Mukha Mukhi -- Neighbourhood watch

vinod_shankar - 21-MAY-2010

Be an Active Community Journalist - Give yourself the voice; tell us your stories on “Mukhi Mukhi” – Neighbourhood Watch

Using GPS to catch tampered rickshaw meters (Updated)

tejvan - 20-MAY-2010

I always carry my trusty GPS whenever I head to places I haven't been to. It helps me to quickly locate a place and I don't have to ask for directions. I dont have a vehicle and so I invariably take rickshaws for trips within the city. The infuriating thing about rickshaws is that their meters are frequently tampered with. Yes, even the digital ones.

Yesterday I was heading out to Vasant Nagar in an autorickshaw and carried my GPS with me. The GPS has an odometer which measures distance covered to a very high accuracy. The rickshaw had a "PERFECT" digital meter (model A-786). I quickly realized that it had been tampered since it indicated 2 kms when the actual distance covered was only 1.5 km. I watched as the gap between the GPS reading and the rickshaw meter reading gradually widened. Towards the end of the trip, the rickshaw meter was off by more than 2 kms and still growing.  

Autorickshaw,taxi malpractices damage Bengaluru image irrevocably

mbnataraj - 16-MAY-2010

About Autorickshaw/taxi  coolie malpractises that damage the city's image, we the citizens were very pleased to hear of transport minister's initiative to control Auto Rajas ruling the city roads  and tarnishing the city image by their rude

Autos - help them to help ourselves

ashfaq syed - 11-MAR-2010

Couple of months ago I read in paper about the government subsidy for auto rickshaws to change from 2 stroke to 4 stroke engine.  I felt that it was wonderful and very pro-active approach to reducing the pollution.   2 stroke engines pollute 4 times more than cars (because of the pre-mix of oil

Tata magic or winger for last mile connectivity

vinod_shankar - 16-FEB-2010

I'm proposing a few options for last mile connectivity.   If BMTC cannot operate shuttle service, then it makes sense for BMTC to buy the vehicles and ask private players to operate on designated route and frequency.  This is model followed by delhi metro to run its feeder buses.  BMTC needs to innovate in this space try a few models to see if it makes sense.  Since BMT

Auto Issues

rs - 28-OCT-2009

In todays Wall Street journal there was an article on the fact that the old cabbies in Bombay are beating up Meru Cab drivers because people prefer to take Meru cabs -

online.wsj.com/article/SB125668745618111751.html

Whose Responsibility Are These?

E.R. Ramachandran - 19-OCT-2009

Do we have accidents waiting to happen at every turn?

The Autorickshaw

Naveen - 30-JUL-2009

A lot of discussion has been done about autos in a recent thread. I had earlier made a post about the auto that I had come across, & am posting it again for the benefit of the newer members, purely for the humour in it ! This is how it goes.....

DeCoding the Wily Being – The AutoRickShaw

Will banning of Autos from CBD ease traffic chaos ?

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 23-JUL-2009

* Yes * No * Can't say

Mad Auto-meters in Mysore

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 13-MAY-2009

(1) Tempered auto meters in Mysore, and alos in Bangalore: