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A case for better Road surfaces and volume psaram42 - 6-AUG-2010
Four companies viz ACC , India cements, Ital Cementi (Zuary) and. Ultratech cement Ltd. |
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Naveen - 6-AUG-2010
Finally, heads begin to roll after a week of denials - see this report. |
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Should there be two wheeler lanes near signals? Bheema.Upadhyaya - 5-AUG-2010
I have been driving 2 wheelers for long. And now upgraded to 4 wheeler due to safety concerns. But recently I thought at least there should be 2 wheeler lanes near. I have attached my idea as picture. Yellow line means non-crossing line. This help 2 wheelers to come at front and stand in que. This idea has come to in spite of having knowledge of local driver mentality. |
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pathykv - 4-AUG-2010
This is a post by Mr. Sunil of Bangalore City Connect. K.V.Pathy
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ss87 - 27-JUL-2010
Last week I waited at Kanakapura road for a bus to Banashankari. There came a AS1(Atal sarige 1) and I boarded it. This bus had some advantages: 1. The fare charged between Jaraganahalli and Banashankari, a distance of about 2 1/2 kms was just Rs.2/- in a situation where all other buses charge Rs.4/- |
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Practical Road standards for manageable Cross Sections psaram42 - 27-JUL-2010
A road is not the mere outer visible surface. It is a volume to be precise. [This “Volume” concept is more attractive than conceiving a road as a 3-D object. Thanks to my visit to CSTEP some time back]. Its underbelly is the home of many services essential for the city / place it serves. |
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Isn't it true of our situation too ? E.R. Ramachandran - 27-JUL-2010
Isn't this true of us too? Probably few thosands vs. One Billion++..... |
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Road Lanes - Will it work in India? idontspam - 26-JUL-2010
In a good piece called Why is lane discipline so indisciplined here? Praveen Sood Addl CP, Traffic, Bangalore raises the important question of |
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idontspam - 25-JUL-2010
Browsing through all the posts under the topic of living->environment, I was surprised to find no material around green belt or plan for urban forests etc. Discovered that the so called green topics on this site, are reflex reactions to posts on the traffic & road widening threads. Thought of digging into this concept of green belt which existed in Ramakrishna Hegde's time. |
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idontspam - 18-JUL-2010
Quoting myself from an earlier post "I predict the irrelevance of the auto in the transport scheme within the next 5 years." Nanos may push autos out of B’lore Looks like we dont have to wait 5 years for my prediction |