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Signal free road from Hebbal to BIAL ThinkingCap - 12-NOV-2012
This post is regarding the long overpass being constructed over the Bellary road. This Overpass is supposed to provide a smooth & non-interrupted drive from the Hebbal Flyover upto/almost the BIAL toll booths. |
Hebbal flyover to be part of tolled road to BIA Sanjeev - 8-AUG-2012
The Hebbal flyover, which is being widened, will be part of the tolled road to Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) and beyond. |
Why signal free ride for Air travelers alone? captainjohann - 21-AUG-2011
Why is it road users to Railway station are denied signal free comfort while the same is being given to air travelers which has only made flyovers which are never used by any bus, auto or scooters? (Reference made to Signal Free work going on for NH7 till Devanahalli) |
Absence of Skywalks on International Airport Road Raghu Nandana M - 10-APR-2011
The new international airport road has no skywalks for pedestrains and neighbouring residents to cross roads at Kodigehalli Gate,Esteem Mall Junction,Dasarahalli Road(Opp Godrej Apartments),Byatarayanapura,GKVK and Kogilu-New international Airport Road junction thus jeopardising the lives of people in the surrounding areas.,Especially those using it in the night when taxis,vehicles ram in at |
Silk Board Junction: Traffic flow suggestions aravindas - 23-JAN-2011
Hello Experts, I am a resident of Bangalore since my birth. I have a great passion and hope towards Bangalore. |
NHAI begins work on expressway to BIA kbsyed61 - 4-AUG-2010
Source - Deccan Herald Deccan Herald carried a news report that NHAI is awarding the BAI expressway to Navyug Constructions. |
Rethinking road-widening - Tunnels? Transmogrifier - 22-JUN-2010
One of the core infrastructural issues we are facing is an inability of our arterial roads and highways to provide rapid cross-town access. Globally, city and highway planners recognize and create different infrastructure for highways and city roads. See Dr. Joglekar’s posts here for a succinct description of this problem plaguing most Indian cities. A simple schematic (full size image here)and an inventory of city highways reveals the problem. Thru Highways:
Terminal Highways: |
s_yajaman - 4-JUN-2009
I have been traveling on the NH7 to BIAL for the past 1 year and decided to make this post on how my experience has changed since May 2008. It is also a tribute to the Bangalore Traffic Police's efforts to make the commute a safer one. We often have nothing but the harshest words for our bureaucrats (and I am no exception), but we need to give them their due when they do a good job |
Photoyogi - 3-JUL-2008
I had the opportunity to drive down NH7 to the BIA last evening and again this morning. Some of the things that immediately struck me was that Yesterday, the taxis were driving at more reasonable speeds and why? At critical sections of the road there were these "interceptor" vehicles equipped with radar speed guns and were fining offenders on the spot. I think that this definitely puts the fear into the drivers and will behave? Good going Bangalore Police may you be empowered further :-) |
Mechanical sweepers for Bellary Road silkboard - 27-JAN-2008
Hope you heard about BBMP planning to employ Mechanical Sweepers for Bellary Road (Hebbal Flyover to Airport entrance). When I saw the document with work details (See page 15 here), I was thinking about how the winning bidder will manage to accomplish all that BBMP wants. First of all, I don't know why the Mechanical Sweeper thing is getting so much importance. Read some lines below: |