'Metro is ruining the aesthetics of the city'

silkboard - 9-JAN-2011

That is the quote Bangalore Mirror found best to use as the headline for an interview with Charles Correa.

Yesvantpur and Cantonment Railway station Improvements

Sanjeev - 9-JAN-2011

Yeshwantpur railway station gets a facelift

The facilities include an altered concourse, unreserved ticketing counters, help desk, foot overbridge and a facilitation centre. The railways is revamping Yeshwantpur railway station to meet the increasing rail traffic for the next five years.

BMTC bags Transport Minister's award

ss87 - 8-JAN-2011

BMTC recieves the "Transport Minister's trophy" - and award to silence all the media, press reporters and other people who had biased attitude towards BMTC and had given it the tag "Killer"- It has been given the award for the lowest number of accidents across the Country  among the State Transport Undertakings

Jan 10 Mobilicity workshop - detailed schedule

admin123 - 8-JAN-2011

Attached is the schedule for January 10 workshop sessions. Most panelists for the afternoon parallel technical sessions have confirmed. Look forward to constructive, deep and engaging discusons in all the sessions.

PS: Pardon us for any oversight or errors in name or designations.

Namma Metro UG-1 getting delayed??

vinpraja - 7-JAN-2011

Is Namma Metro UG-1 between Swastik to K.R.Road getting delayed? I tend to feel so as BMRCL is yet to award contract (in bmrc.co.in no info is given). Do note Ug-1 is crucial to Reach 4 as reach 4 lacks depot as well as full completion of Phase-1....

Eager to know about  when UG-1 tender is getting awarded and work starting on it...

Intermittent Bus Lanes - an input for BPS

silkboard - 5-JAN-2011

Those of you who are coming over to CiSTUP/IISc on Jan 10 will get to hear about in from the Professor himself. But the "intermittent bus lane" concept that was demonstrated at Lisbon in 2005 could be a source of input for evolving Bus Priority System (BPS) proposals in Bangalore.

BMTC to introduce trunk feeder service on 21 routes

vlnarayan - 4-JAN-2011

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will introduce trunk feeder service on 21 routes with new buses and electronic ticketing machines by July 1 this year on an experimental basis for three months.

Time to Corporatise Autorickshaws?

vijaypadiyar - 2-JAN-2011

There is a growing realisation among government circles that there has to be a big push towards promoting public transport in the country, together with steps to disincentivise private transport.

Mumbai has MRVC / MUTP, Bangalore still waiting

Sanjeev - 29-DEC-2010

Here you can see how Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), joint venture of Indian Railway & Govt. of Mharastra under  MUTP :

Partners in MUTP -

Pushpaks getting converted

ss87 - 29-DEC-2010

Well one of the most horrible service provided by BMTC is the pushpak service-a single driver-cum conductor, single door, single passage with 5 seats in a row instead of 4 and is one of the least preferred bus for commuting in the city unless there is no other way to go.