BMTC - tight schedules leading to accidents

s_yajaman - 3-OCT-2009

Read this in DH today. 

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/28436/tight-schedule-leads-mishap.html

Quite a damning report on BMTC's irresponsible practices.  I think quite a bit of discussion has taken place around this.

Should street hawking be banned in bangalore to keep roads and city clean?

avinash2060 - 2-OCT-2009

i feel that street hawking should be banned in residental areas.there are boards in many of these areas saying if u dump garbage here fine will be 5000rs but still ppl dump garbage without any fear.so what are your suggestions to keep our bangalore clean .we knew bangalore as a garden city plz put in your views to prevent bangalore from becoming garbage city

1>gandhi nagar

Material for first meeting with BDA

sanjayv - 2-OCT-2009

 This is the planning for the first meeting we are trying to have with the BDA. Questions are generic and a little exhaustive at this point.  We will refine and make it specific and within an accurate scope with feedback

Categories

General questions

How is the BDA organized - org structure? Available expertise

Water and Sewage connections to Mega residential projects

ravih - 1-OCT-2009

I am curious to know who is expected to approve the provision of Water and Sewage connection to large residential and commercial projects like ITPL; Prestige Shantiniketan; Brigade Metropolis; Tata Xylem; few five start hotels; large number of IT/ITES technology parks hosting thousands of offices etc in the Mahadevpura /whitefield area ?

Estimating travel demand - A different Approach

Naveen - 29-SEP-2009

Further to ideas expressed for determining travel patterns in this thread :

Relevance of Lakes in Bangalore

psaram42 - 29-SEP-2009

 The topology of the city of Bangalore located at 3000 feet above sea level runs into three valleys 

Sustainable public transport system II

n - 28-SEP-2009

First pass at adding to blrpraj's document as promised. Additions are in a different font ("Arial") and colour (blue); no modifications or deletions. Comments are welcome.

Road engg at ORR/OMR junction at KR Puram

srkulhalli - 28-SEP-2009

This project is a result of this discussion on road engineering issues around ORR/KR Puram chaos. Goal of this project is to engage with BDA etc to communicate road designs issues that members have noted, and to request them to act on some suggestions.

Brainstorming Session on Conservation and Management of Urban Lakes - A Report

sanjayv - 27-SEP-2009

The meeting was held in CiSTUP seminar room from 9 am to 5 pm. The room was full with a good complement of students.

We had the initial round of formalities followed by morning tea/breakfast

The morning session had several speakers discusing various aspects of urban lake conservation after which we had an afternoon discussion/brainstorming session

ESG Meet 23 September 2009. A Brief Report.

psaram42 - 27-SEP-2009

The Conference was from 9:30 AM to about 4PM. Attended by about 50 odd people. The organizers were disappointed  a little as their expectations were much more.