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Chennai Metro contractors - anything new, different? silkboard - 2-NOV-2010
Just out of curiosity, was looking at home page of Chennai Metro Rail corporation (CMRL) to find the list of awarded tenders. Wanted to see if it is the same set of companies (as in Bangalore) carrying out works there, or if there are any new & different names. |
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Garage may be made mandatory to own car Naveen - 27-OCT-2010
The meet, titled "Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week: Seminar on Making public transportation the first choice" on 26-Oct-2010 had a plethora of experts from govt as also ABIDe & Praja. Mr Shankarline gowda stated that a garage may be made mandatory to own car. |
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Will Delhi Metro turn into a white elephant? - Rediff article das - 17-OCT-2010
Summary 153 km. network, built over 15 years. |
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Monorail - Can routes be improved ? Naveen - 6-OCT-2010 |
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The Metro may not be best answer to our urban traffic woes vinay_sreenivasa - 2-OCT-2010
Mobility, not metro, by Himanshu Burt, Business Standard, Oct 2: The Metro may not be best answer to our urban traffic woes |
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Campaign - Support Metro @ Whitefield Stn (Kadugodi) Ramesh Menon - 27-AUG-2010
Metro at Bangalore is the right step forward towards making this city truly international. This will not only reduce congestion on our overloaded road transport but will also be environment friendly. The need to cut trees for road widening or using own vehicle for commuting will be nullified to a great extent. Travel by Metro will be convenient, safe and affordable for all. |
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idontspam - 19-AUG-2010
Following map shows all the under construction and proposed train routes for Bengaluru. Commuter rail network is shown in Orange and the Monorail alignment approved this week under swiss challenge is shown in Dark Green. Click to expand the map in Flickr |
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Should'nt city editors have critical eye ? vinay_sreenivasa - 2-MAY-2010
Here is what the editor of a city news paper says about metro and mono etc - |
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The adieu to the Majestic bus stand! srinidhi - 20-APR-2010
"Kempe Gowda or Majestic bus station may soon become history as the government has initiated the process of decentralization of the bus terminals. |
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Effect of Metro stations on adjacent roads muthusubs - 16-MAR-2010
The metro work is underway on main roads in most part of Bangalore. The metro stations that are to be constructed are significantly wider than the main track. Will this not create bottlenecks on adjacent roads? For example, there is a metro station being constructed on Old Madras Road near the 80ft road junction. The Old Madras road which is wider on either side of the station suddenly becomes very narrow leading to frequent traffic jams here. Even after the construction of the station, the road width isn't going to change and this can be a serious problem later on. Consider the Vijaynagar main road. If the Metro station is constructed near the Bunts Sangha, it will almost be as wide as the road today. How can the width of the roads be made uniform throughout? Is this something that BMRCL is thinking of? In addition, the presence of a station will require rickshaw stands and bus stops nearby which means the roads have to be wider in these places. On the contrary, the station makes the road narrower. This is definitely a double whammy. |