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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/ |
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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Praja-RAAG awarded with 2012 Volvo Sustainable Mobility Award (Runner Up)! kbsyed61 - 29-OCT-2012
Dear Prajagale, Recognition for Praja-RAAG, 3rd year in a row. Praja-RAAG has been awarded with 2012 Volvo Sustainable Mobility Award (Runner Up) for its campaign on "Commuter Rail Service". The event was held at Leela Palace , today Oct 29, 2012. |
GNT - 10-JUL-2012
I travel from Marathalli to ECity every day and am seeing too many Volvo break downs. I see at least one every alternate day these days.. How do we get stats on this and who do we contact? |
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. |
BMTC Buses - volvo vs marcopolo rashmi - 17-OCT-2011
Hi, I catch 201 bus regularly. There are three buses available, one is 201R (normal bmtc bus) with fare around Rs.12, other one 201R(volvo) with fare Rs.30. I was told that since volvo has A.C. facility and other better facilities, it costs almost double. I dont need an AC bus for a short journey. |
Sustainable Mobility Award 2011 - Praja get special recognition from Volvo silkboard - 15-OCT-2011
Praja got special recognition from Volvo at Sustainable Mobility Award 2011. Several Praja projects were nominated for the award, and all of them were appreciated together through the special recognition for Praja (the concept!) itself. |
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. |