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idontspam - 15-FEB-2010
The travelling time between Chennai and Bangalore by road could get shorter with the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka evaluating possibilities of reducing distance between the two cities to about 250km from the present 350km, with plans also afoot to promote this route as an industrial and m |
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Shirady repairs no takers- NH in a fix idontspam - 15-FEB-2010
Shirady repairs no takers- NH in a fix “According to the recommendations a truck with 6 wheels can carry up to 10 tonnes and truck with 10 wheels can carry up to 16 tonnes. But the Transport authorities were allowing them to carry 40 tonnes”. |
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Commuter Rail - Will it ever materialize ? Naveen - 13-FEB-2010
Most of us are aware that the CTTP-2007 report had recommended a Commuter /Sub-urban rail system for the city, totalling 204.0km (this includes city & suburban services upto Tumkur, Hosur & Ramanagaram). A few sub-urban trains are in operation & are being run by Southwestern railways (SWR), but the system is not of much help to urban commuters. |
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Naveen - 11-FEB-2010
These are recent pictures of the MRTS (Commuter /Suburban Rail) at Chennai. New elevated tracks have been added, but these pictures are from an old line on the surface, between Beach & Tambaram. |
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Preaching to the choir – converting people to use public transport ashfaq syed - 10-FEB-2010
Back in 1990’s driving was a pleasure on American Roads. Many evenings were spent going on a long drive enjoying the pleasure of driving the car on smooth and light traffic highways. People used to drive 50 miles every night just to put a child to sleep. Gas was cheap, traf |
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And more skywalks are announced s_yajaman - 10-FEB-2010
BBMP yet again announces more skywalks. This seems to be in addition to the 50 or 60 that have not seen the light of day. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51790/skywalk-ease-over-busy-bangalore.html |
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Sanjeev - 9-FEB-2010
Indian Railways has come out with INDIAN RAILWAY VISION 2020. It give clear vision for railways and whats coming up in the near future. 1. Add 25000 Kms of Lines by 2020 with Govt funding & PPP 2. Increasing Passanger Train speed from 110-130KMPH to 160-200KMPH 3. Capacity creation thru Doubling and Quadrupling of lines |
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The fast lane from Hebbal to Silk Board gets a push vaishvittal - 9-FEB-2010
Stakeholders DULT, BMTC, BDA and consultants RITES, iDECK will meet next week to review the revised proposal for the pilot Bus Rapid Transit System in Bengaluru. Read more on Citizen Matters http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1767-brts-dedicated-bus-lanes-on-orr-bangalore |
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Solutions for ORR stretch at NH4 west idontspam - 8-FEB-2010
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BMTC Issues - From RCA perspective Bheema.Upadhyaya - 8-FEB-2010
Getting a cue from this suvery I thought why not analyse (to some extent) from Root Cause Analysis perspective of TQM (Total Quality Management)? According to RCA we should find further causes of further levels. So I am trying to just draft out whatever I think. Some of these may be just my imaginations or may feel too theoritical, as we can not understand issues from driver and conductors perspective. I am of hope that this may create some leads towards solutions not any solution as such. I am imagining survey Question as effects. However I am not analyzing any one from survey questions. But I am taking another simple effect ie, Buses not stopping in bus stops. This creates difficulties for a passenger, specially big problems for kids, pregnant ladies, senior citizens. I am trying to categorize each cause for better quantification. Effect - Buses not stopping in easy reach of waiting passengers in bus shelter Causes - |