Street meet @ marathahalli ring road chaos aka junction (date changed)

silkboard - 21-JUN-2011

Let us meet on Wed June 29 (updated), at 5.30 PM bang at the Marathahalli ring road junction to capture the chaos and neglect of pedestrians, most of whom are bus commuters. Venue of meeting - , right at the corner on Old Airport/Varthur Road where buses coming from Whitefield turn left towards Ring Road.

ORR/OMR - Extra loop at K R Puram

idontspam - 8-NOV-2009

Pune cops look at solutions to smoothen traffic flow using fuzzy logic

asj - 23-JAN-2009

Here is how data is mis-interpreted and mis-used to suit one's belief systems:

Below is a letter I wrote to the journalist who did this TOI feature -

Entropy example: Kilometer long jam for no real reason

silkboard - 22-NOV-2008

One Wednesday afternoon, I noticed a kilometer long jam around a tiny intersection on Varthur Road at Marathahalli. The photo doesn't tell you much, but watch the video (below) and guess the reason for the chaos I captured:

IRC Road markings & signs

asj - 14-NOV-2008

I am not doing a summary here of the IRC codes for road markings. I ordered a copy and got it yesterday and flipped through it. The norms / guidelines cover the basics well. Significantly, there is clear guideline on GIVE WAY - markings.

IRC guidelines on pedestrian facilities - summary

asj - 9-OCT-2008

I will split this in to following parts -

1. Summary of IRC on above topic
2. What is missing
3. What we should do to fill in gaps
4. Action the above by getting local civic body to ratify document Praja creates after step 3
5. Forward plan

Summary:

Banning Right Turns to Improve Traffic Flows

asj - 1-OCT-2008

In Pune, currently we have a phase where the DCP is keen on removing / banning right turns to improve flow of traffic.

Skywalks or Pedestrian Crossings

kbsyed61 - 22-MAY-2008

Friends,

Minority Biased Junctions

rajatbhatla - 29-AUG-2007

About 4 years ago, Bangalore got its spanking new 200 ft wide double laned with 40 feet service lanes, Outer Ring road...

One would drive up here to break free from the traffic snarls elsewhere in the city...and check if their spanky investments still worked at high speeds.

Mostly worked fine, until a small hitch started showing up first little, then some more... and these days in full measure...