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Written By Ravi_D - 4 November, 2008

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Prajegale,

We seem to be excited about last mile connectivity to Namma Metro. If we all agree on a few (let us say two or three) options, this might be a chance to influence policy.

Can we consolidate our ideas in one post?  Here is the plan:

> Post suggestions (or links to previous posts)
> Brainstorm
> Discuss suggested options, and possible ways of implementation
> Come up with some supporting data
> Agree on two or three concrete suggestions, consolidate with whatever supporting data we can find
> Take consolidated suggestions up to whoever is needed and discuss possibilities (BMTC, BMRC, BBMP, BMLTA, GOK, Auto Unions, MERU... whoever)

If needed, we could even set up a face to face meet a couple of weeks from now.

Murali Sir / SB: Can we do this as a Transport WG project?

Thanks,

Ravi
 

COMMENTS

BiCycle Program

Naveen - 10 November, 2008 - 12:39

Ravi_D,

Many thanks for posting this link - a great development & a well written column.

China is changing too ! Once the most popular form of transport, bicycles had been banned in downtown shanghai, now only to be reinstated.

I wonder where India is headed :-)

An electric mini van

srkulhalli - 4 November, 2008 - 10:28

We want high frequency of feeder buses, otherwise though it is a METRO every 3 mins, it should not be a feeder bus every 1/2 hr. Plus we want a wider spread, which means it should be able to go through the smaller lanes etc. Think 12 to 16 seater is perfect size. They can more frequent trips and would be economically viable. Autos/ cabs can carry only 3-4 and is not economical, either for the cab driver or passenger. A full fledged bus, means it will be mostly empty,, unless trips are spaced wide apart,

Suhas

Options discussed on praja

Ravi_D - 4 November, 2008 - 03:49

Here are a few posts:

This BMRC meeting notes thread discusses a bunch of options. Here are a few - NMT by ASJ, Metro Parking by Suhas,  Idontspam, narayan, naveen, vasant, visany and others, Bike Parking by sreenidhi, Busbays for school kids by narayan, shared autos by vasanth..... and on.

Delhi Metro feeder by SB

This post by cvikash

Mono is in and out of news and could act as a feeder.

Well designed multi-modal transport interchange could help.

Thanks,

Ravi

Fixed price auto service as a feeder

Ravi_D - 4 November, 2008 - 03:56

If we get auto drivers interested, they might be happy to charge us a flat-rate fee for a given boundary and provide feeder service. I have seen something similar in Rajarajashwari Nagar area. A set of autos don't want to go out of the area - instead they exclusively operate within RR Nagar for a flat rate.

Good: We won't be adding new vehicles on the road (though I'd say they need to stick to the left of the road and put decent silencers on). Small footprint.

Bad: Works well from a stations to a local destination. Might be hard to call one to go to Metro.

Thanks,

Ravi

2 wheeler parking space.

ebi.schubert - 4 November, 2008 - 23:49

The stations outside the CBD should have sufficient 2 wheeler parking space. It should be assumed that every passenger that is taking the metro is going to be on a 2 wheeler. so 200-300 will not be sufficient if you want to use the model of park & ride. It has to be a lot more than that or at least have the capability to quickly expand beyond the initial 200-300 on demand. In conjunction with this if there are bike (bicycle ) rentals/shuttle services, fixed charge autos, etc near the stations in CBD. For places like ITPL/Electronic city shuttles synchronized with metro timing will do the job.

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