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Updated: Big10 meeting with Prof Ashwin Mahesh, *time* 2.30 pm
Written By murali772 - 18 March, 2009
Bangalore Congestion BMTC Praja Bus Meeting traffic management HOHO Big10 public transport
The interaction session with Prof Ashwin Mahesh, ABIDe member, will essentially be on his team's efforts at innovations in BMTC services, more specifically the "Ho-Ho, and Big-10" services.
Date: Saturday, the 21st March;
Time: 2.30 PM;
Venue: CPP lecture hall, IIM (facing the reception, turn right, and walk down a slightly crooked corridor till you see Coffee Day on your right; turn left here, and up a few steps, and you are at the CPP lecture hall), Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore
Since Prof has been interacting with us on a regular basis (check: http://bangalore.praja.in/discuss/forums/2009/02/hoho-a-slow-start, and some others), I am not preparing a list of points specifically. He will first make a presentation, and thereafter, we will have the interaction session.
Muralidhar Rao
PS: Please confirm your attendance by leaving a comment here. The hall can easily take 20-25 folks.
COMMENTS
manjari - 20 March, 2009 - 04:23
Devesh, we are in April already...
Ravi_D - 20 April, 2009 - 03:50
and the meet happened a month ago (21/March).
Hope you'll see this before you head out!
Ravi
rs - 18 March, 2009 - 08:04
I though this would be of interest to some people. I think some thought needs to be given to positioning of bus stops. I find that in a number of place the traffic congestion could be reduced by a well positioned bus stop. For example, in a few places the bus stop is immediately after a signal - which is a problem as the bus stopping blocks all traffic.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317143157.htm
regards
Ramesh
s_yajaman - 18 March, 2009 - 06:22
Murali-sir,
Thanks for setting this up. I think we should have some ground rules for this meeting. (He really does not have to do this and the least we can do is respect his time and willingness to interact. Does not mean we have to agree with everything or nod our heads :) but we need to be civil about our disagreements.)
a. Tone has to be to first understand what Prof. Mahesh as to say without interrupting or attacking his position.
b. No attacking him or ABIDE. Some of us may not like extra constitutional authorities like ABIDE. But they are there. Let's please keep the merits/demerits of ABIDE out of scope.
c. Offer suggestions / constructive criticism without wholesale bashing up of the idea. Easy to bash up ideas, harder to make them work.
d. Maybe we prepare questions beforehand and go round the table and note them down on a flip chart (if possible) and similarly for suggestions.
Let me know if you agree/disagree
Srivathsa
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