Blind spots and Mirrors Singal Manoeuvre

asj - 19-OCT-2007

The first video creates awareness about Blindspots. This awareness is vital during changing lanes and overtaking. अंधेस्थान का ख़याल रखे

Better driving for Indians

admin123 - 19-OCT-2007

We at praja have been discussing a lot of topics related to traffic management and infrastructure. However, all said and done, with all the systems and infrastructure in place, the most critical aspect of road safety is still about everyone on the road driving responsibly. In a world where Indian driving has been notorious and even a matter of ridicule, there are still some folks out there who believe that the future can be improved by developing adequate awareness among the people.

We take pleasure in introducing you to one such commendable effort by Dr. Adhiraj Joglekar who has been developing educational videos on how to drive better and safe.

Roads over storm water drains - what happened?

silkboard - 16-OCT-2007

Remember this interesting call for expression of interest that appeared on BBMP website earlier this year (here):

"BBMP intends to create a road net work above the main storm water drain wherever feasible ... total length of primary and secondary drain net work is 250 km spread over the entire city."

Shifting Bottlenecks

fromsrikant - 10-OCT-2007

Widening Bangalore-Bellary Road or shifting bottle necks?

Traffic and directions!

silkboard - 10-OCT-2007

[flickr-photo:id=1256482394] Everybody going in every possible direction on Outer Ring Road between Intel office and Sarjapur Road. A very good representation of Bangalore Traffic as it is today - in absence of any enforcement, we form our own rules, and mind you we don’t do a bad job of it either. Don’t let the chaos visible in this picture distract you, we eventually manage to reach our destinations :) And yes, there is a cop in the picture as well, try find him.

Bangalore's CTTP Due Next Week

tsubba - 9-OCT-2007

The Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Plan(CTTP) - which is the result of a 15-month city wide survey of traffic patterns in the city - is a crucial prerequisite to get a lot of projects under JNNURM approved. Even otherwise, it marks a beginning towards systematically addressing Bangalore's traffic problems. It is finally going to be released next week. And Bangalore is the first city in the country to come out with it. Go Bangalore!!

Should MG Road area be pedestrianized?

tsubba - 9-OCT-2007

A peak into what the some of the authorities think about an issue that we have been discussing here at praja. We have been discussing a hypothetical test case to see how metro would work - say you come to MG road by metro then how do you move around the area then. say to commercial street, magrath road etc etc... So I thought it was exciting that some officials were discussing the same problem and with the same area as a test case.

VAAS - Bangalore's New Traffic Control System

tsubba - 5-OCT-2007

By October-end Bangalore will have a new traffic control system - Vehicle Actuated Signal System which, the Hindu reports, will facilitate faster movement of traffic BEL begins installing sensor lines at 48 locations

‘Bellary Road only option’

arunvishvin - 5-OCT-2007

It’s official. The airport expressway planned by the BMRDA to provide connectivity to Devanahalli International Airport will not be ready till 2009.

Its a Shrinking World

tsubba - 3-OCT-2007

Even as working mothers at EC complain of not being able to spend time with their new borns, KA Govt's incessant, relentless attack on BMIC, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "its a shrinking world".

If last week it was Global Infrastructure Consortium and its monorail, this week its, I'm kidding you not, Asian Infrastructure Consortium, headed by a Malaysian monorail company! Even before you can say Swiss Challenge, within one week, HDK's KA govt has come up with a whole new proposal and a whole new petition.