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Written By Vasanth - 25 September, 2013

Bangalore JNNURM Bus BRTS Action Buses BPS

Hi Praja Admin,

Shall we have a new Project by name Namma Rasthe.. or whatever, we can have a poll for that infact for discussion on BRTS.

Namma Rasthe as said by buses, cycles and pedestrains procuring space from cars and other private vehicles. 

We can discuss on this Project similar to Namma Railu. How to improve the road space by improving the kerbside of the roads, which BRT method would be good for a specific road such as Mini BRT, normal BRT, types of buses to be used : Articulated / Normal buses, push for CNG or normal Diesel or Ethanol.

How to access the Bus Station, Zebra Crossing / Underpass? Corridors that can be considered.

PS: Please don't have comments like we cannot have BRT in Bangalore, in Delhi it is utter failure, road width not sufficient in Bangalore etc. We have to start somewhere and all the cities had similar challenges.

Websites like sutp.org, embarq.org, thecityfix.com has got lots of info on BRT standards. What best practices can be adopted to Bangalore, multiple people sharing information would give us a good start.

 

COMMENTS

Revive the "BPS" project?

silkboard - 25 September, 2013 - 17:44

Vasanth, some of us had done bit of work and a report on BPS. May be we can start by reviving that. It would be a tough project though, like Namma Railu as there are too many parties involved (Roads owned by X, Buses run by Y, Traffic managed by Z).

Thanks SB - We shall revive the BPS Project

Vasanth - 26 September, 2013 - 02:34

Thanks SB for your support. We will revive the BPS Project. Already we have got lot of material there. 

We also need to channelize CEPT Ahmedabad with Bangalore planners. Probably if our chief minister and other authorities if the tour Ahmedabad once, they might get intrest in it.

 

on Cycle Day right now, but you should get started ...

silkboard - 26 September, 2013 - 02:50

Vasanth, busy with Cycle Day campaign right now. So will not have much time on this right now. But if you want to get started by meeting BMTC, please do. Send them and also DULT a mail asking for current status on BRTS in Bangalore. If no reply, then an RTI to them as well as BDA. Basically, let us get the current official status on BRTS from them and then plan what to do on this.

Sent an email to DULT

Vasanth - 26 September, 2013 - 06:00

Dear Sir / Madam,
 
Offlate many cities across the world and even in India are switching to BRTS due to increased traffic in cities and slow movement of  people. There were some teething issues and a divide in opinions in the national capital New Delhi, whereas in Ahmedabad which implemented the Bogota/Curitiba model is highly successful and is being replicated in Surat,Vadodara,Jaipur and Indore. 
 
Bangalore had CTTP recommendation of BRTS on the Eastern Outer Ring Road between Silkboard and Hebbal.Once in a while it comes in news, but there is no concrete plan on this. Plans  should have been integrated during the construction of flyovers on the Outer Ring Road itself, but we do not see any such thing. Could you please share with us anything is there in the corner between Silkboard and Hebbal.
 
Bangalore has got lots of wide one way roads. Richmond Road, Mission Road, Kempegowda Road, Stretch of Airport Road etc. Also, some of the roads which are wide 3 lanes in each direction such as Inner Ring Road, Kasturbha Road, upcoming Peripheral Ring Road, Bellary Road could also be considered for BRTS. 
 
 I really appreciate your effort towards Suburban Railway for Bangalore for which GoK has approved. If similarly, you could push BRTS in Bangalore for a more sustainable, cost effective and easy to implement solution, people could see solution for today's problem within a year's time, just like commuter rail, unlike Metro systems which involves thousands of crores and the benifits which could be seen only after 5-10 years.
 
Thanks,
Vasanth,
Bangalore

Vadodara BRTS .. A Study and Proposals

Vasanth - 25 September, 2013 - 07:42

A short presentation on Vadodara BRTS .. How are they planning on Narrow Lanes etc..

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1552584

 

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