Is a surface LRT system suitable for Bangalore ?

Naveen - 1-MAR-2009

The city is desperately in need of some additional form of mass transport system to feed the Metro. The choice is essentially between Monorail, LRT or BRT. Some of us believe that a surface LRT is suitable for Bangalore, & that it can assist in reducing street congestion.

Traffic Management and urban planning

psaram42 - 24-FEB-2009

Urban Planning for sustainable transport Infrastructure is a challenging task in a fast growing population economy as ours.

Miscarriage of justice

murali772 - 23-FEB-2009

Whereas the magistrate should have been pulling up the police for not charging the perpetrators of the violent incidents targeted at women under more stringent sections, it is totally shocking that he has instead chosen to direct the police to register an FIR against Ms Renuka Chowdhry, and all just for stating that "Mangalore has been Talibanised".

Business of Governance

murali772 - 23-FEB-2009

With concepts like Autonomy, Sustainable growth, Forward Planning, HRD, etc becoming buzz-words in management circles, government babu’s couldn’t quite stomach the idea of being left out.

Traffic Flow Change required in Malleswaram area

rs - 20-FEB-2009

I sent the following letter to several people - Sood, Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Subramanian etc. in the hope of getting some feedback. I just thought I would send it to Praja as well since this topic is being discussed and would appreciate any feedback.

Old promises in new Karnataka budget

belgaumblog - 20-FEB-2009

B.S. YEDDYURAPPA presented the budget for 2009-10 today at Bangalore.

Hi-Speed Rail - A ReThink

Naveen - 20-FEB-2009

Hi Folks,

It does seem a hugely expensive exercise that would cater to perhaps, a few thousand each day. At first look, it does seem a questionable investment decision with dubious rationale - is this really so ?

A few points that may be pondered over ---

Parking & traffic congestion

idontspam - 18-FEB-2009

There is an urgent need for a paradigm shift on two counts. Firstly, shift focus from road widening to junction improvement. Secondly, shift focus to create parking infrastructure.

Pravin Sood, additional commissioner of police (traffic & security)

Railways - a major letdown for Karnataka

nijavaada - 14-FEB-2009

In continuation with some threads on transportation, highways, and the unjust treatment Karnataka (including Bengaluru) has been facing from the Center, here're some fresh wounds the Railway ministry has made on Karnataka.

The 2009-10 interim Railway budget is out, and as expected, has been a disaster for us (Karnataka).

Bengaluru Mono Rail - proposal details

idontspam - 11-FEB-2009

There is a proposal for runing Mono Rail in Bangalore by SCOMI-Geodesic consortium which is proposed to be awarded using the swiss-challenge method. As per initial high level information sent to Praja the consortium is proposing to build monorail along the three corridors.