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Local Trains vs Circular Rail For Bangalore Sanjeev - 8-APR-2010
Analysis of last three months discussion and media briefing by Shri MoS K H Muniyappa and CM Yeddiyurappa shows that MoS is favouring Circular Rail and CM is talking of Local Trains similar to Mumbai. Now we will see one more round of study by SWR / Railways for Circular Railway and wasting time on this. RITES study on Local Trains is not considered by MoS K H Muniyappa and no one is talking of this. Do any one have the details on Circular Rail what MoS K H Muniyappa is talking. We from Praja need to do some serious work so that both proposal Local Trains and Circular Train services are sanctioned for Bangalore.
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What's on FM radio about Bus Day this week!? jennypinto - 6-APR-2010
Just to keep all in the loop about what's on air about bus day.... 94.3 , radio one, started Monday this week. Busday: |
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How about a public transportation Index? silkboard - 5-APR-2010
It is tempting to try a traffic and transportation index instead. But public transport is the bigger and better defined service that citizens want to consume. Traffic is a different beast, it caters to movement of goods and private as well as public means of mobility. Unlike for water domain, transportation area may already have with lot of published data points. Further, thanks to a Wilbur Smith report for MoUD (Central Ministry of Urban Development), a lot of thinking too is available to borrow from. |
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Route Search is available on BMTC Website kbsyed61 - 4-APR-2010
Happened to visit the BMTC website to check if anything has changed. Got a surprise to find that its link for 'Route Search' is active and it did allows route search. Searched few routes and seems to the results presented were correct and useful. here is the link for BMTC route Search http://www.yulopindia.com/bmtc//index.php/bus/redirect_to_route_search Vinod,s8, srivatsava, manish, could you all pls check this out and report if this feature reports the correct routes and people can rely on the results for planning their travel in Bengaluru. Syed |
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Bus stands on the outskirts to decongest traffic muthusubs - 2-APR-2010
Building bus stands on the outskirts of a city is a concept which has been widely developed throughout Tamil Nadu. None of the inter-state buses today enter the interiors of towns like Madurai, Tirunelveli, Dharmapuri and even Chennai has its bus stand quite far away from the main city centre though the city has expanded beyond the present bus stand. |
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bangalore-guy - 1-APR-2010
We are trying to understand the preferences of people with respect to use of public/shared transportation for their daily commute in Bangalore. thanks and regards, Amit Tags : public transport, shared transport, city commute, bangalore http://donateyourpc.wordpress.com |
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BMTC Issues - From RCA perspective - 3 Bheema.Upadhyaya - 30-MAR-2010
Few of the points mentioned in the survey (in second set) is about bus stands/stops. 1) Dirty and sad bus stands, do not like waiting there 2) Very hard to walk to and from the Bus Stands
Effect : Do not like waiting there.Causes: 1) No adequate shelter(sad bus stands) - Damaged roofing - No roofing 2) Poor furniture - Demolishing in progress - Repair - Damaged or vandalized - Unclean and not usable - Sharp edges or broken edges - Very old - No disabled friendly furnitures/path
3) Not Clean due to - Spitting (Pan and simple) |
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New Mini Bus Terminal at Byappanahalli on Old Madras Road. Sanjeev - 30-MAR-2010
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has begun inter-State operations at a new mini bus terminal at Baiyappanahalli on Old Madras Road. According to K A Rajkumar, Director (Operations), the State-run corporation has constructed a small facility near the old NGEFactory, on a trial basis. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/61031/ksrtc-terminal-baiyappanahalli.html Poor publicity by KSRTC may be due to BBMP election. Now they should give good advertisment about this. |
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Sanjeev - 29-MAR-2010
Rail projects on track: Muniyappa : Complaints to MoS Shri K H Muniyappa on Hubli Railway Workshop On complaints about decreasing work load at the Hubli workshop and reports of closing it down, General Manager of South-Western Railway Kuldeep Chaturvedi termed the reports as false and said that upgrade of the workshop was under way and once completed there would be enough work for all. http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/28/stories/2010032855710600.htm Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa said that most of the announced projects for Karnataka in the Railway Budget would start soon and that survey for them would begin shortly. |
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Sanjeev - 27-MAR-2010
Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/60377/special-trains-clear-extra-rush.html A new tri-weekly Rajdhani Express commenced its maiden run between Bangalore City and Hazrat Nizammudin on Friday (March 26). ... from Bangalore City at 8.20 p.m. will reach Hazrat Nizammudin at 5.50 a.m ... run on Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays and reach Hazrat Nizammudin on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays ... run via Shri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Gooty, Dhone, Kurnool Town, Mahbubnagar, Secunderabad, Kazipet, Nagpur, Bhopal and Jhansi to reach Hazrat Nizammuddin ... leave at 8.50 p.m. and arrive at Bangalore City at 6.40 a.m. on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays Its good for Bangalore, as Summer vacation has started & now citizens can travell comfortably to Delhi. It was long pending demand of Karnataka.
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