Better facilities for private run buses!

12/01/10 21:02 - kbsyed61

There is no denial that private bus service is being operated in Bengaluru and other places without having its own/leased infrastructure like Terminus or bus stops. As noted in the Imran_haq's ordeal in Kalasipalya, in absence of proper infrastructure, these buses are making use of the public spaces like Roads, gullys, playgrounds even making use of no parking spaces.

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Chikkabullapur : Railway minister neglects station in his neighbourhood

12/01/10 06:37 - Sanjeev

Chikkabullapur has its share of pride for being the neighbouring district of the Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa’s home constituency, Kolar.

station doesn’t have basic facilities such as drinking water and toilet. Several inter-state trains pass through the station which houses not a single shop to serve coffee or eatables

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Parking policy in Asian cities

12/01/10 05:42 - idontspam

Sharing a report from Parking policy report in Aisan cities by Paul Barter who blogs on reinventingparking.org

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Kirtana Krishnan

12/01/10 04:58 - psaram42

 As any normal citizen of Bangalore I was horrified to read to days Bangalore

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Task - special landing page for DDC

12/01/10 04:15 - silkboard

Some of us are thinking about doing a special landing page for Disciplined Driver's Club (DDC) campaign. Think of a page like praja.in/ddc (warning, the page isn't there yet). The page will have a pledge form, and more features like upload pictures, forward the pledge etc. Starting this post more as a task to track this DDC landing page.

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Links to related blogs

12/01/10 04:00 - Bheema.Upadhyaya

 Here is the list of related links for this subject, just for quick reference

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Water supply outsourcing welcome - but, why the secrecy?

11/30/10 13:53 - murali772

The state has apparently launched on a programme to 'privatise' water supply in quite a few cities in the state, going by the below clip from NewsX.

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Not more auto's; instead, good shuttle bus services please!

11/30/10 08:25 - murali772

The transport department and traffic police are mulling over reforms that could scale up the number of autorickshaws in the city from about 80,000 to 95,000. Simukltaneously, however, the Transport commissioner, Bhaskar Rao, himself states “The system has many anti-social elements. The common man is a victim.

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Shortcut routes for Buses

11/30/10 05:02 - Vasanth

 BMTC buses take the main roads whereas private transport takes the short cut routes wherever possible. This in comparison will increase the travel time of BMTC buses as against private transport making  private transport more attractive.

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Buses - largest fleet, still crowded?

11/29/10 16:08 - ears_bangalore

We often read announcements by the BMTC authorities that Bengaluru bus fleet is the largest in India or Asia. Where are the buses?

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