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03/26/08 14:31 - naveen
This refers to the article in TOI & the guest column by Muralidhar Rao. The basic premise on which public transport is based is that if the road seems too narrow with high volumes of traffic, there is a case for public transport. The higher the volume of traffic on a road, the stronger is the case for public transport. In India, the low–cost /low–quality public buses are now not preferred by the upwardly mobile strata. Rail-based systems (such as Metro /Monorail) are very expensive to build & maintain & will therefore, not have extensive reach for a long time to come. The city cannot make do with widening roads & adding elevated roads continuously. No city has ever been able to “build” its way out of the problem. A new, faster & cost efficient system is required for quality conscious groups, over & above the existing low quality bus network. BRTS fulfills these requirements & is perhaps, the only available alternative worth exploring. person Naveen's post | forum 11 Comments | Read More
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The Traffic Quagmire – Using Logic & Rationality the Right Way 03/25/08 16:05 - naveen
Vasanth - your post ‘Using Technology the Right Way’ made good reading. We can come up with umpteen reasons for the chaos that traffic is, but simply put, there is just one real core issue – the city is trying to cope with traffic loads for which it’s road network certainly was never designed nor envisaged. Despite having lost the battle time & again, all efforts so far have been to satisfy the ‘Car lobbies’, even at the expense of pedestrians, bicyclists & public transport users. Planning & Construction of the Metro rail is the only exception.Plans, policies & procedures that involve a multi-dimensional approach to seek long-term & permanent solutions have never materialized, though efforts have been made. person Naveen's post | forum 15 Comments | Read More
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Questions for BIAL - your turn! 03/25/08 09:26 - admin123
[Update: Date for BIAL trip moved to Sunday, Apr 6th. Unfortunately, only 20 can go. We will give preference to long time members and those who write/comment a lot on BIAL here].
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03/25/08 00:30 - tsubbaLot of pics of the first day of HIAL's operations. looks wonderful. http://www.flickr.com/photos/66784923@N00/sets/72157604212809989/ person tsubba's post | forum 1 Comment | Read More |
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Slum re-development under JNNURM 03/24/08 23:12 - tsubba
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03/24/08 13:02 - tsubba
Yeah, a commuter Rail Service For Bangalore. There are tracks, but no Will. One look at city's rail map (click to see bigger image on flickr), and you know it has to happen, some day soon.
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South Western Railway - please wake up and listen to us! 03/24/08 03:58 - admin123
Thank you Business-standard for striking the right notes (See "Karnataka ignores ..."). So many of us see the potential of SW Railway's assets around our city and wish they woke up and listened to us.
"... experts feel that the Indian Railways’ network in and around the city can be utilised to ferry passengers at a fraction of the cost ..." The point in the article that disappoints us most is:
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Short term fix - Lease out HAL airport to BIAL? 03/24/08 03:45 - silkboard
On the ever so hot HAL vs BIAL debate, I saw an interesting letter to editor column of TOI (Fri Mar 21) where author Narayan G sort of suggested this - Why not lease HAL airport to BIAL itself? That could be a short term fix till BBMP/state government improves connectivity. BIAL would get revenue from HAL as well as BIAL for sometime, hopefully that will give them enough revenues to keep them from going to courts over breach of contract. We would get better facilities at HAL airport. And since BIAL would want to gain efficiency of operations by consolidating all air traffic at BIA, they will keep pushing everyone on the connectivity issue and wouldn't want to hang on to HAL for ever.
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03/23/08 18:58 - silkboard
[gmap markers=numbers::12.937812588201053,77.67333984375 + 12.94383544221124,77.70269393920898 + 12.943500843027449,77.71900177001953 + 12.95153109946445,77.74114608764648 |zoom=13 |center=12.947683300542895,77.70286560058594 |width=480px |height=320px |id=macro_map |control=Small |type=Map] person silkboard's post | forum 6 Comments | Read More
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Arkavathy Serious. Arrive Soon. 03/23/08 15:07 - tsubba
Arkavathi had origins in the Nandi Hills. After a journey of 190 kms
around Bangalore it joined the Cauvery at the Sangama in Kanakapura
district. Vrushbhavathi was a tributary of the Arkavathi. Arkvathi had
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catchment area of 4351 sq. kms from where it collected water. person tsubba's post | Read More |
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