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CBD Bicycle track measurements
Written By idontspam - 11 March, 2011
Bangalore cycling lanes Transportation Infrastructure cycle infrastructure bicycle bicycle tracks
The NMT task force will go thru the CBD areas to measure the roads as an effort to design the bicycle tracks.The alignment that will be evaluated will be as per below.
Since it is a closed event will post summary here on praja after the event.
COMMENTS
Good effort by Satya & Srinidhi
Sanjeev - 12 March, 2011 - 16:29
NMT side, some ground work will be going is good to see. Lot of efforts r put in by both of them.
Bangalore needs badly NMT facility to over come the traffic & pollution.
idontspam - 13 March, 2011 - 16:20
Below is the team that met for a recon of the proposed route. It was found that in a lot of places pedestrian infrastructure was non existant. NMT Proposal is to be detailed further & presented to DULT on 28th March. The proposal will present a plan for pedestrian+bicycling infrastructure that can be done to connect the metro/BMTC modes to nearby areas.
L to R - Ravishankar, BBMP Chief Engineer; Murali, RACF; Sathya Sankaran, Praja; Prof SItaram, Chairman, CiSTUP; Bhaskar Rao, Transport Commissioner; Shailender SIngh, Officer, DULT; Manjula, Commissioner DULT; Shivanand, BMRCL; Srinidhi, Praja; Member BBMP traffic Enginering cell
BMRCL to provide bicycle parking
idontspam - 13 March, 2011 - 16:27
Mr Shivanand of BMRCL took the NMT task force members into the Trinity circle metro station to help identify parking for Bicycles. Took the opportunity to snap some pics of the station under construction. Shivanand checked if he could offer the team a ride on one of the test rides but the train wasnt going to do the trip until after 12 noon so we skipped it. Meanwhile while we got a corner identified tentatively for Bicycles at the trinity circle station he has promised to try at the MG road station. He showed us the likely spots at the ulsoor rd, CMH stations where bicycle parking can be provided.
silkboard - 14 March, 2011 - 03:58
Seems like good progress being made on NMT here. Rated this 5 stars :)
Vasanth - 23 March, 2011 - 03:44
Federal law permitted contraflow bike lanes in US. Here is the link:
http://thecityfix.com/contraflow-bike-lanes-deemed-acceptable-by-fhwa/
Might be good in safety perspective since hit from a back will be avoided. Special signal cycle may be needed.
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