Posts : Vajra

Sorry State of Bengaluru Volvos or Vajras

Vasanth - 2-MAY-2016

Sorry state of BMTC's Volvos will get tears in your eyes. All the Volvos are failing on the roads. Many of the buses making various noises such as crank shaft break down, buses giving fatal alarm with drivers still driving the buses. Such a beauty of a machine is being spoiled by BMTC like anything.

Request for new A/c bus route - Kumaraswamy Layout to ITPL

Harry - 11-AUG-2013

Request to Introduce Permanent Volvo/Marcopolo bus route from Kumaraswamy Layout 1st stage to ITPL and vise versa.

Enough of Volvos - Use JnNURM Fund Rs.14,883 crores for sustainable, affordable transport facility

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 5-MAR-2013

/JnNURM funds for providing sustainable, economical and comfortable public transport have been used for construction of huge multi-storeyed buildings in the name of Traffic and Transport Management Centers/

/GPS/GIS systems installed are either not working or are found to be wasteful expenditure/

Volvo pass rate hike

raghavendra.kamath2@gmail.com - 1-MAR-2013

The volvo pass fare has been increased by 150 Rs and now pass costs 1800 for BMTC ID card holders. The pass price for Govt ID card holders is 1850. The minimum price i.e 10 Rs for two to four stages remains same. Eventhough BMTC has good profits prices are being hiked.

BMTC volvo hike loses passengers by 50%

tellvkb - 14-FEB-2013

After hike in volvo fares BMTC is turned out to be losing passengers.

More details at below link

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130207/news-current-affairs/article/bmtc-hikes-fare-loses-passengers

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BMTC Volvo Frequency Reduction - Subcontracting main reason?

Vasanth - 27-APR-2012

Offlate BMTC is sub contracting lots of Buses to Private Companies like Manyata Embassy, ORRCA etc resulting in the reduction of frequency for common passengers especially in the peak hours. Also, there are too many buses in some route and very little in few routes.

500c crowds thinning due to new flyovers?

silkboard - 5-APR-2012

This is more of a hunch, based on observation during last two weeks. But as I commute into the city from Whitefield everyday, and get to see crowded 500c buses (Vajra) at around the same time everyday at Marathalli, I get this feeling that the 500c crowds have thinned a bit.

Crowdsourcing: BMTC Vajra Route info database - I

admin123 - 29-JUN-2010

A few folks at Praja are trying to create some handy, cool and easy to understand maps for buses. In the initial phases their focus has been on the volvo routes.

Crowdsourcing: BMTC Vajra Route info database - I

admin123 - 29-JUN-2010

A few folks at Praja are trying to create some handy, cool and easy to understand maps for buses. In the initial phases their focus has been on the volvo routes.

Crowdsourcing: BMTC Vajra Route info database - I

admin123 - 29-JUN-2010

A few folks at Praja are trying to create some handy, cool and easy to understand maps for buses. In the initial phases their focus has been on the volvo routes.