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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 - |
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 |
BMTC - It is all in the numbers ashfaq syed - 7-FEB-2010
One of the easiest scheduling problems to solve is when time and route are known. If the time and at least one (pickup or destination) is fixed, then it is even easier to schedule. If a pickup and drop schedule for 100 people going to an office has to be designed, simply get the pickup points and put it on a m |
kbsyed61 - 7-FEB-2010
[Update: Date changed to March 3, "The Venue is Institute of Town Planning, Ambedkar Veedhi, Vasantha Nagar, Bangalore. Time - 3 PM" ] |
Proposed BMLTA Act feedback is due Feb 10th kbsyed61 - 7-FEB-2010
BMLTA is slated to become the sole responsible authority for land based transport in Bengaluru via the proposed BMLTA Act. For more read Deccan Herald news item http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51135/bmlta-soon-monitor-all-urban.html |
Pollution levels dropped on Bus Day kbsyed61 - 6-FEB-2010
Deccan Herald carried this new story on pollution levels measured by KSPCB on Feb 2, Feb 4 and Feb 5th. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51309/pollution-levels-dropped-bus-day.html |
Plans for BMTC's Rome need redrawing Naveen - 6-FEB-2010
BMTC has made a start on one front for building their Rome: by increasing bus inventories & increasing the number & types of services. Most other areas are still struggling to even get blueprints ready. Thus, we seem to have many attractive buildings put up haphazardly & with poor lighting in BMTC's Rome. |
Modernised Hubli Railway Station & Local Train Sanjeev - 5-FEB-2010
DRM of Hubli Division of SWR Mr Adesh Sharma informed that new Building of Hubli station will be ready by this year end. It will have 6 platforms with sub way connecting all platforms with Escalators. Bus shelter will be made at the entrance of Sub Way. .Cost of this upgradation is Rs 12 Crore. |
Bengaluru’s first Bus Day gives filip to public transport vaishvittal - 5-FEB-2010
The idea was proposed by a citizens’ community and became a reality through BMTC. An additional 10,000 Bangaloreans hopped on and off buses on ‘Bus Day’, according to one estimate. Read more on Citizen Matters http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1761-bus-day-a-moderate-success |
Shuttle suggestions based on our experiences Vasanth - 5-FEB-2010
After reading everyone's Bus Day experiences in these posts, I felt we can have two approaches: |