Posts : Transportation

1000 Cr free of Cost

bharatm - 3-DEC-2009

 Summary: If one has 1000 Cr per annum, can he/she help to improve the traffic chaos of the city. Let us just explore what all can be done to improve the traffic chaos. An important point we have 1000 Cr free of cost to do that. Read more to find out how.  

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PUSH for BRT in Bangalore

vinod_shankar - 2-DEC-2009

According to CTTP report 2007, 14 BRT corridors for bangalore was identified. There has not been any movement on this front, not even a feasibility study on the corridors mentioned. The corridors mentioned are..

sanjaynagar road widening urgent requirement

venkateshhari - 2-DEC-2009

Off late, with the increase in number of buses and also cars, there is huge traffic jam From Bhoopasand-nagashettihally road and also at RMS Near Foodworld.  Has any one observed this is there any solution to end the problem  We are every day late to office due to this problem.

Metro : Hypnotized

bharatm - 30-NOV-2009

Summary: Do we have any other choices other than Metro? Are we trying to hide our deficiencies and closed our eyes to all the improvements? How good metro projections are? All these questions are very critical and crucial before we consider Metro project?

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Do we have any other choices other than Metro? 

Metro : Reality Check for Speed, Money and Hopes

bharatm - 29-NOV-2009

Summary: This article tries to analyse Metro project and expectation from it. If they are reasonable? Also have the people who decided for metro really considered existing system's potential and limitation correctly? If yes than what was cost and efficiency prompted them for alternative. Its a hard to answer but it will be true reality check for metro.

Concepts for an Integrated Road Design Manual

psaram42 - 29-NOV-2009

1.0 Introduction

A normal concept of road design includes the following -- (1) 

Mysore: Some Clarifications on Demolitions

Mani1972 - 27-NOV-2009

Dear Friends,
 
As no more comments are forthcoming on the issues, let me try to answer all the queries raised.

Public Transport Buses : Do we need metro ?

bharatm - 24-NOV-2009

Summary:  Today we are considering other alternative like Metro, flyover etc. Article try to questions that do we need to consider alternatives ? Have we exhausted capacity of the current Public Transport Bus system and there is no chance to improve efficiency and effectiveness. 

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Unconference Session: Tackling Bangalores Traffic & Infrastructure Mess

vijaypadiyar - 24-NOV-2009

There was an unconference session taken by Vijay Padiyar from Cisco on the above topic. The presentation can be found here

MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION: SEAMLESS TRANSIT

admin123 - 24-NOV-2009

How easily you can go from walking or taking your cycle or car, parking it and switchingto a bus or metro, then catching an auto to your destination, all in single journey and in a reasonably good time, is a measure of the efficiency and efficacy of a transport system.