Enhancing surface mass transport capacity

idontspam - 26-AUG-2015

Its getting all the more urgent to increase public transport capacity in Bangalore. More frequency & capacity. Watch this video to see how GM single handedly in collusion with other companies destroyed public transport especially rail car in America. 

https://youtu.be/p-I8GDklsN4

LRT for CBD?

srinidhi - 9-SEP-2013

BMTC plays a major role in providing the only PT option for Bangalore. However even with busses there is a section of the society which swears by the direction based routing as a solution for better and faster PT within the city, instead of the destination based one which is what we have predominantly now.

Light Rail at grade..too bold?

srinidhi - 28-JAN-2013

As we have seen there seems to be some activity around building light rail as a feeder to metro(Bannerghatta rd - Hebbal). For some historic reasons The Bangalore Airport Rail Link (BARL) Ltd is actually working on the DPR for it.

Trams option for Bangalore?

amitc - 9-AUG-2011

Hi all, have we considered the Trams option for Bangalore?

Clearly, on our narrow and super busy Indian roads, Trams seem unviable. However, we should probably consider them for the suburbs being developed. What about Trams in Electronic City or from EC to Silk Board?

Sustainable transport idea: Mass transit corridors

srkulhalli - 19-JUL-2009

Suppose we were to plan on some transport solutions long term for Tier 2 cities - such as Indore, or Hubli or Nagpur etc.

Tramway for CBD

Clive VanBuerle - 2-JUL-2009

Is a surface LRT system suitable for Bangalore ?

Naveen - 1-MAR-2009

The city is desperately in need of some additional form of mass transport system to feed the Metro. The choice is essentially between Monorail, LRT or BRT. Some of us believe that a surface LRT is suitable for Bangalore, & that it can assist in reducing street congestion.

Mono vs LRT vs METRO vs Commuter vs Suburban vs ...

srkulhalli - 18-SEP-2008

This is something I have been dying to understand better. What is the real difference between the various rail based transport systems ? That is, the engineering aspect. Fundamentally arent they all wheels on a track.

Is it just a question of capacity ? Just scaling the strength of the supporting civil infrastructure ? Do we call a higher capacity LRT a METRO ?

Light Rail Transit (LRT)

blrsri - 27-APR-2008

We have seen ...

1. Roads being discussed on praja and one thing that has come up is that the traffic manages to congest any space available, wide or not..
2. BRTS..the current implementations are having teething issues than real problems. But there is still lot to be desired. To google BRT issues will provide many pointers to what ails BRT.
3. Monorail as feeders to the metro..as the discussions have hinted its a very costly solution for a not so costly problem. The implementaitons of monorail the world over have been few and more so the successfully running ones.

What we have missed is the light rail transit option..its found that many cities accross europe and the americas use the light rail feature to decongest the roads. This provides a clean and a fast way to commute..

7.4 Mono Rail / Light Rapid Transit System (LRT)

admin123 - 15-NOV-2007

7.4 MONO RAIL / LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (LRT)