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Written By Naveen - 16 November, 2008

Traffic Bangalore Road Safety BBMP Action Basavanagudi BTP

Hi All,

Attached is the letter being sent to BBMP /Traffic Police (South) about streamlining traffic at Basavanagudi. I am also forwarding the map (copy updated) with some captioned pictures about traffic in the area.

 

 

 

     

     

     

  

COMMENTS

PIL should target CTTP

murali772 - 17 November, 2008 - 07:20

I think we need to target the CTTP in the proposed PIL. If I recall right, at the TRASINNOVA meet, Mr Gaurav Gupta had mentioned a figure of around Rs 55,000 crores as the total value of projects covered under CTTP to be executed over the next 5-year period. Now, what process did they follow while making the plan with such a huge outlay? Shouldn't there have been more intense public consultation, than just the TRANSINNOVA summit, if that was what it was meant to be? And, more importantly, shouldn't making BMLTA a more powerful and inclusive body, than it presently is, preceded the project implementations?

Otherwise, after Tagore Circle, it will be Sony World Junction, and next and next, till all the cement in the world is used up.   

Muralidhar Rao
 

 

Focus on pedestrians

asj - 17 November, 2008 - 14:04

EXcellent work, hope you get a positive response.  

The plight of pedestrians in the images is rather sad.

http://better.pune.googlepages.com/Moreexamplesofstaggeredcrossings.pdf This link has images taken this weekend gone to show (its in the context of work being negotiated with Pune Corporation) how in UK pedestrian refuges, especially staggered crossings are in use. The two sets of pictures are 100 meters apart.

Today I have taken pics of pedestrian refuges and crossings at Hammersmith - including closed pedestrian subways which were rendered useless.

Signals are needed for traffic regulation anyway, pedestrians fit in to the equation easily when they are allowed to cross small sections at a time.

Suggest revisiting my compilation on road layouts to see which ones you can use on the different roads.

ASJ

Excellent work

Rithesh - 17 November, 2008 - 14:53

Naveen great work. Hopefully BBMP and Traffic Police will respond positively to your suggestions.

LTMC

mcadambi - 17 November, 2008 - 15:50

The Bangalore City Police had a scheme called "Local Traffic Management Committee", which would involve members of public in framing local traffic management rules.

Basavangudi should set up something like that:

http://www.bangaloretrafficpolice.gov.in/english/traffic_management.htm

IMO, residents of Basavangudi should involve shopkeepers around Tagore Circle area and face this problem head on. Nothing can stand the corrupt official/contractor/consultant nexus which is hell bent on stripping and looting Bangalore.

Objectives fulfilled?

Nitinjhanwar - 17 November, 2008 - 03:19

Naveen, So by this the two objectives: 1.0 Regulate the traffic in Gandhi Bazar. 2.0 Generate Traffic on the flyover. are fulfilled. Only thing we dont agree on is the need of the underpass.(My comment on your blog "Tagore Circle underpass-moving bottlenecks in Basavagudi" dated 09,Nov 2008 4.00 PM) Please let us know what the Government Body replies. nJ

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