Posts : Transportation

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.

Build TTMC on both side of a road

rackstar - 27-OCT-2010

Shantinagar TTMC is built on one side of road, so we have 2 junctions on adjacent roads. Though those junctions have only bus traffic, still additional junctions formed. Imagine 2 extra junctions near hebbal junction  when hebbal TTMC is built.

Making Public Transport the First Choice

murali772 - 27-OCT-2010

That was the title of the Nobel Memorial Seminar convened by 'Volvo Buses', yesterday (26th Oct) at the Leela, Bangalore.

Combined ticketing for 2 buses.

rackstar - 26-OCT-2010

Say i want to go from Banashankari to IIMB. I have to change bus at Jayadeva, so it is two bus journey. If i wait for direct bus it will take too long.

Government, BMTC - Do courts needs to tell you?

kbsyed61 - 26-OCT-2010

"The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the state government to constitute an expert committee to look into the feasibility of implementing the BMTC feeder bus service.

new traffic complaint website

pradeep - 25-OCT-2010

Hi,

 

Avenues & Boulevards of Mysore

Arun - 25-OCT-2010

  • In the wake of MCC going on a road widening blitzkrieg, few of us are meeting the Commissioner of Mysore, few Corporators and couple of Ministers (depending on their availability) between 30 Oct and 1 Nov. 
  • Apart from a reliable public transport, Mysore also needs good engineering minds in the Corporation. Some of the roads have been widened from

SWR Plans improvements to Bengaluru City Railway Station

kbsyed61 - 24-OCT-2010

The Hindu carried a news item on newly renovated UN-RESERVED ticket counters at the city railway station. Along with that it also carried a news about SWR plan to improve the station facilities.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article843393.ece

Minibuses for better area coverage

Naveen - 23-OCT-2010

The following request has been forwarded to BMTC to consider operation of minibuses :

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Meeting with Mr Balachandran, Alchemy Urban Systems

silkboard - 23-OCT-2010

Yesterday, IDS, Naveen and myself met with Mr B R Balachandran, an Urban design & planning specialist. Mr Balachandran has experience with Ahmadabad BRTS, and is a big backer of the BRT/BPS concepts.