Posts : Bangalore

Air Traffic Numbers from AAI for HAL Airport!

kbsyed61 - 2-NOV-2008

Below given are the official numbers for Air Traffic at HAL prior to BIAL opening in May, 2008. These numbers were provided officially by AAI in response to one of the early RTI applications filed in May, 2008.

BMTC Routing

silkboard - 2-NOV-2008

BMTC has x000 buses, and with those many buses, it runs y000 routes. The route to bus ratio comes to around xx, and here is how it compares with some other bus systems.

The Challenged Private Sector

murali772 - 2-NOV-2008

Private bus operators at Kalasipalyam, who have been transporting commuters for about 60 years now, still await the day they will get a separate bus stand. There are about 250 private buses that ply daily between the City Market and nearby Hosur, Kolar, Magadi, Tumkur and Chikballapur.

2.94 crore cases pending!

mcadambi - 2-NOV-2008

Our judiciary, which can arguably be described as one of the least dsyfunctional organs of our nation (however slow). Still, it is overburded with 2.94 crore cases! That is about 29.4 million cases!

Tech boost for power sector

murali772 - 1-NOV-2008

Encouraging the IT sector to realise the business opportunity in the power sector, Minister of State for Power, Jairam Ramesh, said on Thursday that the Centre was planning to infuse technology into the power distribution of the country and replicate the success of IT in the power sector.

Urban and Real Estate Chaos - New urban policy on the anvil

mcadambi - 1-NOV-2008

We all know how chaotic the real estate scence is in Bangalore. Nearly 99% of all buildings have some violations of some sort. Some are totally gross blatant disregard for the law and while others happily add extra floors and compromise on setback area and parking areas.

Notes from BMRC meeting

silkboard - 31-OCT-2008

Putting up a placeholder post for logs from the BMRC meeting today. 8 of us were present, so we should expect at least that many notes here.

Mission ‘PEACE’ - Reducing Noise Pollution by Autos and Honking

Rithesh - 31-OCT-2008

Mission ‘PEACE’ Reducing Noise Pollution by Autos and Honking A step towards a Peaceful & Healthy Bangalore WHO we are: A bunch of Bangalore residents who have got together to transform our city.

Walk to reclaim Bengaluru: 9th Nov 2008, Sunday, Lalbagh West Gate

kanishkaRCML - 31-OCT-2008

Hasiru Usiru, a network of community organisations, residents associations, project affected communities, voluntary organisations and individuals concerned about protecting equitable access to public spaces such as roads and parks in Bengaluru, invite you to participate in a Walk to Reclaim Bengaluru on November 9th 2008, at 11 am at Lalbagh West Gate.

Jaime Lerner's Presentation at TED Talk (BRTS, design and city planning)

Rithesh - 30-OCT-2008

I stumbled on this nice TED talk by Jaime Larner. Jaime Larner is an architect and urban planner. He is well know for the BRT systems that he introduced in Curitiba (an industrial hub in South Brazil)as a mayor of that city. He is also know for converting the gridlocked commercial artery city into a spacious pedestrian mall(!!!).