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Vasanth - 27-JUN-2017
Ever since the launch of Metro, especially after East West Purple line was fully implemented, Bengaluru is saying 'Metro, Metro'. BMTC commuters, office bus users and many car drivers have switched over to Metro. Ridership has already touched 1.8 Lakhs on purple line. |
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Metro Speed in Buses & Commuter Rail - Way to increase public transit capacity handling Vasanth - 1-JUN-2016
With the recent introduction of Namma Metro E-W corridor, lot of fanfare from media as well as public. The line is already takng 1,30,000 passengers. One end of the line, people are parking their vehicles and boarding Metro, while the other end if they are not IT crowd not working in Whitefield or Eastern Outer Ring Road, such as Vidhana Soudha / MS Building, they are benefitted. |
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Poor BMTC Maintenance - City Loosing lots of hi-tech buses? Vasanth - 14-DEC-2015
I recently travelled to New Delhi and used city buses as well as saw many Marcopolo buses operating there, both Diesel and CNG without any problems and huge amount of smoke they emit in Bengaluru. Bangalore had many Marcopolo buses which although comfortable inside, was emitting too much smoke outside , low pickup and frequent failures. |
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Petition to Introduce Buses from Byappanahalli Metro Station to ITPL and Silkboard Vasanth - 15-JAN-2015
Please sign in this petition addressed to Transport Minister, GoK, MD BMTC and MD BMRCL to introduce buses from Byappanahalli Metro Station to ITPL and Silkboard. What we need is the extension of Tin Factory Buses from Silkboard to Byappanahalli which is hardly 2 kms more. |
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tellvkb - 6-NOV-2014
Recently Petrol and diesel prices have come down but BMTC has not reduced its prices. A simple comparison shows why people should not use BMTC. Avoid Volvos, BMTC buses and increase more traffic in city. Root cause is public transport mode is way tooooooooo costly. Petrol rate : 70.5 Mileage Bike at 50Kmpl Car 15 kmpl |
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Late night public transport- Does it mean our city is safer for women? amithpallavoor - 24-OCT-2014
A city with a population of over a crore needs a transport system round the clock. Unfortunately, this legitimate demand of citizens seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Even the much touted Bangalore Metro system shuts it services at 10:00 PM. This is unlike DMRC whose services run till 11:00 PM. |
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Overflowing toilets - a serious hygiene issue at Kadugodi Bus Station. Ramesh Menon - 7-OCT-2014
On Saturday, 4th October 2014, a few of us came out with a plan to clean up the Kadugodi Pedestrian Over Bridge. It is almost a year since this structure became a reality.
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Thank you - Kadugodi Pedestrian Overbridge Cleaning Campaign Ramesh Menon - 4-OCT-2014
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Thank you - Kadugodi Pedestrian Overbridge Cleaning Campaign Ramesh Menon - 4-OCT-2014
Thank you - Kadugodi Pedestrian Overbridge Cleaning Campaign
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Before Phase 1 Metro Go Live - Lot could be done Vasanth - 7-SEP-2014
Government of Karnataka planned for Bangalore Metro 11 years back, way back in 2003 and the actual work started only in late 2007. Bangaloreans could get first ride of Meto in late 2011, after 4 years of start of project for only 7kms. Second stretch of Reach 3 covering 11kms was opened after 2.5 years in March 2014. |