Meeting with Mr Sood, ACP Traffic, May 22

05/17/10 08:29 - silkboard

Traffic enforcement being the ever popular 'issue', I had requested for Mr Praveen Sood (Assistant Commissioner of Police, Traffic) for some time to hear him on two subjects

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Bangalore scene before computers

05/17/10 06:07 - E.R. Ramachandran

Note: This was published in Churumuri as once-upon a -time- before- computers- in Bangalore (http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/once-upon-a-time-before-computers-in-bangalore/)

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Free service from Traffic police

05/17/10 05:00 - manjari

Do not know if it is true but got a message today saying:

Send 'Join BTP' to 567678 to receive traffic alerts at 8am, 9am, 5pm, 7pm and 8pm... free service from traffic police.

It is a good initiative if enough people start utilizing this service.
Though I still think this service should be area specific but I do understand that can be hard.

We get such information on radio as well but most of the times everyone is listening to it while on road, stuck in traffic :)

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Time to look at Proportional representation?

05/16/10 13:49 - murali772

For as long as I can remember, I have opposed proportional representation on the usual grounds: stability, the rights of constituencies to elect their own candidates, etc. But watching the drama surrounding the British elections, I have begun to reconsider my position.

It is clear that in India, first past the post does not produce overall majorities. It is also clear that the relationship the framers of our Constitution envisaged between an MP and his constituents has remained a fantasy.

Moreover, the electoral system is being tampered with all the time. If the major political parties have their way, we will now reserve seats for women, creating sexually segregated ghettoes within our constituency map. This may or may not be a valid amendment but it has not been accompanied by any national debate. Those who support it do so on goody-goody grounds: “Let’s give women a chance, yaar”. Those who oppose it in Parliament do so because they are bigots.

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Enforce traffic rules rigidly

05/16/10 03:18 - mbnataraj

Traffic and IMV act violations: in Bangalore GALORE!

It is routine to see red light jumping, oneway violations, parking violations, slow moving vehicles in the outer most lanes,wheeliing which recently cost lives,  cell phone driving, overloaded 2/3 wheelers especially with young innocent children whose lives are endangered. Recently I saw a horrifying one motorcycle with SIX on it- 2 adults 1 kid in between and 3 kids on the gas tank. Under aged driving, tinted glasses, defective number plates( a new breed of glaring LED number plates combined with reflecting italics  small number plates makes identification impossible even from a 3 foot distance of an immobile 2 or 4 wheeler fitted with this kind of number plate.-video attached), kannada only number plates on autos and taxis, no side boards are all designed to evade identification and hence irresponsible behaviour.

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Autorickshaw,taxi malpractices damage Bengaluru image irrevocably

05/16/10 02:53 - mbnataraj

About Autorickshaw/taxi  coolie malpractises that damage the city's image, we the citizens were very pleased to hear of transport minister's initiative to control Auto Rajas ruling the city roads  and tarnishing the city image by their rude

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Ban honking - proposal

05/16/10 02:49 - mbnataraj

Dear Honorable Authorities in power who can do something, You all are also victims of all these problems facing us 24/7. and you have the powers to make a difference.

Please DO.
 
Enclosed a request to Ban honking in Bangalore, submitted to prior authorities 3 years ago. without any perceptible results so far.

1) Honking: The problem has become extremely  acute because between then and now almost EIGHT LAKHS (800 per day x 1000 days) have been added in to the unchanged 4,500 kms roads of Bengaluru. These have added almost 1.5 MILLION TONS of pollutants (1500 tons/day) into the air around Bangalore.

Every honk disturbs 8000 individuals at the present rate of population density in Bangalore. Honking has been known to encourage reckless driving rather than being an index of careful driving. No accident has so far occurred due to proven failure to honk. Infact all accidents honking does happen but accidents still occur probably due to recklessness arising out of overconfidence in honking.

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ಹಾರನ್ ಬಳಕೆ ನಿಷೇಧಿಸಿ

05/16/10 02:29 - mbnataraj

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ವಾಹನಾಸುರನ ಬಲಿ ಪಶು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ೧: ತಡೆಯುವುದೆಂತು ?

05/16/10 01:49 - mbnataraj

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Email to Public Relations Office, SWR

05/15/10 08:01 - silkboard

Sent this email to Public relations officer of South Western Railway. If you too are a believer in potential of Commuter Rail, please join in, and email the PRO. More the better. Here is what I sent, can be used as your template.

To,

Chief Public Relations Officer, South Western Railway, Hubli
Phone : +91 836 2360747
Email : cpro [at] swr.railnet.gov.in

Dear Sir,

Ever Since RITES CTTP recommended commuter rail service for Bangalore, we have been waiting for action from South Western Railway. Recently, we have been hearing a lot about Circular Railway and Commuter Rail services for Bangalore Metropolitan Area. Could you please clarify if SWR is considering working on either of these projects. Please also clarify on the difference between Circular and Commuter Rail.

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