Route maps for BMTC Bus stands

Ritu Shrivastava - 22-AUG-2011

A project to implement bus route maps for BMTC in the form of glowing (for night) signages that are clear, visible, and depicting 'where you are' plus the nearby bus routes from the stop to main stops in bangalore. The purpose it to help bus commuters locate themselves and commute with comfort without worrying about how to reach their destination.

Traffic alerts on signboards - Variable Message Signboards (VMS)

vlnarayan - 8-APR-2010

DH Reports :

Bangalore, the first City in the country to have Variable Message Signboards (VMS) on roads and junctions.

Four VMS were commissioned at Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Airport Road at Hebbal (two signboards - one towards airport and another towards City) and K R Puram (towards City). These boards are connected to Traffic Management Centre (TMC).
 

BTRAC signs - How much thought ?

rs - 21-MAR-2009

HI

B-TRAC has been putting up a lot of signs all over the place. I was wondering a couple of things -

1. How much thought/analysis has gone in to the positioning.

Painting the speed breakers

girni_009@redifffmail.com - 10-FEB-2009

we have encountered numerous speed breakers across the city roads, most of them not being painted which results in serious accidents and damage to the riders. painting the speed breakers and installing signs of warning at a distance safe to break will avoid many accidents and injuries. especially duirng night time unpainted speedbreakers are silent killers.

BTRAC and the road signs scam

silkboard - 8-DEC-2008

Tune your mind to observe traffic signs in the city, and you'd notice a few things. One, BTRAC project is busy putting up a lot of new ones. Two, perhaps they needn't have spent taxpayer's money on putting them up. Three, sorry Mr Sood, BTRAC may not be doing the best that it can.

The crooked signs

silkboard - 4-DEC-2008

I think its a challenge, a real one. How do you convey, via simple road signs, the so modern concept of looping road interchanges!? Try describing an interchange when giving out directions - is that a left, or a right that you take from Inner Ring Road to get on to airport road towards HAL? The road signs around such interchanges convey this confusion really well. Some samples for you:

IRC Road markings & signs

asj - 14-NOV-2008

I am not doing a summary here of the IRC codes for road markings. I ordered a copy and got it yesterday and flipped through it. The norms / guidelines cover the basics well. Significantly, there is clear guideline on GIVE WAY - markings.

Make Roads / footpaths and then dig them away to glory

asj - 11-OCT-2008

Earlier this year in August Pune saw some frantic road digging in the name of erecting Ganesh Pandals. This video from Ranjit Gadgil gives a taster

[video:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Igomry8c1TM]

Learning from Road Layouts

asj - 4-OCT-2008

Dear All,

I have for some time wanted to share how planning road layouts is vital for ensuring traffic flows smoothly.

Here is the first in what I hope to make a series (and hope other contribute too) of road layouts from UK. Aim is to share these observations with our planners to reduce entropy on our roads.

A Typical cross junction in UK