I am ready to travel in these types of BMTC buses:

Vasanth - 22-JUL-2008

* Vajra (Volvo) Only * Vajra / Pushpak / Suvarna Saarige - No ordinary * Any BMTC bus is OK for me * Pushpak / Suvarna Saarige / Ordinary - Volvo is expensive * Ordinary bus is enough - I need more frequency.

Tree vandalisation, suspect - Lifestyle

murali772 - 21-JUL-2008

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Malls are a reality in today's world, whether one is prepared to accept them or not. While the main grouse against them is that they cause severe congestion, particularly when located at already busy traffic junctions without sufficient attention having been paid to channelise the increased traffic flow, there would, on the other hand, certainly be a fairly large section of the local population who welcome their presence in such close proximity. The Oasis mall in Koramangala is one such, about which debates on similar lines can go on endlessly.

This morning on Mysore Road

Ravi_D - 21-JUL-2008

I’m new to Praja and this is my first post. My apologies if I managed to mess things up posting this. Ha, and thanks to folks who were so cordial at the TWG meeting on Saturday!

Travelling this morning on Mysore Road, got caught in a big mess. Unusual that early in the morning. Cause: Vrushabhavati Drain at the ORR junction obviously overflowed after rains last night. Intersection was full of a grand mixture of mud, litter and water. Crews were trying to clean up in the middle of the traffic. And that too with their hands! Not a single clean-up machine at work.

Keep the saarige, let go yelli-iddira

tsubba - 21-JUL-2008

Understanding competition as a/the solution for public transit. Muralidhar rao's praja post is a starting point for the discussion on competizing public transport. The other day, during the PTWG meeting, when the issue of the pathetic condition of BMTC's website and demise of yelli-iddira came up, he broke into an impassioned and yet articulate speech. I cannot recollect his exact words, but his basic point was that BMTC lacks any competitive or regulatory pressure and hence the pathetic state of those services. The only way to get service levels to improve is to open its domain for competition. I have heard his basic position many times, but to hear him make his case in person was a friends,countrymen and romans moment for me. In any case, his speech got me thinking ...

Lessons to learn from LA Olympics traffic experience

kbsyed61 - 20-JUL-2008

Below given is a news item that appeared in DH. After reading this, it occurred to me that there could be lessons from this story and could help us formulate some mitigating scenarios for easing B'lore traffic.

The story goes like this....................

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Courtsey - Deccan Herald

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Minutes of the July 19 meeting

admin123 - 20-JUL-2008

We talked a lot, you can imagine the kind of conversations if people with ideas and opinions on just about anything Bangalore converge in one room.

Attendees:

Creative agency to improve driver behaviour

silkboard - 20-JUL-2008

Spotted this interesting thing today. KRDCL is looking to hire a Creative Agency as consultant for spreading road safety awareness and improving road user behaviour in Bangalore. How much money is budgeted for this is not clear. Since KRDCL is putting this out, and not Traffic Police or BBMP, I am guessing this is part of the BTRAC-2010 (KRDCL is the nodal agency for it).

Here is the goal as listed in the document (click here to read) from KRDCL:

"Ride Bicycle Save Life Cycle"

silkboard - 19-JUL-2008

"Ride Bicycle Save Life Cycle" initiative. From Lal Baugh to Cubbon Park. On 27th July 2008. Assemble by 6:30 am

More details at - http://www.itcyclers.com/index.htm

Karnataka Budget 2008-2009

tsubba - 18-JUL-2008

Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies

silkboard - 18-JUL-2008

Executive Summary of a Wilbur Smith study on Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban Areas in India is now available on the website of Ministry of Urban Development. The 20 page summary document makes a good reading.

Praja members would love the language, especially the terms like "slow moving vehicle index", "on-street parking interference index". Essentially, they have quantified stuff like "entropy", "edge friction", "turbulence" and "viscosity" that we often borrow and use here at Praja from thermo and fluid dynamics. Some equations for example: