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Public Transport on NICE Peripherial Road Vasanth - 14-JUL-2008
Now the government has cleared NICE project, peripheral road should be complete very soon and it will be clogged by Bangalore Cars + Trucks!! |
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BIAS Routes and Frequency - suggestions narayan82 - 10-JUL-2008
The BIAS services (Vaayu Vajras) are Bleeding! Only 1 out of every 4 busses on route Nos. 3 & 4 are even close to half full. I have seen a lot of the busses running almost empty. The return journeys seem to be faring better. The reasons for this could be the following |
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Kengeri to Whitefield Shuttle Train Vasanth - 8-JUL-2008
I was just seeing the frequency of trains from Mysore towards Bangalore as well as towards Whitefield from Bangalore station during morning hours. There seems to be very little traffic of trains. First train from Mysore towards Bangalore reaches Kengeri at 9:00 AM. Upto 9 AM track is completely free from Kengeri to Bangalore. |
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Monthly “No Car Day” of Kunming, China sanchitnis - 8-JUL-2008
Last saturday of every month is a no car day in Kunming China. See an interesting viseo on this: http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=36 Sanjay |
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The reason I don't use BMTC buses silkboard - 7-JUL-2008* Dirty and crowded * Slower than my car or bike * Don't know schedules and timings * No or too few buses on my commute route * Bus stand too far from house |
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Why India’s Bus Rapid Transit Projects don’t excite me asj - 29-JUN-2008
The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as it is currently planned in India is suggested as the one-size-fit-all solution to our transport woes. Having travelled on Mumbai’s bus service (BEST) for thirty years & London’s public transport since 2001, I can’t share the optimism of those who believe BRT (as it is currently planned) is the way forward. When senior citizens, children & disabled struggle to cross the roads safely, one would hope for a solution that improves all aspects of mobility. I wonder why a city like Pune would spend crores of rupees on BRT when 40% of its roads don’t have pavements (see state of Pune pavements here). That almost a third of Pune citizens commute by walking makes the question more poignant.
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Example of BMTC Local Shuttles for Bannerghatta Road bangalorean - 28-JUN-2008
Hello All, Here i am once again, i had promised long back to explore more on problems with BMTC in bannerghatta road. So here are some of the major problems. BMTC busses currently ply only from the main bannerghatta road and it does not penetrate the interiors of bannerghatta road. Interiors on either side of bannerghatta road is pathetic with no proper asphalt. It seems to me that no one has taken interest in improving the conditions these roads. Most of the roads have been occupied by petty shops making the interior existing roads small. |
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Local shuttles and BMTC - Example Whitefield silkboard - 26-JUN-2008
Let me try a detailed example of how BMTC can extend the reach of its services, without adding tons of buses to its fleet. It involves investing in identified trunk routes, and then in planning local shuttles. Lets dig a bit deep into Whitefield. [flickr-photo:id=2612712866,size=m][flickr-photo:id=2612678852,size=m] Say we identify the trunk routes between Whitefield and rest of Bangalore as Southbound (towards Koramangala E-City, Westbound (towards CBD via Airport road), and Northbound (towards Banaswadi, Hennur). Call these trunk routes, and put a bus every 10-15 minutes on each. Here are the three routes (indicative, not exact):
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silkboard - 25-JUN-2008
Public transport is fun. Sometimes I think of our lives as bubbles. In the house with familiar people, in the office with known colleagues, and in the car or on the bike alone, we may not really be mingling-connecting with our city, isn't it? That philosophical take apart, here are some pictures and experiences after trying BMTC a lot (upto 4-5 times a day) over last month. [flickr-photo:id=2609985458,size=m][flickr-photo:id=2609152279,size=m]
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Fast rail track MG Road to BIAL - confused vmenon - 22-JUN-2008
I am honestly a little confused on this infrastructure project that has been "reannaounced" by the government. From what I have read on this( news releases), what I gather is that:
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