Which Metro Route To Airport Is Better?

Naveen - 25-JUN-2016

No decision has been taken yet for a metro route to airport. As per latest reports, BMRC is keen on the Thannisandra-Bagalur route (past Nagawara) since it saves on distance and since there is pressure to include airport connectivity by metro rail as part of phase-2 itself.

Workshop on Suburban Rail for Elected Representatives!

kbsyed61 - 10-DEC-2013

Yesterday, on Dec 10th, a workshop on 'Suburban Rail' for elected representatives was organzied jointly by Praja-RAAG, Bangalore Needs You and IIMB. This was an initiative by Prof. Rajeev Gowda to bring the awareness among the elected representative. This workshop was organized at Conference Hall in Vidhana Soudha.

GOK to develop 8 towns to decongest Bangalore

kbsyed61 - 31-JAN-2013

Source - Deccan Herald

TOI - BMRC plans for Phase-3 to extend Metro to 250 KM Network!

kbsyed61 - 29-JAN-2013

Posting it on behalf of Deepak (dvsquare).

Source - Times Of India "The third coming: Metro says city needs Phase III."

A peep into MRTS at Chennai

Naveen - 11-FEB-2010

These are recent pictures of the MRTS (Commuter /Suburban Rail) at Chennai. New elevated tracks have been added, but these pictures are from an old line on the surface, between Beach & Tambaram.

Praja Monthly Meet Oct,10 2009 Bypanahalli Metro Station

psaram42 - 11-OCT-2009

 We gathered at the Bypanahalli Railway station to day at 9 AM. The following were present:-

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.

Can road infrastructure ever keep up with cars?

s_yajaman - 6-JUL-2009

Lots of noise is made about Bangalore not having enough infrastructure being the reason for our traffic troubles.  Here are some images from cities which have invested in more road infras

Monorail's Ups & downs

Naveen - 6-MAR-2009

Monorails or for that matter most of the mass-transits have not been churning out profits. Japan is the only unique exception due to their much higher standards of living & people's higher affordability levels to pay fares. Thus monorails have been profitable there. In fact, monorail makers have been forced to cut manufacturing costs for systems & are offering to install & run their systems as there had been no takers. Some examples :

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.