Bangalore and Signal Free Corridors

06/30/10 03:32 - silkboard

Public transport die hards don't want any of this. Car lovers want them. But many believe that some solution is required in Bangalore to improve radial connectivity across ends of Outer Ring Road.

• BBMP has been trying to improve radial connectivity by widening some corridors, and planning more flyovers etc at busy signals.
• BBMP has tried doing this on Belary Road via Magic Boxes.
• Some people have proposed tunnel roads to connect CBD with Outer areas.
• BDA is converting Outer Ring Road to a signal free corridor
• CTTP 2007 had proposed long elevated roads above 4 key radial corridors.

Let us outline detailed posts on the subject under this book. This is a wiki post anyway, so if anyone wants to add more to this page itself, just edit it instead of adding comments.

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Commuter Rail Map - Need Metro, BMTC and HSRL Connection/Transit Point Information.

06/29/10 17:01 - kbsyed61

As IDS and others had mentioned, the Praja Demand Report for 'Namma Railu' (Bengalury Commuter Rail) is in finishing stages of realsing it to the GOK, GOI and Media agnecies. The release is planned for 1st week of July.

As a supplementary efforts, a commuter rail map is being developed and is in drafting stage. We are looking for following information:

1. List of Metro Stations
2. List of BMTC's Transit Centers (TTMC), Major Bus Depots/Stands
3. List of HSRL stops apart from Parad Ground, Hebbal, and Yelahanka

Don't need to write the big list. Just web links to the pages or the websites would do.

Contact me for any question.

Regards,

Syed

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Praja Suddi - Issue 2

06/29/10 12:41 - shekhar_mittal

Tuesday 29 June

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Crowdsourcing: BMTC Vajra Route info database - I

06/29/10 07:47 - admin123

A few folks at Praja are trying to create some handy, cool and easy to understand maps for buses. In the initial phases their focus has been on the volvo routes.

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Proposal: Organise a Praja Blogathon

06/29/10 05:59 - shekhar_mittal

Myself and a few other folks have been thinking about innovative ways of marketing Praja. We want to create exciting content and bring new users on Praja. So how about we organize a Blogathon?

This event can be both on the ground as well as online. The basic idea is that we fix a theme/topics, a date and a venue. On the chosen date all of us get together and blog about the chosen theme. Obviously, we will open the event to anyone who is interested and will publicize it in a significant manner.

The best blog entries get an awesome prize-- think ipods, iphones etc. We will find sponsors who can cover the costs for the venue and prizes. Normally, such events are accompanied by free snacks and beer ;)

We can also have tie-ups with newspapers which will agree to print the best blog entries. If successful we can also try doing such events in other cities.

This idea is in its nascent stages and we wanted to present it to everyone for feedback and brainstorming.

So what do you guys think?

-Shekhar

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A few suggestions on Opendata

06/29/10 05:55 - shekhar_mittal

I had a few ideas and wanted to run it through you guys.

I think we should lay greater stress on partnerships. We will be able to make a greater impact and work on our strengths if we do that. When I say our strength what I essentially mean is our community and our analytical skills. While I realise what I am proposing is not really "OpenData" but it will be a very good start.

Some organisations I suggest we reach out to are -

1. Accountability Initiative - (check them out here: http://www.accountabilityindia.org/)
I had reached out to the lady who runs it, Yamini Aiyer, for some other reasons. If you look at their home page they have a lot of mention of opendata. During our conversation she told me that they already have MIS data of 12 government ministries ( I dont ask the exact details) but they have not made them available yet. Maybe we can get our hands on that data and then start discussions on them and make that data available on our site.

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Which monthly pass should i prefer... help me.

06/29/10 04:59 - ikalci007

Hi all,

I have to travel daily from Kovempu Circle (near BEL Circle) to Rammurthy Nagar Signal (near K.R Puram tinfactory), now i want to take a monthly pass for this. I want to know that is in this route Black board pass valid or not? I have confusion in Black board pass and other pass. Should i take Black board pass or other pass?

Suggest me!!!

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Unpleasant experience at RTO Koramangla

06/28/10 12:21 - shekhar_mittal

I sent out the following email to Ashwin Mahesh narrating my experience at the RTO recently. I am pissed about the whole experience. At moments like these it feels awesome to realise that I am a member of Praja:)

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Need help in capturing reliable data on water supply across all the wards in Bangalore

06/28/10 10:27 - shekhar_mittal

[Posting on behalf of Gautham Ravichander. If you want to volunteer you can also add your name and details as a comment below this post and I will ensure it reaches out to Gautham.]

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Road Widening in Bangalore - City convention on 4th July

06/28/10 09:45 - manojkumar.gb

Hi All,

"Save Bangalore committe" has taken up for a city convention about road widening in Bangalore.

Thought of sharing the information with all of you. Please go through the attachment for the details.

Thanks,

Manoj

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