Neta/ Babu car travels the cause of all that is rotten in the city

murali772 - 25-NOV-2013

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy blamed engineers and officials of the BBMP for the poor progress in waste management. “BBMP officials do not seem to see anything. The engineers and joint commissioners sit in their cars and travel through the city but they do not see the garbage on the roads or problems of citizens,” he said.

My experience with car pooling

s_yajaman - 8-JUL-2013

I have been living in Bombay for the past 15 months.  Chose a place to live close to my children's school to minimize their commute.  A number of my (now ex-) colleagues live in the same area - some in the same building, some within 5 minutes walk.   I changed jobs in Jan and my new office is about 1.7 km from my old. 

Driving School Scam - BBMP

idontspam - 25-FEB-2012

While most of the driving schools charge Rs 2,500-Rs 3,000 per candidate for training, BBMP had agreed to pay Rs 3,800 per candidate from these six schools. “Each school had produced documents claiming that they had trained 70 to 80 candidates and received lakhs as fees.

Car Mileage and more!

srinidhi - 24-AUG-2011

Was at the service centre the other day and was discussing ways to improve mileage of cars. One of the thoughts that came up was with the visits to the petrol pump. My habit is to have less than quarter tank full at any refill point(on my daily commute)..

Driving License tests on Automated Track (video)

Vasanth - 15-DEC-2010

 Indian Driving License is the easiest to get. This video demonstration shows it all.

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

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

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.

Renewing DL at the RTO without touts/bribes

s_yajaman - 8-APR-2010

 My wife and I went yesterday to the Indiranagar RTO to renew her DL.  As soon as we stepped into "the zone" there were touts offering help.  We, of course, ignored them and walked up to the RTO.  

As we walked up we realized that my wife's DL said "RTO BNG CENTRAL" (Koramangala) and we wondered what trouble that would mean.  But we decided to check anyway.

There was a helpdesk there.  It was operational.  We asked the lady there if we could renew the license here.  She gave us the forms and asked us to check at Window 3 if it was possible.  We also realized there was a medical fitness certificate (completely in Kannada) to be got from a doctor.

At Window 3 there was a reasonably helpful lady.  She told my wife that it was possible to do it there.  She confirmed if the address remained unchanged.  She asked us to write a letter requesting that the license be renewed there.   

We paid the Rs.250 fee at the cash counter and my wife went to get her MC done.

Best solution to namma trafficu!

mcadambi - 3-FEB-2010

 Recently the Govt of India has constituted the Kirit Parikh Committee to deregulate prices of petroleum products (diesel, petrol, kerosene, LPG).