Commuter Rail starting service soon

idontspam - 9-JUN-2011

Massive step forward yesterday. Bestest meeting ever since we did the report last year so sharing this will all of you who have spent energy & effort in this cause. 

Final version of BPS concept paper - any fresh ideas?

silkboard - 3-JUN-2011

Time to move past the draft stage, and finalize a first version of BPS concept paper. We can then resume the "advocacy exercise" with BMTC and BBMP. Starting this post to collect new ideas that would add to what we have already summarized in the draft version (see last project post).

Bus Stop design

idontspam - 30-MAY-2011

DULT is on the lookout for suggestions on bus stop (shelter) design to suggest to relevant authorities. So please post as comments to this post & suggest what you wuld like to see in a bus stop shelter & also what additional features should a bus stop shelter have that will make it an attractive place.

Hat's off to BMTC conductor and Driver of Airport route in Bangalore

srinivas.muddappa@gmail.com - 25-MAY-2011

I would like to sincerely Thank Conductor and Driver of the bus route No 9/8 Bus No. FA 1762 for their humanity and promptness in returning my bag that I forgot when I got down at Kammanahalli stop without collecting my bag which had my certificates and other valuables more than items my certificates was most important without which I would have struggled a lot.

Bangalore needs commuter rail

Sanjeev - 20-MAY-2011

"Commuter rail more economically viable than the rapid-transit metro network'

Namma Metro refreshingly different ?

Bengloorappa - 18-MAY-2011

Just happened to see the inner view of MG Road station in the BMRCL newsletter. (I cannot paste a link to it so have to embed it. Image Courtesy: BMRCL).

It looks refreshingly devoid of commercial jazz and has a soothing feeling to it compared to other Metro railways all over the world. 

State of South Western Railways!

kbsyed61 - 14-MAY-2011

Going through the minutes of the meeting for "Namma Railu Round Table Event at Cistup, IISc" last August 30, 2010, one get an interesting insight into mind and thinking of Railways. In this case, railways is represented by Bengaluru Division of South Western Railway.

BMTC pls compile - complaints and/or suggestions and send it

naveen_blr - 13-MAY-2011

The buzz about buses 

Coinciding with the city's spectacular growth, the erstwhile Bangalore Transport Service (BTS) transformed into the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) in 1997. Since then, its fleet has increased from about 1,800 to 6,000.

Trip Number : BMTC or any city transport

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 11-MAY-2011

This is not new thing or research. But I am sure if a trip number is mentioned in display board it will help public. I propose to bmtc to include trip numbers in display boads. 

Example: For bus number 378 Kengeri to Electronic City, 

Namma Metro Smart Card - too few top-up choices ?

Bengloorappa - 26-APR-2011

Have been reading through the Tender posted by BMRCL on their website inviting tenders from Mobile operators to setup and maintain a top-up system similar to the prepaid top-up system http://bmrc.co.in/pdf/tenders/etopupof%20smart%20cards.pdf

Excerpt from the document on BMRCL's website -