Suggestion of Revision of train services between Bangalore and Mysore after track doubling

Vasanth - 25-OCT-2008

Mysore Bangalore track doubling is going to be completed by 2011. But, this is not the end of the woes to the travellers. The effective utilization of the doubled track by railways is the key to success.

Open Threat

sandeepmr - 24-OCT-2008

Quote from article about kannada display boards by Nov 1 

"On Oct. 31 night, around 10,000 KRV workers will go round the city checking display boards of shops and if they find English- only boards, they will either bring them down or blacken them." 

Parliamentary committee recommends UDF witdrawal, reopening HAL

Devesh - 24-OCT-2008

In what is sure to be a shock, to both the BIAL and HIAL consortia, the Deccan Chronicle reports, the parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture, on Thursday October 23, recommended immediate withdrawal of user development fees (UDF) being charged by Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports.

Some fancy ideas for mass transport

srkulhalli - 24-OCT-2008

Got these when I was browsing around. Kind of exotic - enjoy wwwa.vito.be/FADC/report1/10_Ankur%20Bhatnagar_UniModal.pdf http://www.unimodal.net/

BTIS live traffic information

thampan - 24-OCT-2008

View Bangalore traffic live at any time : http://btis.in/cameras/all.php Bangalore Transport Information System (BTIS) showing 34/50 cameras across Bangalore. Click on location to see current live snapshot … The resolution is pretty good...comparable to those in european towns -------- got the above mail and thought will share with praja about the site

Mobility empowers

murali772 - 24-OCT-2008

Automobility enervates, because more cars mean more congestion, less mobility

India gets on the bus

murali772 - 24-OCT-2008

After years of building roads and flyovers, the Delhi government has decided to change tack to address congestion on its roads: invest in new, sleek buses to restricted private vehicles. Other cities have followed suit.

Single body for all transportation works - Pune does it

silkboard - 24-OCT-2008

Learning from mistakes and gaps at other cities - Pune could be doing that. Read this morning, with great interest that Pune has created a special purpose vehicle called Pune Infrastructure Development Corporation (PIDC). Quoting this story (PIDC cleared), this body will be:

View from a Grain of Sand

DeepikaNBhardwaj - 23-OCT-2008

A must watch for people interested in international issues. Documentary Screening by pedestrian pictures. VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND dir. Meena Nanji 2004/82 mins/English

Speed Governors are History!

Ravi_D - 23-OCT-2008

Remember this post on Speed Governors by SB?

SB - Sorry to throw this one out my friend. Did you notice these articles in DH recently?

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct212008/state2008102096322.asp