BMTC's business-oriented outlook

murali772 - 8-SEP-2008

To compensate for the losses in the regular operations, BMTC is now having to look at newer and newer avenues, though in the process they may be deviating totally from their original mandate. The increased contract services for schools and IT sector companies, etc are a part of all that.

New Pedestrian Subways - Utility issues

Bengloorappa - 6-SEP-2008

BBMP is planning 6 new ped subways as per this piece of news (read here). I am trying to reason out in this post the utility of a ped "Subway" and low cost alternatives available to the BBMP.

How do you know its time to bribe?

silkboard - 3-SEP-2008

* Beforehand itself (reputation, hearsay) * The guy asks * Hints (delay etc) but no direct demand * I simply offer it for speed * Agent guides me through it

Connecting the Bicycle dots - 'Build it and they will come'

Bengloorappa - 2-SEP-2008

Found an interesting article in Washington Post foreign service section about how some countries have adapted to Bicycles and how some others are on the path. It also holds out that research suggests that India and China cannot afford to not adopt the model.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...

Some Interesting excerpts,

Storm Water Drains and BBMP budget

Ravi_D - 1-SEP-2008

Vehicles, animals and now people floating in rain water pools - Sound familiar?

Deja vu. Examples: Today's Deccan, Friday's Deccan

For once, let us forget what happens with the money spent. But what if the allocation was never spent? Attached PDF is an extract from BBMP's budget document.

Public Transport - Bus service algorithm / checklist

asj - 30-AUG-2008

My views on BRT have been known for a while on Praja.

I am not anti or pro any model. I believe a place has a thing and a thing has a place. First we must be able to justify BRTS on basis of need, then it should be implementable on given corridor (just being able to implement without demonstrated need is no good).

Here is an algorithm which I would use -

Trademark Bengaluru Road

sandeepmr - 29-AUG-2008

Spotted a video on Flickr uploaded by some visitor probably on his way to the airport. I don’t recognize the road in the video (not because I have been out of Bangalore for some time now), because all the roads and more importantly the road conditions are strikingly similar nowadays.

Quick observations:

Instead of BMTC, if TVS/ TATAs were providing public bus transport services, would you switch to using them?

murali772 - 29-AUG-2008

* Yes * No

Entropy on roads - examples

silkboard - 28-AUG-2008

Entropy, aka chaos on the roads is a subject we have discussed a lot here. There are about a hundred comments thrown across various posts. How about consolidating those points and making them more presentable via picture posts? Here is my attempt with pictures over last two months. Look, we need to explain and understand one thing very clearly. Flyovers and road widening projects are like buying extra large clothes to deal with obesity. Some folks prefer exercises or medicines to shed some fat.

Get business friendly

murali772 - 27-AUG-2008

An international team of researchers has just released a Global Urban Competitiveness Report, which takes stock of 500 cities around the world. New York has been found to be the most competitive city in the world, followed, in that order, by London, Tokyo, Paris and Washington, DC.