Written By blrpraj - 19 September, 2009

Bangalore BMTC Bus urban development Analysis Transportation public transport

This has been long pending in my mind after reading and contributing to various praja posts over almost a year. I took a stab at a document that analyzes the high level requirements of a integrated public transportation network for Bangalore that can ultimately cater to long term growth.

What I haven't mentioned in the document though are the challenges in achieving that. I will do that when I have time, but please take a look at the initial draft and let's discuss. It definitely seems an impossible task to implement something on those lines (lack of land, lack of money, too costly...blah blah blah)..but let's look at where we are currently..we have wasted land and crores of rupees but due to lack of planning and vision things don't seem to be going anywhere!

Please go through the attached document and share your feedback & suggestions so that we can jointly work on enhancing the document.

Good Thought and Document blrpraj

Vasanth - 19 September, 2009 - 01:13

Very good thought blrpraj. I observed you mentioning Private operators in premium segment. Ordinary buses operated by BMTC. It is an excellent point. Please do not start another BMTC privatization thread here. I agree with blrpraj that premium segment buses being operated by private operators in that operators will try to employ highly qualified drivers since their investment on the bus is high and hence the chances of Mangalore/Kerala/DTC like situations arising is less. Especially the TTMC diagram shown is excellent. It may not be possible in downtown Bangalore, but can be employed for Kengeri TTMC.

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Good document

s_yajaman - 19 September, 2009 - 03:42

Blrpraj,

Good one.  I had a cursory glance.  Will go through it later today and post my comments.

Srivathsa

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thanks.

tsubba - 20 September, 2009 - 12:07

thanks blrprj. i will also take some time to get back.

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only 3 responses?

blrpraj - 21 September, 2009 - 22:17

I am surprised that there have been only 3 responses so far to this thread!

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responses.

tsubba - 22 September, 2009 - 00:35

blrpraj saar. i understand that no of responses is low and that could be dissapointing. but please dont get disheartened. but serious work takes serious time to respond. i have some comments and will get back. but it will take me time.

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