Posts : Bangalore

Flyover on Outer Ring Road - Details?

sanjayv - 7-FEB-2009

This is my first post on Praja. Does anybody have the plans / designs for the Flyovers that are being built and designs being planned to make the Outer Ring Road "Signal Free"? The current ring road is not very well designed and I am very curious to know what the news plans are and if there was a way to make it better. How does one get hold of such a plan?

Brand Bengaluru - now in Premium

mcadambi - 7-FEB-2009

Brand Bengaluru is viewed seperately from Brand Hyderabad:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/feb2009/gb2009026_906652_page_2.htm

Namma Auto (awareness program for auto drivers)

veeracb - 7-FEB-2009

Namma Auto is a community project to bring awareness to auto drivers about the traffic rules and regulations and road safety, this will be the first to create safe roads in Bangalore.

The path of least resistance

psaram42 - 7-FEB-2009

To day while crossing the 100 feet road in Indiranagar I heard an elderly person advising an elderly couple to avoid walking on 100 ft road, referring to the recent accident at 100 ft road. The man remarked that they were well aware of the incident. He seemed not to appreciate the advice.

metro north south extension maps

bcsagar - 6-FEB-2009

The maps for Bengaluru metro North south extension are put in their website. http://www.bmrc.co.in/news.html Lots of people living adjacent to kanakapura road will be losing land. Though its a right way forward to decongest these areas, the project may get mired with litigations and get delayed. We need services of DMRC chief E. Sreedharan to progress through obstacles.

User Experience Design Proposal for Praja

rahulkjha - 5-FEB-2009

 

Praja is an excellent initiative and has made quite an impact already. However, I think the user experience is a little lacking in terms of navigability and organization. These are my views on an alternative structure for the website.

Bangalore - Governance Reforms

silkboard - 6-FEB-2009

Growth pains of Bangalore lead to demands for urban governance reforms to bring more local participation and autonomy to the urban area referred to as the Bangalore Metropolitan Region. Expanding BMP to Bruhat BMP via bringing adjoining CMCs within the fold of this Bangalore MEtropolitan Region was the first step.

Kasturirangan Committee Executive Summary

admin123 - 1-MAY-2008

A copy of the Report of the Expert Committee on GOVERNANCE IN THE BANGALORE METROPOLITAN REGION AND BRUHAT BANGALORE MAHANAGARA PALIKE, aka Dr. Kasturirangana Committee report is now available online. You can download the entire document from the KUIDFC website(pdf 1.87 MB), or alternately from here. (optimized pdf 1.35 MB). Posted here is the executive summary.

Better toll collection method - BMIC Peripheral Road

s_yajaman - 6-FEB-2009

Here is a suggestion for Mr.Kheny on toll collection on the BMIC Peripheral Road.  His current method can be improved quite a bit to ensure that the main expressway has free moving traffic (this is an access controlled Expressway and ought to be signal free).

ABIDe's Bengaluru Governance Act: Basics getting in place?

idontspam - 5-FEB-2009

ABIDe ... has stressed on creation of a structure that would become the local planning authority for the city and the metropolitan region. Besides this ABIDe’s focus of citizen centric governance has been further enhanced by the proposal of a comprehensive development and co-ordinated execution of developmental projects. See: ABIDe presents Governance Bill