Posts : Bangalore

Suburban Rail - Plan for capacities lasting 50 years, says Abhijit Mehta!

kbsyed61 - 26-AUG-2013

Abhijit Mehta, an Urban Transport expert who has extensive familiarity with urban transport landscape in Mumbai including famous MRVC advises Bangalore Suburban Rail proposal to account for capacities that will serve for next 50 Years. Here are his words,

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Justice for Mark Rego

Sudarshan Mantri - 22-AUG-2013

After relentless efforts by KPCC Professionals Cell and the brave front put up by Mark Rego, justice has been delivered to him.

Grievance Mela with MLA Mr. Raghu

psaram42 - 22-AUG-2013

CCRWA Organizing Grievance Mela and the follow-

Now you can file RTI online including paymemt of Fees for Central Government/Departments!

kbsyed61 - 20-AUG-2013

One more step towards greater accountability and transparency.

Source - Times Of India

Bangalore international airport access from Whitefield via Budigere ...

srinivasn - 20-AUG-2013

One of the problems that Bangaloreans facing is the distance to the new International Airport. Everyone talks about how far this is from City. Certainly this is a problem in the broader sense. The problem can be easily solved at least for some parts of Bangalore. Whitefield is one of the hot suburbs of Bangalore with so much IT industry focussed in that area.

Halt massive Bangalore Metro investments, give satellite town connectivity its due first

silkboard - 19-AUG-2013

Have been reading up on Metro's Phase 2A and Phase 3 plans and few thoughts cross my mind.

Toilets in Public Places - Examples to learn from!

kbsyed61 - 18-AUG-2013

In my last visit, during a shopping visit to Commercial Street, inquired with a Shop Owner for using the 'Toilet'. He casually requested my to either use the filthy public toilet opposite to M N Textiles or use the one in Woody's Restaurant. Then I started to inquire many shop keepers and their employees about how do they manage?

Building Highways with Greenery around it!

kbsyed61 - 17-AUG-2013

Last week I had to take my family to Ottawa, ON in Canada. Due to summer peak season, the air travel was bit expensive and therefore decided to go by car. It is about 550 Miles (800 Kms) from Washington DC. It took me about 8 hours of driving time besides the breaks that usually goes with traveling with children making it a 11-12 hours journey.

OMG this Traffic at silkboard!!!

prakashcranjan - 16-AUG-2013

This may not sound convincing at first go, but I think bare truth.

How is Metro Ph II best done?

srinidhi - 15-AUG-2013

Metro ph II is ready to kick off soon with the approvals coming in from Delhi. There is still lot of discussions pending on the utility and the routes. With the change in ledership there is a possible  opportunity to start discussions to optimize routes. The current PH II route with stations is in the below link: