Overloading in Autorickshaws ferrying school children

E.R. Ramachandran - 29-DEC-2010

Bus Priority meeting report, BMTC, Dec 22

Naveen - 28-DEC-2010

The BMTC meeting was to discuss about Bus Priority along the 335E/G1 route (ie. from Richmond circle to ITPL/Whitefield). In principle, BMTC is keen on this project & we were told that there were a total of five corridors that they were looking at for such bus priority routes.

Acknowledge! (once you get DDC stickers)

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 27-DEC-2010

Hi DDC Pledged drivers,

Organize Mobilicity Workshops at CiSTUP

admin123 - 25-DEC-2010

Some folks at Praja are working with CiSTUP to organize solution focused workshop on public transportation. The workshop is being organized on the sidelines of CiSTUP foundation day events. The technical sessions being planned are:

Poor show by BMTC drivers

murali772 - 25-DEC-2010

Despite many efforts and initiatives to improve driving skills of drivers of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), results have not matched the expectations. According to data available, this year (till December) 82 people have died in various accidents involving BMTC buses.The number of deaths recorded last year was also 82.

Local Rail for Bengaluru with existing rail lines

ravichandar - 25-DEC-2010

Here is a suggestion to solve Bangalore's traffic problems, also crop up a series of improvements. Railways as mass rapid transport system can play a very big role in solving this problem. Bangalore has railway lines in almost all the directions. It is feasible to ply local trains on these lines.

Industrial Hub next on Tumkur Rail Line : Nidvanda

Sanjeev - 24-DEC-2010

Mr Lalit Jain's request letter in Karnataka State Industrial Times at Page No 16 of  Nov 2010 edition for Local Trains :

"footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas"

ashwin - 23-DEC-2010

TOI article on ABIDE member Ashwin Mahesh's  wishlist for Bangalore in which he is quoted as saying, 

"The footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas around stations are a good beginning"

mail to BMRC on namma metro station names

naveen_blr - 23-DEC-2010

Thanks Sir,

I am delighted to receive your response.
I do understand some of the concerns you have raised , these can be reduced/fixed using various options.

1.Some company like Infosys/ Satyam would like to maximum put up their hoardings in the stations which would anyways be the case even if we do not lease out the station to them.

Namma Railu in News Again - This time Deccan Herald

kbsyed61 - 22-DEC-2010

Deccan Herald today carried a news item titled "NGO dusts off commuter rail idea" with a NR map.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/122932/ngo-dusts-off-commuter-rail.html