HOT TOPICS
SPOTLIGHT AGENCIES
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idontspam - 15-APR-2009
ATMs should be accessible to disabled The (RBI) circular instructs banks to fix ramps and other necessary accessibility features in order to be used freely by persons with disability |
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There goes another parking lot idontspam - 15-APR-2009
I guess this is the end of whatever little parking was available for commercial street. I think it was one of the largest street parking in the CBD. Knowing how the area is served by public transport forget about visiting commercial street. |
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Naveen - 15-APR-2009
An interesting presentation that I came across about the grim future :
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Bus service Improvements around KR Circle areas Naveen - 15-APR-2009
The widening of Seshadri rd, Race Course rd & Palace rd together with the flyover at Anand Rao circle, the already wide District office rd & underpasses at KR circle & Maharani's college has one benefit - possibility for improvement of bus services for savings in bus travel times for commuters. |
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Public Agenda - 14-APR-2009
How long can we live with such a Competition city ? Will cities prostrate at the altar of global capital? We need to invite investment but on what terms? Can all industries benefit us if the peace and quiet of residential life is cut into? What is the cost and who pays it?
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Private transport - time for disincentives das - 14-APR-2009
The acceptance of a bus service depends on these:
1. Frequency 2. Reliability (Punctuality) of arrival at bus stops 3. Density of bus stops - how close they are to your starting and destination points. |
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Ravi_D - 14-APR-2009
If you haven't seen this PCRA ad yet, you should. Simple yet effective. One of the better ones I have come across recently (I hardly catch 10 minutes of TV these days, so might have easily missed a lot more). Such ads might be our best bet to make us realize consequences of our current actions. |
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Sustainable transportation alternatives around the world flanker - 13-APR-2009
I came across a DVD "e² series - e² transport" by PBS. It is compilation of sustainable transportation alternatives around the world. It has most of the topics already discussed in this forum several times. I realy liked it and wanted to share it with you all. |
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Buses for people or vegetables? Public Agenda - 13-APR-2009
Buses have so far been made of chassis meant to transport potaoes and veggies. So we have been witness to one of the biggest mass deceptions of all time. And now only those who can afford to pay for premuim, disaggregated services can get the benefit of these low-floor a/c buses which are in India the few bus designs meant for the use of people. |
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'Election Commission ... a snake without fangs' - KPCC President Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 13-APR-2009
How many of us agree with this? |