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Parking policy in Asian cities

idontspam - 1-DEC-2010

Sharing a report from Parking policy report in Aisan cities by Paul Barter who blogs on reinventingparking.org

Disciplined Driver's Club

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 29-NOV-2010

This is the project group to design and run a campaign wherein participants would take a pledge to be disciplined drivers, and then display a specially designed vehicle sticker to show and spread the message. Join this project if you want to help do the work to promote this campaign, like:

Vote your favorite Praja Disciplined Drivers Club bumper sticker (Designs in attached file)

idontspam - 26-NOV-2010

* Option 1 * Option 2 * Option 3 * Option 4 * Option 5 * Option 6

NO-PARKING zone violations

Arun - 29-SEP-2010

Too many violations of the No-parking zone can be seen all over the City, and 95 times out of 100, it will be private cars that violate this rule.  Jayanagar, probably tops this list.  Few observations -

Vehicle to People ratio in Bangalore

idontspam - 29-SEP-2010

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Meeting with Praveen Sood on Parking issues, moved to Sep 25

idontspam - 15-SEP-2010

This is a meeting with Additional Commissioner of Police Mr Praveen Sood to discuss Parking & Congestion charging for Bangalore, the challenges in enforcement with current systems and automated systems. RSVP with a comment if you wish to come.

Pay & display parking system for Bengaluru

idontspam - 2-SEP-2010

 200 crore for vehicle parking in the BBMP budget and not a mention of charging for the same? @ 5 lakhs per parking meter (Brigade road type)  installed every 100 meters one can get 4000 meters & paid parking on 400 kms of roads in Bengaluru for this amount. I am hoping that should cover the CBD and more.

Car usage disincentives - it's happening

murali772 - 24-AUG-2010

Are you a resident of Mizoram capital Aizawl? If yes, do not buy a car until you have a garage or parking space. Grappled with constant traffic snarls, Mizoram has finally found a way out, banning the sale of vehicles to any individual who does not own a garage or parking space. A car purchased after August 30 will be viewed illegal if its owner does not possess a garage or parking space.

Say NO to Autos / Taxi's on 12 th Aug 2010

ranga - 10-AUG-2010

Unique campaign is floating around called Meterjam, to teach a lession to the erring Auto's and Taxi's. This campaign already has over 22 k strength from major cities, we find that for fare rise or anyother issues, even a road accident with an auto or taxi all of them gang up and fight with a common man.

Unpleasant experience at RTO Koramangla

shekhar_mittal - 28-JUN-2010

I sent out the following email to Ashwin Mahesh narrating my experience at the RTO recently. I am pissed about the whole experience. At moments like these it feels awesome to realise that I am a member of Praja:)