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Volvo becoming Mumbai Suburban trains? SrikanthLogic - 13-SEP-2010
I have written a blog post about overcrowding in Volvo buses here. I am posting the excerpt here, read more on the link. Request your feedback.
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Naveen - 10-SEP-2010
Times of India reports that Volvo's are doing well now: |
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Red Board buses v/s Black board buses ss87 - 9-SEP-2010
BMTC's ordinary services are of 2 types-the red board catering to the suburban areas and the black board catering to the city areas. By the way of passes the red board passes have higher fares owing to the distance covered by the buses (Route no. 210 and above covering a minimum 15-20kms from city centre).
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Setting sights on KSRTC, what say? silkboard - 27-AUG-2010
We have discussed BMTC a lot. Tons of suggestions, some of which have gone in. Some of us here helped create the Bus Day event. We pulled lots of data out on their operations. etc etc. Wanted to check if we can set our sights on KSRTC now. |
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n - 26-AUG-2010
Feeder service has been introduced between the City Central station and KBS/Majestic. Excerpts from the article below (from DH Metro; link - http://www.deccanherald.com/content/91083/enjoying-free-ride.html): |
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tellvkb - 17-AUG-2010
Hi, BMTC has increased daily bus pass fare to 40 now for whose who don't have ID cards. Is this fare enough? |
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PRAJA Saarige not to be, atleast for now murali772 - 13-AUG-2010
After a persistent pursuit, through registered letters, RTI queries, appeals, etc, targeted primarily at the Commissioner for Transport in Karnataka, he has finally got the the RTO, Koramangala, to write to me officially to say that I cannot be issued a license to operate 'majilu vahanagalu' (meaning 'stage carriage', I guess) in the city. |
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Crowdsourcing: BMTC Vajra Route info database - I admin123 - 29-JUN-2010
A few folks at Praja are trying to create some handy, cool and easy to understand maps for buses. In the initial phases their focus has been on the volvo routes. |
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kbsyed61 - 6-AUG-2010
Actually I had totally forgotten the August Bus Day untill this morning I received an email from my nephew who lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US. "... |
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murali772 - 4-AUG-2010
A 21-year-old man was almost crushed to death when the hydraulic doors of a BMTC bus closed in on him on Sunday evening. Prannoy David Rao hurt his shoulders and chest but what hurt more was the reaction of those around: The bus conductor yelled at him and some passengers guffawed at his plight instead of rescuing him. |