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Jayanagar TTMC Report September 12, 2009

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Written By psaram42 - 12 September, 2009

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We met at the Jayanagar TTMC at 10 AM. The following were in attendance:-

  1. D. Ravi,
  2. Vinod Shankar,
  3. Murali,
  4. Srivatsava,
  5. Pathy,
  6. Deepak (dvsquare),
  7. PSA,
  8. Shashidhara HL (City Connect)
  9. Sunil Terdalkar (City Connect). 

 Shshidhara and Sunil Terdalkar are from city conncet group of Janagraha. They were invited by Mr. Pathy.

We went round the TTMC and took a lot of pictures. I clicked about 43 out of which I am presenting here a few. The main points I would like to make here are:-

  1. The place was a simple bus stand, much wider and spacious earlier.
  2. Now it is congested and passenger unfriendly.
    1. The central Island for passengers is dangerous. A bad design practice perhaps.
    2. The Malls accessibility to the customers is absent as it looks now.
    3. The sky walk can be connected to the first mall floor.
  3. I believe the present TTMC is funded by JNRUM.
  4. The TTMC which is going to house a couple of Malls may be a sore point, especially in the context of the JNRUM funding.

 

I will be posting some more pictures later as comments. Perhaps I have to Post them through Fliker, which will be more versatile?

COMMENTS

 The sky walk

idontspam - 12 September, 2009 - 09:55

 The sky walk can be connected to the first mall floor.

Isnt that a bummer? How could they have missed it? Shows how intelligent the planners are. We trust these people with building our city.

The central Island for passengers is dangerous

Islands themselves if used as busstop are not bad. Direct landing to the island from the first floor in conjunction with the skywalk connection from the street would have been very simple but useful solution.

If you post pictures we can see how many more simple things they have missed.

public feedback and JNNURM

sanjayv - 12 September, 2009 - 10:13

 Isn't public feedback an intgral requirement of JNNURM?  I would bet that with a well designed public feedback session for these projects along with transparency, we would have much better results.  This here is like the India Pakistan partition.  A guy sitting in a room in New Delhi takes a map and draws a line indicating what he thinks is a solution, no matter if the line bisects a village and the village well.

Thaks for the pics

silkboard - 12 September, 2009 - 13:35

Sorry for bunking today, had a family thing till 12, and would have been too late by then.

Looks like Murali is figuring out East Bangalore there, eyeing a private shuttle proposal for Whitefield or what!?

I will be in the area tomorrwo though, want to observe how the TTMC changes the parking and shoppers dynamics at 4th block.

PSA sir, don't upload all pics - few key ones would do, and can upload them right here. Click on a yellow "Image" icon you would see on the comment toolbar, and then find and click on the "browse server" button. Then on, you should be able to figure how to upload your images. Still a bit hard to upload images here, but you can.

key takeways from TTMC visit...

vinod_shankar - 12 September, 2009 - 16:06

I will list the key points that i felt good and bad about the TTMC.

Pros:

1. Compared to the previous post, there is sense of spaciousness in the new TTMC@ jayanagar.

2.The signboards  are good and put up at appropriate places.

3.The up ramp and down ramps are wide enough for easy movement for vehicles for parking/exit.

Cons:

1.The exits at the terrace to come down after parking are too small, may result in problems in a emergency situation.  They need to be wide enough.

2.As PSA sir says, the skywalk could have been easily connected to the first floor, still it can be done. 

3.Use of smooth vitrified tiles in the toilets can result in people skidding off.  Should have used anti-skid tiles. The toilet fitting need to be more robust.

4. Use of one more level for parking would have been good,looking at the amount of parking done on the surrounding roads.

5.Inauguarate the TTMC once all the construction work is complete!! Work is still going...

After the TTMC meet,myself, Ravi ,dvsquare and srivathsa took a MetroWalk on the reach-4 portion on RV road constructed by NCC.  We spent a hour so at the metro site discussing and taking pictures.  Will update this in a different blog.

vinod

wasted map

murali772 - 13 September, 2009 - 09:41

IDS avare'

That is supposed to be the index to tell you what that sign denotes. The contractor used the blank Bellandur tank area to provide it there. The actual marking has been done correctly. But, yes, it can cause some confusion to new comers.

I was looking lost more because, if you want to get an overview of the map, you will have to stand in the middle of the bus drive-way, risking getting run over. From the far kerb, it's not clear enough, and the near kerb is too narrow to allow you to stand properly to get a clear view. Overall, good map (professionally excuted job), but incorrectly located.
 

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