Posts : Analysis

Autorikshaw Refusals - Share your story!

kbsyed61 - 19-JAN-2012

A day is not passed when we are not encountered with situations wherein 'Autorikshaw Driver' refuses to take us. Sometimes it becomes so unbearable that could make one angry at every auto in the sight.

Triumph on Polio - Something to Cheer about?

kbsyed61 - 14-JAN-2012

Photo Courtesy - The Hindu

Why school children to be made victim for Traffic

Vasanth - 13-JAN-2012

Today it was published in news papers that our Commissioner has requested all the schools to start  at 8:30 am to beat the traffic.

Phase-2 - East not connected

Naveen - 6-JAN-2012

The routes chosen under phase-2 for Namma Metro are pretty good, no doubt. However, the east (except for Whitefield) will remain largely unconnected. This will surely get corrected in future phase/s.

Metro PH 2 routes optimal?

srinidhi - 3-JAN-2012

From DH today:

BIAL Rail Connect - Alternate/s

Naveen - 1-JAN-2012

The International Airport at Devanahalli has been operational for well over two years now. Already, there are huge developments all along the road to Devanahalli. The recent reports also suggest that air traffic has grown substantially - expansion plans of BIAL are already underway.

Fuel Subsidies, Road user fee - Common sense prevails, At Last

Naveen - 22-DEC-2011

Some positive developments - long overdue, though not very comforting for the car-dependent public in bangalore. Following are excerpts from an on-line headline news portal :

Highway Safety in India

Vasanth - 21-DEC-2011

I was recently driving on the NICE Road between PES College to Somapura Intersection. My car was the only car and I was cruising at around 90kph. While I was nearing the intersection climbing an uphill unable to see what is there on the otherside of the road after it flattens, suddenly I saw 6-7 people standing in the middle of the road which they are not supposed to be since it is a freeway.

Drunk drivers of Bengaluru = 4 Crore worth black money?

silkboard - 17-DEC-2011

Now that I have had 10 second hand reports on this, its time to do some math on the black money generated by drunken drivers of Bangalore. I am yet to experience this first hand (hope never to), those who have, say that they pay anywhere from Rs 1500 - 2500 in all after they get booked for drunken driving.

birth of a footpath

bialterminal - 17-DEC-2011

I had the privilege of watching the construction of a footpath in Southern California recently and capture some images over the few days the construction was in progress. I had always wondered how these good quality footpaths were constructed.