Posts : public transport

Buses - largest fleet, still crowded?

ears_bangalore - 29-NOV-2010

We often read announcements by the BMTC authorities that Bengaluru bus fleet is the largest in India or Asia. Where are the buses?

Bangalore to Whitefield on Pushpulls

shyamm - 27-NOV-2010

Though my office is in Electronic City, for a new project I had to visit our company's branch office in GRTechPark, Whitefield  for 3 days. This building is next to ITPL.  I had to take public transport on all 3 days  to reach the office  in the afternoons while the drop back home would be provided on the company cab as it would be late in the night.

Metro Ph II to HSR..why Monorail?

srinidhi - 26-NOV-2010

 So the routes, at least the end points, are finally out from the DPR for PH II. I still dont understand what makes the DMRCL a better authority to develop these reports, no Idea of what traffic studies were done and what surveys were done..never heard of any..thought these are the basic inputs for putting out a plan report..

BCIC submits Commuter Rail proposal to Railway Minister/Board!

silkboard - 26-NOV-2010

Namma Railu project team will like to thank BCIC for submitting Commuter Rail proposal to the railway ministry at a pre-budget interaction with the industry groups earlier this week. Please refer to the business standard report today (Nov 26): BCIC seeks clarity on PPP.

BMTC and publishing bus timings

GNT - 25-NOV-2010

We all know that BMTC can't maintain a simple web site with details about their services and timings.

Is it possible to get an Excel sheet with all their routes and timings in regular intervals?

I remember seeing one before the first Bus Day. After that, I haven't seen an updated one.

Should we offer help in putting one together?

Want to sue KSRTC [corrected]

pradeep - 22-NOV-2010

[Note from Modsas mentioned in comments below, user admitted to an error on his side. There was no error in the ticket issued by KSRTC.]

I am not sure if this is my confusion or problem with KSRTC but let me explain what happened to me recently.

Planning to Meet with DRM / SWR & With Minister Ashok

Sanjeev - 19-NOV-2010

I had met  DRM for 15 Minites at his office  last week on 12th Nov to get the update on the Commuter Rail.  He is very positive on the issue.

Using alternate routes

ss87 - 19-NOV-2010

 Having used BMTC for almost a decade, learnt many interesting experiences. To reach a place we generally prefer to travel by the shorter route and if possible direct bus. But shorter route/direct route  may not always be the faster route,and if involves changing buses might be expensive too.

MMTS Service Improvements and what about Bangalore Commuter Rail

Sanjeev - 18-NOV-2010

MMTS services of  Hyderabad  has doing great improvements, you can see here how the services have been improved over the last few months. For Bangalore & its suburbs  Commuter Rail is still distant dream unless we push our Politicians hard either BJP / Congress

Monorail updates

n - 16-NOV-2010

Monorail RFP and replies to queries to RFP attached (also at http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/monorail.html, http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/docs/RFP_Tech_Cons_Monorail.pdf, http://www.idd