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Say NO to Autos / Taxi's on 12 th Aug 2010
Written By ranga - 10 August, 2010
Autorickshaw Citizen Reports India Transportation Private transport Taxi Meter Jam
Unique campaign is floating around called Meterjam, to teach a lession to the erring Auto's and Taxi's. This campaign already has over 22 k strength from major cities, we find that for fare rise or anyother issues, even a road accident with an auto or taxi all of them gang up and fight with a common man. This initiative looks interesting and should be giving a fitting reply to the erring guys. As you are aware the Cops too are not able to do anything to these, guys as citizens we can try to change these erring guys by this simple protest.
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idontspam - 13 August, 2010 - 15:32
I would hope the unions can provide driver training, negotiate finances and get these drivers Tata nano. Bengaluru lacks a street hire taxi service. With a unique color they can be rebranded as street hire service only, instead of being on call like the others. Having more display area(relatively) the car will allow them to tap into advertising revenue as well. They are anyway used to the street hire mode of operations.
auto's getting sidelined in other states too
murali772 - 11 August, 2010 - 12:11
Over the last few months, the urban development department (of Jharkhand) has taken a number of steps to pave the way for the bus service in the three cities. It has stopped registering new auto-rickshaws, the backbone of public transport in the capital and all other cities and towns in the state. Erstwhile state transport commissioner Nitin Madan Kulkarni had in March imposed a ban on issuing new permits for auto-rickshaws or any other vehicle meant for public transport in the routes marked for the bus service. For the full report in the Telegraph, click here.
But, we in Bangalore, continue to remain stuck between the devil in the form of the auto, and the deep sea in the form of the BMTC. The answer perhaps lies here
pathykv - 11 August, 2010 - 15:06
The immediate necessity is deploymet of Minibuses, either by BMTC or throgh private operators to serve the last mile needs to cover all nooks and corners of the city.
By the way how far is 'praja minibus service'?
K.V.Pathy
ashok_n - 12 August, 2010 - 11:51
Hello,
Got an SMS yesterday from BMTC "supporting" the Meter Jam campaign and asking the commuters to take the bus, instead. Good show!!
Hope they send similar SMS before every Monthly Bus Days to create more awareness.
http://www.praja.in/en/projects/2874/announcement/bus-day-publicity-suggestion
regards, Ashok
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