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Bangalore Autos: Should RTA approve fare hike?

tsubba - 29-JAN-2008

* Yes * No * I dont know

Going over Cauvery Junction Underpass

tsubba - 28-JAN-2008

Back-of-the-envelope analysis and some rough sketches to understand the cauvery junction underpass solution. Looks like the palike will need more than the magic of precast boxes to make this work.

Existing situation

traffic violators

thampan - 25-JAN-2008

for those of you who were talking about a citizen initiative to prevent traffic violations, here is a site which is attempting to do the same. http://www.trafficviolators.com/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx You could create a login and then report traffic violations which you spot, along with registration numbers and pictures.

Speed Governor

Vasanth - 22-JAN-2008

Speed Governor issue has resulted in strike of trucks and private buses - Are they are the only accident causing vehicles. What about high speed cars, bikes and SUVs? Are they not resulting in any accidents? Joy ride of these vehicles had made our roads deadly dangerous. Problem is day by day the BHPs and CCs of vehicles that are introduced in India are increasing like anything. Bikes are moving from 100cc to 150cc and now 200+ CCs producing more than 13-14 bhps and cars are moving from 800cc to 1,300+ CCs producing in excess of 100bhp. In olden days, there was a strict control in India for the CCs and BHPs of the vehicles launched. M800 producing 35bhp itself was felt very powerful at that time, now it is the least. Yamaha RX100 producing 11bhp was considered very powerful, now most of the bikes in the markets produce that. People in India do not have the discipline to handle these high powered vehicles. They drive recklessly resulting in increased number of accidents mostly which will turn fatal.

METRO? When?

blrsri - 22-JAN-2008

We are talking of busses as a alternative till the metro comes up..but actually how safe are they? Its almost weekly that they go about claiming lives of innocent people, including children..I would say a serious study needs to be done as to how many busses a road can take at any point in time and limits should be set on that!

missing the point

murali772 - 21-JAN-2008

Last evening, I happened to watch the ‘Devil’s Advocate’ programme on CNN-IBN, where Karan Thapar was interviewing Sunita Narayan (of CSE). The subject of discussion was TATA motor’s NANO. And, contrary to the norm, both were generally agreed on many of the points that came up.

Bangalore CTTP Update

tsubba - 17-JAN-2008

Karnataka Government has begun work on the CTTP by starting consultations with the Union Urban Development Ministry (UUD) on implementing the plan. State additional chief secretary Niraja Rajkumar, submitted the plan and made a detailed presentation to Union Urban Development Secretary M Ramachandran on Jan 15, 2008. The plan incldes various projects to be implemented in three phases - 2007-12, 2013-18 and 2019-24 at a total cost of 46,994 crore rupees.

Story of Bangalore traffic - in pictures

silkboard - 15-JAN-2008

This is how it begins, so I told you a few months ago. Nothing but a no-parking sign in June. Small shops sprung up in August. September: two wheelers parked and pedestrians off the pavements. Now, no-parking sign is almost gone, and road-side parking is common on Varthur road, right next to the busy Kundalahalli intersection. Unregulated construction, irresponsible small businesses who think roads are free parking space, motorists with scant respect for no-parking signs, and no enforcement of pedestrian rights (pavements are almost gone) - this my friends, is the story of most roads and intersections in Bangalore with annoying traffic congestions. Pictures tell the story - Aug, Sep and Jan:

TRAFFIC - A MENACE IN BANGALORE

maguesh - 15-JAN-2008

Frnds plz post ur responses in the questionnaire attached with the link provided below and help me in carrying out a survey on the topic. http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=fe03065c-09a1-4b76-8ac1-a10decfa3cd1

BTRAC - Cat eyes, Hazard blinkers coming next

silkboard - 12-JAN-2008

While flipping through the papers today, I noticed this KRDCL tender inviting bids (link here) for some interesting things that included road side traffic sign boards (Rs 2.7 crores), cat eyes (57.7 lakhs), hazard blinkers, movable cones, barricades and more - all in all about Rs 5 crore worth of stuff. Not a lot of money, but lets keep watching for these traffic management equipment to appear.