line is already takng 1,30,000 passengers. One end of the line, people are parking their vehicles and boarding Metro, while the other end if they are not IT crowd not working in Whitefield or Eastern Outer Ring Road, such as Vidhana Soudha / MS Building, they are benefitted. |
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FAIL - motorcycles as last mile solution for metro srinidhi - 2-FEB-2016
First of all, the lack of integration of BMRCL with other modes of PT like BMTC is the biggest impediment for metro's usefulness and profitability..however nothing much can be done there now.. |
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Metro and Interchanges(lack of it!) srinidhi - 7-OCT-2015
BMRCL has already made a mess of commuting in terms of integration with other transport modes especially BMTC. Lately they are also messing up their own interchanges with different phases of metro! About PH II: |
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Namma Metro: Authorities placing optimism it neither promises nor deserves kbsyed61 - 7-MAY-2015
By M. A. Siraj and Khader B. Syed
It was in June 2006 that the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Namma Metro. It was by far the largest urban infrastructure project taken up for Bengaluru whose population is projected to peak to 19 million by 2031.
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srinidhi - 2-MAY-2015
Its been the bane of the slum that Bangalore has become that we do not have any credible mass public transport options in the city even after many years and many thousands of crores! Its almost 10 years that the metro dream started in Bangalore and only parts of it is reality today. That reality is also far from ideal! |
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Petition to Introduce Buses from Byappanahalli Metro Station to ITPL and Silkboard Vasanth - 15-JAN-2015
Please sign in this petition addressed to Transport Minister, GoK, MD BMTC and MD BMRCL to introduce buses from Byappanahalli Metro Station to ITPL and Silkboard. What we need is the extension of Tin Factory Buses from Silkboard to Byappanahalli which is hardly 2 kms more. |
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srinidhi - 2-JAN-2015
"There is no effort from the government to crack the whip on BMRC, whose bosses haven't made any extra efforts to chase contractors and get work done. For the contractors, Metro work is a learning process. |
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Sanjeev - 18-NOV-2014
Majority of Construction contracts Tenders were suppose to be published during Q2/ Q3 and Q4 of 2013-14 and balance works contract tenders to be called during Q1/ Q2 / Q3 / Q4 of 2014-15 Alos Road widening and Road Streangthening , Demolution of properties Tenders were to be called during Q3/Q4 of 2013 -14 |
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Sanjeev - 23-SEP-2014
L&T's letter to Govt for Project Takeover
This can’t be a routine letter. The 8-page letter is provided below with each page an image. I managed to get from a friend in the media.
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Before Phase 1 Metro Go Live - Lot could be done Vasanth - 7-SEP-2014
Government of Karnataka planned for Bangalore Metro 11 years back, way back in 2003 and the actual work started only in late 2007. Bangaloreans could get first ride of Meto in late 2011, after 4 years of start of project for only 7kms. Second stretch of Reach 3 covering 11kms was opened after 2.5 years in March 2014. |