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Baby Steps: A Perspective on Voting FatimaAlloo - 7-MAY-2008
If you have ever observed a child in your family or friends’ circle grow up, it may sometimes seem ridiculous when everyone rejoices when he/she stands up for the first time and successfully puts one little foot in front of the other. Of course, this is usually followed by the little one immediately falling to the floor and crawling away. But are you discouraged? Do you think to yourself, “Wow, just one small step? She is never going to walk! How will she ever run?” Needless to say, most of us are aware that walking, let alone running, is a process – a skill that is developed one baby-step at a time. |
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BRTS – Certainly Possible & Can be Seamlessly Integrated too ! Naveen - 6-MAY-2008
Planning BRT Corridors along narrower
/congested roads & areas can be done by using up only one lane
about 12-ft wide for one-way flows whilst using a similar lane on a
different road for the return journey. This also has the advantage of
wider coverage thrown in for the benefit of commuters. On wider roads,
Syamese-twin pairs of bus-ways can be planned with overtaking facility
at some bus stops for express /skip-stop services (20 ft width corridor
would be required at bus stops for this, but they can be staggered on
up & down directions to prevent 40’ width of the road at any given
point from being used up).
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Subversion of democratic process murali772 - 4-MAY-2008
The SEC/ NIC/ BBMP combo, entrusted with the job of preparation and maintenance of the electoral rolls and issual of the EPID cards, has once again proved itself unequal to the task. The resulting inaccuracy levels of the order of over 50% across the state, is causing serious subversion of the democratic process. |
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Decongesting Bangalore City Centre Devesh - 3-MAY-2008
In today's Devana Yelli? seminar organised by Bangalore Mirror, the general consensus in terms of connectivity to Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) was getting TO Hebbal flyover, once beyond it, things are rather smooth. |
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Public Bus Transport – The Fare /Quality Nexus Naveen - 1-MAY-2008
Unlike international practices, public transport, mainly bus services in India being a low-income country, have generally been governed by low fares at low levels of service. One type of low-quality service was acceptable to all then & even now, except for the better off cities (such as Bangalore, Mumbai & Delhi), public transport is generally based on these principles. As a result, there had been leakages – keeping fares low to assist poor travelers & low-income groups involves a leakage of benefits to better off passengers. The lower the fare, for a given level of service, the higher is the leakage. Conversely, for a given fare, increasing the level of service will also increase leakage. Most public bus operators in the country are thus, deep in the red, with increasing subsidies. |
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Yes or No for BRTS - stats and numbers? silkboard - 29-APR-2008
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Naveen - 26-MAR-2008
This refers to the article in TOI & the guest column by Muralidhar Rao. The basic premise on which public transport is based is that if the road seems too narrow with high volumes of traffic, there is a case for public transport. The higher the volume of traffic on a road, the stronger is the case for public transport. In India, the low–cost /low–quality public buses are now not preferred by the upwardly mobile strata. Rail-based systems (such as Metro /Monorail) are very expensive to build & maintain & will therefore, not have extensive reach for a long time to come. The city cannot make do with widening roads & adding elevated roads continuously. No city has ever been able to “build” its way out of the problem. A new, faster & cost efficient system is required for quality conscious groups, over & above the existing low quality bus network. BRTS fulfills these requirements & is perhaps, the only available alternative worth exploring. |
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South Western Railway - please wake up and listen to us! admin123 - 24-MAR-2008
Thank you Business-standard for striking the right notes (See "Karnataka ignores ..."). So many of us see the potential of SW Railway's assets around our city and wish they woke up and listened to us.
"... experts feel that the Indian Railways’ network in and around the city can be utilised to ferry passengers at a fraction of the cost ..." The point in the article that disappoints us most is:
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Economical Transportation Solutions for Sustainable Bangalore sudhir - 2-FEB-2008
Big Idea for Transportation in Bangalore - Plan for Non Motorized Transportation in Bangalore When people refer to Bangalore, they immediately visualise the chaotic traffic scenario. A lot of concern has been expressed over the years on the congestion issue with government launching several schemes to improve its traffic (Building several Roads, Flyovers etc) but alas no solution!! |
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tsubba - 17-JAN-2008
Karnataka Government has begun work on the CTTP by starting
consultations with the Union Urban Development Ministry (UUD) on
implementing the plan. State additional chief secretary Niraja
Rajkumar, submitted the plan and made a detailed presentation to Union
Urban Development Secretary M Ramachandran on Jan 15, 2008. The plan
incldes various projects to be implemented in three phases -
2007-12, 2013-18 and 2019-24 at a total cost of 46,994 crore rupees. |
