Posts : Transportation

SWR and Local Trains

rs - 10-NOV-2009

Hi

It seems like finally things are moving in the direction of using the existing railway tracks around Bangalore. The SWR seems to have a proposal to introduce a commuter rail system, once their electricification of the tracks is completed. This could be a really great thing. I hope it goes through

Some good news regarding public transportation...

rs - 9-NOV-2009

Here is some good news concerning public transportation....

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Thumbs-up-to-BRTS/articleshow/5210470.cms

Footpath misuse

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 9-NOV-2009

 I found this person parking in neatly built pavement in Koramangala 4th Block.

I feel bad  when a (rich) citizen does not follow discipline. See the attachment. This is just one sample. We see lots of such parking. Why to blame government? 

ORR/OMR - Extra loop at K R Puram

idontspam - 8-NOV-2009

Here is the plan BDA is going ahead with for this stretch. Anybody know what loop this is? Any idea what the improvement is? 

Rs 15 crore for the construction of additional loop and improvement of junction at K R Puram flyover

ORR bottleneck - Bhadrappa Layout

idontspam - 7-NOV-2009

It is a good move by BDA to make the ORR Bhadrappa layout junction signal free. This junction assumes significance due to the fact that most of Sanjaynagar and RMV layout and gazillion other layouts in between use the Dr Rajagopal road/Gundappa road to reach ORR go towards the airport.

Indiranagar Metro in progress

psaram42 - 6-NOV-2009

 We had a nice meeting with Nathan and Kiran of Biome Environmental solutions where a lot of discussions took place about the concept note on Indiranagar Metro project in the context of forthcoming Mobil city Un-conference at IISc. The Metro passes through CMH and 100 ft roads in Indiranagar. We in Indiranagar are quite familiar with the Metro by now.

Petition: Say no to Tagore Circle underpass in Bangalore

indian - 5-NOV-2009

Bangalore is one of the 59 cities to which Ministry of Urban Development or MoUD has sanctioned grants for public transport buses.

This grant is linked to conditional reforms in the transport sector in cities that includes higher taxes on private cars, dedicated funds for public transport, parking policy as a car restrain measure and bus sector reforms.

Benefits of metro rail

vinod_shankar - 5-NOV-2009

Every now and then i see one or the other organisation opposing the metro.  No doubt they entitled to their views, but do they ever see the benefits any metro brings to cities,(especillay the crowded ones like bangalore, mumbai etc)  Let me quote a few points from PIB regarding the delhi metro, i am sure such benefits will accrue to bangalore also once the metro is complete

Mono and Metro Projects in Pipeline for Bangalore : Source Deccan Herald.

j_venu - 4-NOV-2009

the below news link  (nov 2 on the Metro and Mono Infrastructure Projects in pipeline for bangalore.  
 

BMTC Drivers issuing used tickets

aghose - 30-OCT-2009

Many BMTC Drivers and conductors (Mainly ordinary, pushpak and suvarna) are issuing used tickets. It works like this: I buy a ticket for say 30 Rs. Say I do not have change and I hand over Rs. 100 to the conductor/driver then he writes at the top on the back side of one ticket the amount he has to return me back (Rs 70).