Improving Road Safety - Fiji Experiment

02/03/09 04:09 - Ravi_D

Happened to come across this PDF on worldbank website. Read item (b) - Fiji.

Interesting.... 10% of the third party insurance premium goes to Fiji National Road Safety Council (NRSC). Benfits both insurance companies and the population.

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Metro Phase 1 extension approved

02/02/09 18:53 - swamy

Noticed one Bangalore Metro news - phase one extension was approved. From Deccan Herald:

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BMTC Big 10 and HOHO service: work in progess?

02/02/09 03:03 - Transmogrifier

BMTC is prepping 140 buses ready for ABIDe's Big 10 proposal in addition to suggesting Volvos be used for the HOHO service. Does this mean that BMTC will remove/reduce current bus services operating on the 'Big 10' ?

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London bus lane in action - snap shot

02/01/09 18:51 - asj

This is part of my usual journey from Hammersmith to Hounslow. I managed to track 4 of the 8 miles on foot up to Chiswick (by then it the light was getting poor) - here are some snap shots put together as a slide show.

[video:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3YbPCH5kGAg]

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KRV and some recent media reports

02/01/09 02:58 - bialterminal

Do we need any organization to "fight" or "stand up" for the rights of citizens, or for a "language" and other cultural issues in a democracy?

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Cost and Time Overruns in Public Utility Projects.

02/01/09 15:29 - kbsyed61

 The cost and time overruns in projects executed by public sector units in India has direct impact on inflation and increases the cost of the final products both in private sector and public sector. This is the conclusion of Mr. Sebastian Morris of IIM, Ahmadabad, writes in one of his papers published in 1987. It sounds little surprising and unconvincing. This paper by Mr.

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BTRAC road divider menace

02/01/09 09:35 - blrsri

Its slowly taking over all roads in Bangalore and this needs to be stopped immediately. In the name of BTRAC they are laying these road dividers which I am sure in not in any of the road design books.

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BBMP's RTI system - when?

02/01/09 06:10 - silkboard

About two years ago, when BBMP website was revamped, they had promised an online complaints/grievance management system. The "coming soon" notice stayed on the website for about six months, and then was replaced with simple email ids for complaints and suggestions. Similarly, there has been a pending promise for an online RTI system.

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Monthly Praja-Bangalore meet for Feb (moved to 21st)

01/31/09 18:34 - silkboard

Our monthly Praja meet (2nd Saturday mornings) for February. Shall we meet at Cubbon park this time? Lalbagh is not so central a location for North Bangaloreans? [yes, Cubbon Park, near central library]. 7.30 am.

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Highways and Ribbon Development

01/30/09 14:41 - asj

[Moved out of the Karnataka Roads PPP post] Without legislation that stops ribbon development, every new highway and bypass road (meant to by pass the townships) will be engulfed with surrounding development.

Even Mumbai-Pune expressway has not been spared from the above and towards the Pune end, we have numerous junctions sprouting and malls along highway which have driveways opening straight on to the highway!! Wakad in Pune has a Shoppers Stop and several more Corporates on the highway.

If you look at Western stats - country roads are most dangerous and Freeways / Motorways are most safe - because they are free of cycles, pedestrians and junctions. But in India, a highway can have have everything on it - from pedestrians, bullock carts, cycles, rickshaws and multitude of junctions - lots of elements trying to go across and perpendicualr to faster vehicles on the main carriage way. All this = 80% fatalities on Highway as reported above.

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