Posts : public transport

BMTC Daily Pass - M/F Significance.

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 16-FEB-2010

I was just wondering what is the significance of marking M/F (Male/Female) in daily passes. Does this help BMTC/public in any way or just an overhead to conductor to mark M/F? Today I have seen an incident conductor did not mark it properly and there was a big fight. Another day I have seen a conductor asked a lady to get down from the bus , as her pass was not marked clearly as female pass.

Next Bus Day - new things to do and try

silkboard - 16-FEB-2010

Its time for next Bus Day, and we assume BMTC is game to convert this to a monthly tradition. With time, the Bus Day should become:

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

Commuter Rail - Will it ever materialize ?

Naveen - 13-FEB-2010

Most of us are aware that the CTTP-2007 report had recommended a Commuter /Sub-urban rail system for the city, totalling 204.0km (this includes city & suburban services upto Tumkur, Hosur & Ramanagaram). A few sub-urban trains are in operation & are being run by Southwestern railways (SWR), but the system is not of much help to urban commuters.

A peep into MRTS at Chennai

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.

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

INDIAN RAILWAYS VISION 2020

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

The fast lane from Hebbal to Silk Board gets a push

vaishvittal - 9-FEB-2010

Stakeholders DULT, BMTC, BDA and consultants RITES, iDECK will meet next week to review the revised proposal for the pilot Bus Rapid Transit System in Bengaluru.

Read more on Citizen Matters

http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1767-brts-dedicated-bus-lanes-on-orr-bangalore

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 -

IT sector Routes (Non-AC)

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