Congrats Naveen and thanks Deccan Herald

admin123 - 30-MAR-2008

Thanks Deccan Herald for taking note of Praja. They are carrying Capt Naveen's suggestion about Koramangala 100 ft road today in full, and have mentioned Praja as a site launched by "a few IT professionals with concerns about IT capital of the country". Congrats Capt Naveen, you got almost half of page 3 on Sunday DH!

Road over drains - the project is back

silkboard - 29-MAR-2008

It was just over an year ago when BBMP talked about the project - about 250 km of roads over Bangalore's storm water drains. Local papers, when covering BBMP budget today, are saying that this project is now funded. Here is a quote from TOI:

Questions for BIAL (The first List)

narayan82 - 29-MAR-2008

I have compiled the list of questions. As predicted there are LOTS! Practically I dont think BIAL will have the time to answer each and every one of them! After a point they would care too much about doing so. I suggest we condensing it by trying to answer them ourselves. If it is still not a convincing answer then we can go ahead with it.

Underpasses Everywhere!

blrsri - 28-MAR-2008

By Satish Shile,DH News Service,Bangalore:
The BBMP has decided to take up construction of 35 underpasses using pre-cast technology in the coming financial year.

The proposal for new underpasses is said to have been included in the Palike’s 2008-09 budget to be presented on Friday. The Palike plans to complete these underpasses in a year’s time.

PROPOSED UNDERPASSES

* Ring Road and Vidya Peetha Road junction
*Ring Road near Food World junction
* Ring Road near Kamakya theatre junction
* Ring Road near Bannerghatta Road junction
* Ring Road near JP Nagar 6th Phase junction
* NH 4 & Hesarghatta Road junction
* FP GPO junction
* Coffee Board junction
* Balekundri Circle junction
* Shivananda Stores junction
* Race Course Road junction
* Near Town Hall junction
* Hudson Circle junction
* Forum junction on Hosur Road* Near Housing Board bus stop, Magadi Rd
* On Mysore Road near Timberyard Layout
* Near Rajajinagar underpass
* Lalbagh Road and Siddaiah Road junction
* On West of Chord Road near fire station
* ACS Centre near India GarageTown Hall junction
* Near Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Rajajinagar
* Near Kannada Bhavan on JC Road
* Jaimuni Rao Circle on Magadi Road
* On Dickinson Road near Manipal Centre
* Near Nayandahalli bus stop on Mysore Road
* Shankara Math (Kurubarahalli)
* Kumble Circle, MG Road
* Siddalingaiah Circle
* On Jayamahal Road (Near Doordarshan)
* Ramakrishna Ashram Circle
* Subbaiah Circle on Mission Road
* Bannerghatta Road and Tilak Nagar Road junction
* Kodigehalli Cross on NH-7
* Near Mico factory gate, Bannerghatta Road

The need for BRTS

Naveen - 26-MAR-2008

This refers to the article in TOI & the guest column by Muralidhar Rao.

The basic premise on which public transport is based is that if the road seems too narrow with high volumes of traffic, there is a case for public transport. The higher the volume of traffic on a road, the stronger is the case for public transport.

In India, the low–cost /low–quality public buses are now not preferred by the upwardly mobile strata. Rail-based systems (such as Metro /Monorail) are very expensive to build & maintain & will therefore, not have extensive reach for a long time to come. The city cannot make do with widening roads & adding elevated roads continuously. No city has ever been able to “build” its way out of the problem. A new, faster & cost efficient system is required for quality conscious groups, over & above the existing low quality bus network. BRTS fulfills these requirements & is perhaps, the only available alternative worth exploring.

The Traffic Quagmire – Using Logic & Rationality the Right Way

Naveen - 25-MAR-2008

Vasanth - your post ‘Using Technology the Right Way’ made good reading.

We can come up with umpteen reasons for the chaos that traffic is, but simply put, there is just one real core issue – the city is trying to cope with traffic loads for which it’s road network certainly was never designed nor envisaged. Despite having lost the battle time & again, all efforts so far have been to satisfy the ‘Car lobbies’, even at the expense of pedestrians, bicyclists & public transport users. Planning & Construction of the Metro rail is the only exception.Plans, policies & procedures that involve a multi-dimensional approach to seek long-term & permanent solutions have never materialized, though efforts have been made.

BTRAC

tsubba - 18-MAR-2008

a thread to track developments with BTRAC.

Think traffic!!! Think solution!!!

ar_t_kaushik - 18-MAR-2008

Can you point out ten important cause for the traffic congestion in the city? 1. Signal jumping, 2. Short distance signals, 3. Unorganized road signages, 4. Local repair works, 5. Due to officials passing, 6. U turns, 7. narrow roads, 8. Vehicle breakdowns on road & accidents 9. Religious issues, 10.commercial and other Buildings

Cauvery junction underpass - maintenance?

silkboard - 15-MAR-2008

Now that the underpass is ready, its time to maintain it. So BBMP is asking for private parties to undertake maintenance of Cauvery junction underpass on BOT basis (tender here). Private parties keeping the underpass clean and painted etc while they make money displaying advertisements, that is fine. But after reading the document, I was confused as to what is the "build" part of BOT (build, operate transfer) here. I thought the underpass was ready. BBMP has mentioned a penalty clause for delay in construction:

Silent ritual

blrsri - 15-MAR-2008

Request you to look around to see the celebrations..its a beautiful treat. It started off with the mellow pinks blooms and now the purples are filling up.

Ugadi, our new year starts when the trees are in full bloom. It is probably this link between people and nature that was identified by our ancestors and it was decided that we have our new year start with natures best time.

I will try to put more pictures here, thanks to the high res cameras on phones now. Request you all to enjoy nature’s generous display and share it too.