Signal Cycle times in Bangalore

idontspam - 29-NOV-2009

Cycle time data for various traffic signals in Bangalore by police station jurisdiction

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Proposal: Green Score system for KSPCB/BBMP

silkboard - 29-NOV-2009

Scaling up infrastructure and managing expectations of the greens isn't an easy job. A protest worthy job here and a green initiative there, one would expect to see some balance, and even better a system to quantify such balance. What if a body (BBMP or KSPCB) was to keep track of "green score" lost or scored on every project running in the city?

Metro : Reality Check for Speed, Money and Hopes

bharatm - 29-NOV-2009

Summary: This article tries to analyse Metro project and expectation from it. If they are reasonable? Also have the people who decided for metro really considered existing system's potential and limitation correctly? If yes than what was cost and efficiency prompted them for alternative. Its a hard to answer but it will be true reality check for metro.

Concepts for an Integrated Road Design Manual

psaram42 - 29-NOV-2009

1.0 Introduction

A normal concept of road design includes the following -- (1) 

Protest against ID cards for entry into public parks

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 28-NOV-2009

To protest such abhorrent acts of exclusion, the Environmental Support Group (ESG) have organised a protest on

Monday, 30th November 2009, 4 pm to 6 pm at Queens Statue, Cubbon Park, M. G. Road. 

We urge you to join us in large numbers in this very critical struggle against encroachment of the Fundamental Rights to Access Public Spaces.

Helpless Desk - hospitals

idontspam - 28-NOV-2009

Refer Indian Express story - Helpless Desk

Here is a classic case of good intentions wrongly implemented.

The intention

SmartVote - Door-to-door campaigning in Koramangala 3rd Block

deepakar - 28-NOV-2009

Door to door campaigning is planned for the Koramangala SmartVotes campaign (see details here http://praja.in/en/blog/deepakar/2009/11/27/koramangala-smartvotes-calling-volunteers).

Meeting venue: Koramangala 12th Main , 3rd Block , BBMP Park

Time: 8.30 am and should be finished before lunch .

Incase you require any further information , please call :

Koramangala SmartVotes - Calling on volunteers

deepakar - 28-NOV-2009

Koramangala SmartVotes is a campaign to elect a true citizen's representative in the upcoming BBMP elections

The Process

Fool proof Design and execution of city projects or only Co ordinate and still goof up

psaram42 - 27-NOV-2009

 “There’s some hope for Bangalore. For long, we’ve cursed the lack of coordination between civic agencies as they went about their work.

Suggestions to Mr. Sood - via BTP website

dvsquare - 25-NOV-2009

Mr. Sood on the Mobilicity event day, had talked a lot about bangaloretrafficpolice.gov.in, where you can suggest or complain about the traffic and they get back to on the same.

I thought, let me try my luck through this way and submitted the following. Sharing with Praja folks, and in case Traffic Police admistration looks over this post and can do something relavant.