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E-City Rail Link vs HSRL

02/25/09 05:56 - s_yajaman

Mr.Sreedharan made a few statements about

a, Metro being unviable to airport - needs 40000/hr traffic.

b. Private players who have come forward will get put off by talk of alternative plans

Here is a plan for the private players which will better serve Bangaloreans

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Namma Auto initiative - Updates :)

02/24/09 16:39 - veeracb

[See this post for details of Namma Auto initiative. Here are some updates on it.]

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BMTC - focus areas and recent initiatives

02/24/09 15:47 - sudheendra.karri

Folks,

Taking things forward from our last Praja meet and to brain storm and plan activities on tracking BMTC initiatives, here's my bit to get things started on a few things that deserve note.

1. Big-10 and HOHO services - scalability and scope for improvements.

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Traffic Management and urban planning

02/24/09 13:29 - psaram42

Urban Planning for sustainable transport Infrastructure is a challenging task in a fast growing population economy as ours.

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Benniganahalli bridge work underway

02/24/09 11:32 - srinidhi

Finally!! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Underbridge-road-on-NH-4-to-be-widened/articleshow/4179483.cms

Any idea if the pedestrians are taken care of?? If not, we need to immediately get their attention on this!

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Illegal driving

02/24/09 03:37 - psaram42

I have wondered many times how people drive in the opposite direction in one way designated roads un-punished. The following article may be of interest in this connection which describes a similar situation in UK.

“Motoring offences are going unpunished across much of London because of an extraordinary loophole.”

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Car Fuel Subsidised

02/23/09 17:30 - Naveen

One of my danish colleagues had remarked that our country, instead of helping the poor & taxing the rich, was subsidising the car users with lower fuel costs since all oil imports were being sold at lesser price than what they actually cost in India.

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Miscarriage of justice

02/23/09 12:51 - murali772

Whereas the magistrate should have been pulling up the police for not charging the perpetrators of the violent incidents targeted at women under more stringent sections, it is totally shocking that he has instead chosen to direct the police to register an FIR against Ms Renuka Chowdhry, and all just for stating that "Mangalore has been Talibanised".

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"Only God can save Bangalore's pedestrians" (DSC00410.JPG)