Trains to terminate / originate from Cantonment Station

mcadambi - 12-AUG-2008

Trains to either terminate and/or originate from Bangalore Cantonment

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug122008/city2008081284140.asp

BMTC and Rs 750 crores

silkboard - 7-AUG-2008

BMTC has postponed its Rs 750 crore IPO for the time being due to volatile market conditions. But its never too late to look at their plans. BMTC had submitted a Rs 3000 crore plan tothe center under JNNURM to "modernize and expand its network to meet the public transport demands of a growing city.". The plan is (source: Livemint) "to raise money from the public to add luxury buses on newer routes".

Sarige Adalat TODAY (5/Aug) in Indiranagar

Ravi_D - 5-AUG-2008

Heard this morning on Radio that there is a Sarige Adalat @ 3pm in Indiranagar.

Just spreading the word for those prajegalu who might be interested. Found this entry on the Hindu online - "Department of Transport: “Sarige Adalat”, public grievance meeting, RTO office (Bangalore East), Indiranagar, 3 p.m.".

Thanks,

Ravi

Rationalising and Reforming Bus routes - case study

asj - 22-JUL-2008

This is presented in two parts -

First a 10 page summary of a recent e-mail brainstorming over how bus routes in Pune can be rationalised. My arguments are presented as AJ in the document - http://better.pune.googlepages.com/Rationalising_bus_routes_in_Pune.pdf

I am ready to travel in these types of BMTC buses:

Vasanth - 22-JUL-2008

* Vajra (Volvo) Only * Vajra / Pushpak / Suvarna Saarige - No ordinary * Any BMTC bus is OK for me * Pushpak / Suvarna Saarige / Ordinary - Volvo is expensive * Ordinary bus is enough - I need more frequency.

Keep the saarige, let go yelli-iddira

tsubba - 21-JUL-2008

Understanding competition as a/the solution for public transit. Muralidhar rao's praja post is a starting point for the discussion on competizing public transport. The other day, during the PTWG meeting, when the issue of the pathetic condition of BMTC's website and demise of yelli-iddira came up, he broke into an impassioned and yet articulate speech. I cannot recollect his exact words, but his basic point was that BMTC lacks any competitive or regulatory pressure and hence the pathetic state of those services. The only way to get service levels to improve is to open its domain for competition. I have heard his basic position many times, but to hear him make his case in person was a friends,countrymen and romans moment for me. In any case, his speech got me thinking ...

Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies

silkboard - 18-JUL-2008

Executive Summary of a Wilbur Smith study on Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban Areas in India is now available on the website of Ministry of Urban Development. The 20 page summary document makes a good reading.

Praja members would love the language, especially the terms like "slow moving vehicle index", "on-street parking interference index". Essentially, they have quantified stuff like "entropy", "edge friction", "turbulence" and "viscosity" that we often borrow and use here at Praja from thermo and fluid dynamics. Some equations for example:

HAL: invest before re-opening?

silkboard - 17-JUL-2008

Just for a moment, forget those debates around whether HAL should re-open or not. Lets say a re-opening is coming (via court order, govt forcing its will, or whatever). Then, in the Praja spirit of positivity and high expectations(!), what would be the best ways of re-opening and operating this airport?

Bangalore Needs DIMTS like BIMTS

Vasanth - 17-JUL-2008

I was just going through DIMTS website. It is indeed a good move by Delhi Government irrespective of critics. I felt we need a similar organization in Bangalore (BIMTS). You can go through http://www.dimts.in/.

Metro Updates July 2008

tsubba - 15-JUL-2008