Janmarg - A successful BRT so far without media publicity

Vasanth - 25-AUG-2009

Janmarg in Ahmeadabad, a BRT project modelled like the Transmilenio of Curitiba and Bogota, seems to be heading in the right direction.

Unique ID for telephone number?

n - 24-AUG-2009

http://www.deccanherald.c... provides an article about a proposal to use the UID for telephone numbers. This is not a good idea and I emailed Mr. Acharya (the person quoted in the article; contact information at http://www.cdot.com/about...) pointing out issues and proposing alternate solution. He appears to be based in Bengaluru - can anyone local contact him and/or C-DOT and dissuade him/them against the idea?

Points for BMTC Meeting

Sunil Kumar - 24-AUG-2009

Hi All,

I dont know if I am allowed for the BMTC meeting this friday. I have certain points if any of you can raise in the meeting.

Traffic calming - Vision Zero approach

idontspam - 24-AUG-2009

Case: Vision Zero example 

Bus Transport - Which is the way ahead ?

Naveen - 19-AUG-2009

Some of us feel justified in criticising BMTC /KSRTC for providing differential services.

why metro needs alternate roads on Vidhana Veedhi?

blrsri - 19-AUG-2009

"A 300-metre stretch has been cleared from the lawn 

One more lake make-over project announced

Rithesh - 15-AUG-2009

One more lake makeover plan has been announced and this time it is BBMP. 900 crores will be spent on makeover of 187 lakes and the project is called ‘Namma Bangalore Nisarga’.

Swine Flu: Is the central govt. handling it well ?

srkulhalli - 12-AUG-2009

These are actual lines taken from news websites

Hyperpopulation and city administration

idontspam - 11-AUG-2009

Many of the cities that had a population of 5-8 million and were reasonably well-managed until 20 or 30 years ago are struggling to manage populations of 12-15 million (and still rising).

A Radical town planning approach, advantages and disadvantages

psaram42 - 11-AUG-2009

There is a need to have some changes in the current thinking, as far as the town planning aspects of cities like Bangalore are concerned.