BTRAC's No-parking signs vs painted road kerbs

silkboard - 18-JUL-2009

For all the good work that traffic police is driving in the city via BTRAC, I do think that the "no parking" boards (few thousands of them that have come up) are not the best use of money. Here are my issues with them:

Rating myself as a driver, I'd say I am

silkboard - 18-JUL-2009

* bad, follow 50% of rules * fair, follow about 75% * good, follow 90% or better

Vehicular Pollution Awareness- Students Initiative

asim_bmsce - 15-JUL-2009

This was an initaitive by students body of Mechanical Engineers Association BMSCE.

Anti-Honk Kria Yoga

Ravi_D - 13-JUL-2009

Ever thought of driving without honking in B'lore? 'Are you insane?'...

Traffic enforcement - the new interceptors

silkboard - 10-JUL-2009

Noticed some new data on Traffic Police website - enforcement statistics for these new things called the interceptors (see bottom of

Enforcing traffic fines

s_yajaman - 9-JUL-2009

Thought of this idea (may not be first!) to ensure people pay up their traffic fines.  It is based a few premises

3-day experiment reveals a lot

mcadambi - 16-SEP-2008

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/16/stories/2008091659250300.htm Some positives, some negatives, IMO:

Positives:

Are we a Hobbesian society

idontspam - 6-JUL-2009

We show the pattern of what is called a Hobbesian society: one in which there is low trust between people.

Can road infrastructure ever keep up with cars?

s_yajaman - 6-JUL-2009

Lots of noise is made about Bangalore not having enough infrastructure being the reason for our traffic troubles.  Here are some images from cities which have invested in more road infras

Use e-license and e-RC book rather than smartcards

sanchitnis - 6-JUL-2009

According to recent news item:

 http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/25/stories/2009062554960100.htm