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07/14/10 08:09 - pdk
This post is in response to criticism that road-widening critics haven't provided alternatives to widening. Two things. 1. Sorry for the extreme illustration, but suppose I find someone committing a murder. I'm not sure that I have to provide an alternative to him and only then try to stop him. 2. I think the people mentioned above have suggested various alternatives. The 'people' say that the problem is a unsustainable number of private vehicles on our roads. Following from that, they have likened road-widening to 'loosening the belt to cure obesity' and recognised that it is a unworkable response to traffic congestion. They have provided following alternatives to resolving traffic congestion. None of these may help by itself. But some combination of them should be tried. The list has been made from the following sources: person pdk's post | forum 11 Comments | Read More
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Lake encroachment in Mahadevapura, where to complain? 07/14/10 06:52 - Subra
Want to inform regarding the lake encroachments in and around Mahadevpura and Garudachar Palya regions.Where can we complain? person Subra's post | forum 5 Comments | Read More
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Summary of Praja CRS Report - Namma Railu 07/13/10 11:37 - idontspam
Here is an overview of the Praja Report on CRS, titled "Namma Railu". Decongestion of Bengaluru is a burning issue facing the administrators today. With the kind of visibility Bengaluru has in the international arena and the role India is going to play in the world of the future, it is important for both central and state governments to sit up and take notice. Ignoring the long term mass transport needs of the city can backfire on the country. The economy of any city thrives on availability of good quality labor at affordable cost. Expensive housing and increased travel times only put more pressure on productivity of human capital. This may ultimately lead to flight of capital and hurt the economy with cascading effect. person idontspam's post | Read More |
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GIM - Beyond Bangalore, Business World 07/12/10 20:35 - silkboard
Read some coverage of GIM in BusinessWorld, (Beyond Bangalore). Must say that beyond Bangalore is a nice topic for the article, here are some intereasting bits:
The stat that Karnataka needs to change is this ...
An interesting angle on iron ore controversy. Will illegal activity go away, be legalized now!? person silkboard's post | Read More |
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The under-valuation extortion racket 07/12/10 10:14 - murali772
My flat, part of a multi-storied complex of 124 flats, located in Koramangala, was registered on 16/02/05. From about a year after registration, many of us owners started receiving notices from the 'under-valuation cell' of the Dept of Revenue, GoK, alleging under-valuation in the assessment of stamp duty payable. person murali772's post | forum 20 Comments | Read More
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Three new flyovers will decongest Sarjapura Road 07/12/10 06:47 - Sanjeev
Hope this will bring down some traffic problem on ORR.
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07/12/10 06:31 - admin123
Lot of posts and comments on bad practices around tickets, and possibility of organized corruption inside BMTC around Bus operations. Some say that pilferage levels are too high, though there is no real data to either show the level of pilferage, or compare with estimates from transportation companies. person admin123's post | Read More |
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Walking in Bangalore - Amenities for Pedestrians 07/12/10 03:30 - admin123
Too much stress on road width for vehicles has eaten up pavements and encorachment of pavements for purposes other than walking is also on the rise. Talk of signal free corridors etc also means bad news for those who regularly cross these roads. This wiki/book is to hold together references and popular discussions on pedestrian infrastructure in Bengaluru. person admin123's post | Read More |
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07/12/10 02:49 - admin123
Most aware citizens say that widening roads to fight traffic congestion is like buying larger clothes to fight obesity. BBMP and some others feel that some arterial roads are choked, and road widening is a must. Such direct focus on roads, and so little on mobility has been a problem with Bangalore's planners for a decade now. But its only in early 2010, when a large road widening scheme from BBMP threatened to touch thousands of private properties that the debate has hit common citizens of Bengaluru. Scientifically speaking, city roads needs consistent width - 4 lanes would do just fine - in corridors, better management of stopping and parking along the ribbons of corridors, width for pedestrians to keep them off the tar, and improvement at junctions to manage the flow. At times, road widening is also discussed in the context of "Signal Free Corridors". But going by BBMP's plans, it is not clear if all road widening work has been planned as part of select few "signal free corridors". Even there, feasibility of creating a dozen signal free corridors inside the city area is itself a heavily debated subject. person admin123's post | forum 1 Comment | Read More |
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VTU banning cars/bikes - good idea! 07/11/10 07:26 - hemaraj
I read an article that vtu is considering to ban students from using two wheelers and cars to college. regarding this I was discusing with one of my friends in california, she gave me a valid point, that schools there , prefer to enrol only children within 2 -5 kms max. she shifted to an area where she liked the school and was good for her children. person hemaraj's post | forum 7 Comments | Read More
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