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Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies silkboard - 18-JUL-2008
Executive Summary of a Wilbur Smith study on Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban Areas in India is now available on the website of Ministry of Urban Development. The 20 page summary document makes a good reading. Praja members would love the language, especially the terms like "slow moving vehicle index", "on-street parking interference index". Essentially, they have quantified stuff like "entropy", "edge friction", "turbulence" and "viscosity" that we often borrow and use here at Praja from thermo and fluid dynamics. Some equations for example: |
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Fuel Populism killing air traffic (Fuel_Tax_Collection.png) Devesh - 14-JUL-2008This image was uploaded with the post Fuel Populism killing air traffic. |
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Traffic Chaos and Reforms: Analysis and way forward asj - 6-JUL-2008
Sharing with Praja members, two compilations.
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murali772 - 2-JUL-2008
One significant drop out from the list of 'stake-holders', compared to the BATF days is Bangalore Telephones. |
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Why India’s Bus Rapid Transit Projects don’t excite me asj - 29-JUN-2008
The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as it is currently planned in India is suggested as the one-size-fit-all solution to our transport woes. Having travelled on Mumbai’s bus service (BEST) for thirty years & London’s public transport since 2001, I can’t share the optimism of those who believe BRT (as it is currently planned) is the way forward. When senior citizens, children & disabled struggle to cross the roads safely, one would hope for a solution that improves all aspects of mobility. I wonder why a city like Pune would spend crores of rupees on BRT when 40% of its roads don’t have pavements (see state of Pune pavements here). That almost a third of Pune citizens commute by walking makes the question more poignant.
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murali772 - 28-JUN-2008
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Local shuttles and BMTC - Example Whitefield silkboard - 26-JUN-2008
Let me try a detailed example of how BMTC can extend the reach of its services, without adding tons of buses to its fleet. It involves investing in identified trunk routes, and then in planning local shuttles. Lets dig a bit deep into Whitefield. [flickr-photo:id=2612712866,size=m][flickr-photo:id=2612678852,size=m] Say we identify the trunk routes between Whitefield and rest of Bangalore as Southbound (towards Koramangala E-City, Westbound (towards CBD via Airport road), and Northbound (towards Banaswadi, Hennur). Call these trunk routes, and put a bus every 10-15 minutes on each. Here are the three routes (indicative, not exact):
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Fast rail track MG Road to BIAL - confused vmenon - 22-JUN-2008
I am honestly a little confused on this infrastructure project that has been "reannaounced" by the government. From what I have read on this( news releases), what I gather is that:
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CBI - Sanjaynagar junction magic boxes navshot - 18-JUN-2008
The CBI junction magic box work has started. But from what I can make out, there is only one box that would come up at CBI junction. Most likely, that would be the case for SJN junction. Given that, traffic flow would most likely be as in the figure. Please note that road widens after SJN towards CBI.
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Delhi BRT - Lessons for Bangalore ? Naveen - 8-JUN-2008
It's one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the country but for all those who said that the Delhi Bus Corridor system was an out and out failure, here is a reality check. A poll conducted by NDTV shows that there is a sharp divide in opinion on the success of the project between those who use buses on the corridor and those who drive cars on the same stretch. |
