Posts : Bangalore

Citizen Consultation on Climate Change

shekhar_mittal - 22-SEP-2009

Posting on behalf of CSM.

Dear Concerned Citizen:

Centre for Social Markets (CSM) is conducting a citizen consultation in
Bangalore to voice opinions about the issue of climate change. This is part
of a world-wide consultation on the topic to be held on Saturday 26th
September 2009.

KR Puram Bus Stand - Does it exist?

Sunil Kumar - 21-SEP-2009

I would like to share with you all a bitter experience. On Saturday I was in KR Puram area at around 5pm & was waiting for a bus to Hebbal. It started to pour I would not believe there is no shelter for passangers to stand at all. It poured for over 1 hour I had to cross the road & stand under the ATM counter for a roof.

Flyover at NGEF-OMR

ravih - 21-SEP-2009

Could someone clarify if there is a flyover planned at the NGEF turnoff point on the OMRoad ? If yes, what stage is it at ? Planning; Proposal; Approved; Tendering etc ?

Need commuter rail service - Tumkur

pachhi2000 - 21-SEP-2009

Dear all, i am basically tumkur city resident, but working in bangalore in private sector. like me thousands people are working in bangalore who are depends on train and buses for travel regulary.

in these days, tumkur is also developing like any thing as people are preferring that to save some money in their regular earnings.

Big10 concept - Circle Routes are here?

silkboard - 21-SEP-2009

I have been seeing these new routes marked C-1 (for Circle 1 ?) for a few weeks now. Was waiting for some crisp annnouncement or press release, haven't noticed anything big yet, so posting.

Traffic police - "To police traffic" or "To make money from innocent citizens"?

dvsquare - 20-SEP-2009

I always follow traffic rules and also make sure that if I am pillion riding or sitting in car, the driver should also follow traffic rules. Today something happened to us which was not good -

Guangzhou – Many lessons for Bangalore

Naveen - 20-SEP-2009

The third largest city in China, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, is a city of about 8 million & is similar in population /size to Bangalore. It lies at a distance of a mere 2 hours (by road or rail) from Hong-Kong, in southern China.

Open Drains Versus Point of Source Infiltration

RKCHARI - 20-SEP-2009

Open Drains
Point of Source Infiltration
C

The Pedestrian Crush

sandeepmr - 19-SEP-2009

This is what Bangalore needs to learn as we move on.The reason it's so crowded here is not because there's not enough space, it's because we give all of our space to the least spatially-efficient form of transportation available.

Sustainable public transport system - high level requirements

blrpraj - 19-SEP-2009

This has been long pending in my mind after reading and contributing to various praja posts over almost a year. I took a stab at a document that analyzes the high level requirements of a integrated public transportation network for Bangalore that can ultimately cater to long term growth.