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Railway Budget Disappointing for Karnataka Sanjeev - 26-FEB-2010
Rail Budget 2010-11 from the outset looks good for Karnataka, its good job done by Mamtha & K H Muniyappa as Window Dressing for Karnataka. PPP model is no finalised & will require Cabinet approval, so nothing will come in next 1-2 years on this. |
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Bheema.Upadhyaya - 23-FEB-2010
I saw 2 months back, Madiwala police station bus stop has been relocated to madiwala market with a better infrastructure. What I mean is there is a laybye for buses to stop , at least 3 buses at a time. It was also tarred, I guess at least with cost of 10 lakhs. It had also a footpath-cum-waiting place for passengers. |
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How to cross Hosur Road below Elevated Expressway gsvasan - 19-FEB-2010
There is no easy way for people on the ground to cross express way (Hosur Road) by bus and cycle. One needs to walk or traverse a long distance to cross the elevated expressway as there is no footpath. For example if you got to building say across pier 26, u need to cycle or walk to pier 51 and come all the way back. What can we do about this? are the roads not for common people? |
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Last mile connectivity – panacea for most PT problems ashfaq syed - 15-FEB-2010
The results of the recently concluded praja survey to find why people don’t use PT, shows that the last mile connectivity is the issue for only 10% of the people. I was surprised and so did so many praja members commenting on the survey results. Well, once I analyzed the comments, I realized that it is not 10% but, it is actually more than 60% and people di |
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Naveen - 11-FEB-2010
These are recent pictures of the MRTS (Commuter /Suburban Rail) at Chennai. New elevated tracks have been added, but these pictures are from an old line on the surface, between Beach & Tambaram. |
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Preaching to the choir – converting people to use public transport ashfaq syed - 10-FEB-2010
Back in 1990’s driving was a pleasure on American Roads. Many evenings were spent going on a long drive enjoying the pleasure of driving the car on smooth and light traffic highways. People used to drive 50 miles every night just to put a child to sleep. Gas was cheap, traf |
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Sanjeev - 9-FEB-2010
Indian Railways has come out with INDIAN RAILWAY VISION 2020. It give clear vision for railways and whats coming up in the near future. 1. Add 25000 Kms of Lines by 2020 with Govt funding & PPP 2. Increasing Passanger Train speed from 110-130KMPH to 160-200KMPH 3. Capacity creation thru Doubling and Quadrupling of lines |
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BMTC Issues - From RCA perspective Bheema.Upadhyaya - 8-FEB-2010
Getting a cue from this suvery I thought why not analyse (to some extent) from Root Cause Analysis perspective of TQM (Total Quality Management)? According to RCA we should find further causes of further levels. So I am trying to just draft out whatever I think. Some of these may be just my imaginations or may feel too theoritical, as we can not understand issues from driver and conductors perspective. I am of hope that this may create some leads towards solutions not any solution as such. I am imagining survey Question as effects. However I am not analyzing any one from survey questions. But I am taking another simple effect ie, Buses not stopping in bus stops. This creates difficulties for a passenger, specially big problems for kids, pregnant ladies, senior citizens. I am trying to categorize each cause for better quantification. Effect - Buses not stopping in easy reach of waiting passengers in bus shelter Causes - |
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ss87 - 8-FEB-2010
ITPL: From Banashankari: (502 and MBS-24)*,321B,411E,411F,506 From Silk board: 500F*,411J,502 and MBS-24,321B,411E,411F,506 From Ulsoor/K.R.Puram Railway station: (304,306 & 319 series )** From Kengeri satellite Town: 502 From Rajarajeshwarinagar: MBS-24,373G From Electronic City: 600 From Hebbal: 601,506A |
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BMTC - It is all in the numbers ashfaq syed - 7-FEB-2010
One of the easiest scheduling problems to solve is when time and route are known. If the time and at least one (pickup or destination) is fixed, then it is even easier to schedule. If a pickup and drop schedule for 100 people going to an office has to be designed, simply get the pickup points and put it on a m |