Praja meeting - Launch transportation WG and more

admin123 - 11-JUL-2008

[Update 3, Fri July 18] - We are on! Will also have a skypecast (what is it?) on for the meeting. So remote folks can listen in, and particpate as well. Will post a skypecast URL for the meeting as soon as we begin. We may have a presentation for the meeting as well. That will be shared via dimdim. See the details on how to get into the meeting.

BIAS Routes and Frequency - suggestions

narayan82 - 10-JUL-2008

The BIAS services (Vaayu Vajras) are Bleeding! Only 1 out of every 4 busses on route Nos. 3 & 4 are even close to half full. I have seen a lot of the busses running almost empty. The return journeys seem to be faring better.

The reasons for this could be the following

Noise Pollution

murali772 - 9-JUL-2008

Noise the silent killer and stress booster should be controlled. The awareness about honking/ horning and its effect on us should be made to our urban masses. Can we start a campaign that one day in a week say Wednesday is a silent day? Recently there was 'a' silent day in Mumbai and they have not pursued it further. We can make bumper stickers stating ' I don't honk on Wednesday'. I am adding my friend's views about this issue.

Need for a water regulatory authority

tsubba - 9-JUL-2008

Latha K. Rao Chairperson BWSSB. source: Zenrainman's channel http://youtube.com/user/zenrainman

Kengeri to Whitefield Shuttle Train

Vasanth - 8-JUL-2008

I was just seeing the frequency of trains from Mysore towards Bangalore as well as towards Whitefield from Bangalore station during morning hours. There seems to be very little traffic of trains. First train from Mysore towards Bangalore reaches Kengeri at 9:00 AM. Upto 9 AM track is completely free from Kengeri to Bangalore.

Monthly “No Car Day” of Kunming, China

sanchitnis - 8-JUL-2008

Last saturday of every month is a no car day in Kunming China. See an interesting viseo on this:

http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=36

Sanjay

BIAL Capacity only 9.87 million passengers ?

Devesh - 7-JUL-2008

BIA, HAL dispute carries on
Saturday July 5 2008 09:56 IST

http://newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE120080704233456&Page=1&Title=Bangalore&Topic=0

Monica Jha

BANGALORE: The latest survey conducted by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), on the passenger handling capacity of the two airports in Bangalore, indicates that there is just a minor difference in the capacities of the two airports, contrasting BIAL's claims.

Lodging and Boarding in Bangalore - Enough and Reasonable?

kbsyed61 - 7-JUL-2008

It seems we have a 'Nack' of overlooking some imporatant needs of the city. We try to overlook the need and at times go to an extent that we rubbishes the need. This needs suddenly erupts like a volcano and then suddenly we wake up from our deep sleeps and myopic urges, we start shouting from roof tops about the volcanoes. Then we start blaming everybody except ourselves. In order to beat the others in this blaming game we give ourselves tags like experts and what not.

The reason I don't use BMTC buses

silkboard - 7-JUL-2008

* Dirty and crowded * Slower than my car or bike * Don't know schedules and timings * No or too few buses on my commute route * Bus stand too far from house

Upcoming flyover on ORR at BTM - short sighted?

silkboard - 7-JUL-2008

Its flyover time again. BBMP has invited bids for "Consultancy Services For Preparation Of DPR For The Construction Of Grade Separator At The Junction Of Ring Road And 16th Main BTM Layout". (Also see:RFP for this flyover). So once this is done, those heading towards Electronics City, instead of waiting at 16th main signal, they will all wait longer at the silk board signal. And in the evenings, the signal under Jaideva circle flyover will see twice or thrice the amount of waiting traffic it currently does.