Posts : Analysis

LRT for CBD?

srinidhi - 9-SEP-2013

BMTC plays a major role in providing the only PT option for Bangalore. However even with busses there is a section of the society which swears by the direction based routing as a solution for better and faster PT within the city, instead of the destination based one which is what we have predominantly now.

State Govt Jobs - Why not go for recruitment every year?

kbsyed61 - 7-SEP-2013

Source - Deccan Herald

Suburban Railways, Transportation

n - 5-SEP-2013

Branching off from the "raging" debates in previous posts as an objective break seems to be required. 

Urban Infrastructure how GOI is making efforts and further analysis

Sanjeev - 5-SEP-2013

1.  Report of the Sub-Committee on Financing Urban Infrastructure

Submitted in March'2012  under Ministry of Urban Development.

http://indiagovernance.gov.in/files/report-on-urban-infrastructure.pdf

Do We Need Bommasandra Line of Metro Starting from Jayanagar

Vasanth - 29-AUG-2013

With the recent announcement of Elevated Road from Jayadeva to Silkboard via BTM, which is the main bottleneck on the Outer Ring Road, I was thinking is the Metro investment worth here.

Proposed new land acquisition bill

Commander V Joshua - 28-AUG-2013

The New Land Acquisition Bill – A fraud on farmers.

Toilets in Public Places - Examples to learn from!

kbsyed61 - 18-AUG-2013

In my last visit, during a shopping visit to Commercial Street, inquired with a Shop Owner for using the 'Toilet'. He casually requested my to either use the filthy public toilet opposite to M N Textiles or use the one in Woody's Restaurant. Then I started to inquire many shop keepers and their employees about how do they manage?

Building Highways with Greenery around it!

kbsyed61 - 17-AUG-2013

Last week I had to take my family to Ottawa, ON in Canada. Due to summer peak season, the air travel was bit expensive and therefore decided to go by car. It is about 550 Miles (800 Kms) from Washington DC. It took me about 8 hours of driving time besides the breaks that usually goes with traveling with children making it a 11-12 hours journey.

How is Metro Ph II best done?

srinidhi - 15-AUG-2013

Metro ph II is ready to kick off soon with the approvals coming in from Delhi. There is still lot of discussions pending on the utility and the routes. With the change in ledership there is a possible  opportunity to start discussions to optimize routes. The current PH II route with stations is in the below link:

Professional gets assaulted in Bangalore - Shoddy investigation by cops

Sudarshan Mantri - 6-AUG-2013

As you may have read in the newspapers recently, Mark Rego, a well known corporate trainer and Emcee, was assaulted near his residence about a week back, by a dozen of unidentified goons.