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Socio-Economic Challenges of smart cities in India IISc meet psaram42 - 10-DEC-2011
The Seminar was attended by five Praja 1)Venu, 2)PSA, 3)Pathy, 4)Satya and 5)Pranav. A smart Agenda and Speaker Profiles were available along with a nice bag given to each of the delegates. Most of the talk went overboard for me. The following were exceptions 1. Mr. Suresh Heblikar, |
Bus Day Goes to School - Praja legacy lives on! kbsyed61 - 4-JUL-2011
July 4th Bus Day would be 16th Bus Day, a PT ritual that is being observed by BMTC and its faithful commuters since it was started in Feb 2010. |
Naveen - 26-JUN-2011
I think the many repeated questions raised about 'Last Mile Connectivity' is more of a creation by the very large affluent private vehicle loving public in this city that loathes walking even short distances to & from bus stops, rather than reality. |
A non-stop Fast Public Transport Service on Elevated Road from Silkboard To Electronic City dvsquare - 19-APR-2011
A few days back, I had to go to Electronics city with a friend of mine, I rarely go towards that side (Hosur Road) generally. And that was the first time, we took the Elevated Flyover over the Hosur Road. I thought of an idea/suggestion that if a BMTC mini-bus kind of vehicle can just do a to-and-fro from Start of the Flyover (near SilkBoard) and Electronics-City toll-post. |
KSRTC charges more for in-state travel - puzzling...very puzzling !! karpraja - 10-APR-2011
I was booking online on KSRTC portal and observed something very peculiar..very puzzling..very disappointed
Other examples: Rajahamsa |
TransRetail : Idea for Public Transport bharatm - 22-FEB-2011
Summary: The growing metro cities in India are in dire need of better transportation system. There are lot of proposed solutions which talks about more infrastructure ( Metro , Flyovers ) or talks about priority infrastructure for public transport like BRT ( and others). |
Prices do the trick to control traffic mcadambi - 15-FEB-2011
Prices do what we can't other wise do! http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/15/stories/2011021557200200.htm Three cheers to higher fuel prices! :-) |
Nisha Thompson - 8-FEB-2011
Hi Everyone, My name is Nisha and I'm writing an article on the commuter rail for IJanaagraha. I have a few questions for this community. If you can answer a few that would be really helpful. Hi Everyone, |
BMTC Bus Day – It’s a date or live-in-relationship? kbsyed61 - 7-FEB-2011
On Feb 2nd, BMTC observed its first Bus Day anniversary and announced that Bus Day will be observed in other cities/towns like Mysore, Dharwar and Hubli. It was a subtle message that the monthly ritual of Bus day in Bengaluru would continue. I was very curious to know what BMTC is planning for this year as a result of one year learning via 12 Bus Days. |
Time to Corporatise Autorickshaws? vijaypadiyar - 2-JAN-2011
There is a growing realisation among government circles that there has to be a big push towards promoting public transport in the country, together with steps to disincentivise private transport. |