MetreShare - Auto / Taxi Sharing

07/30/13 15:42 - Vasanth

Mumbai has got a system called Metreshare with people using smartphones sharing their ride and fare in an Auto and Taxi.

Here is the facebook link for the same : https://www.facebook.com/MeterShare

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Building Use - Illegal Refreshment/Hotel in Residential Area

07/30/13 08:25 - apsfriends

There was a time when the area of Basavanagudi especially Police Station Road was peaceful and resident friendly.

However from last 6-8 months there is a lot of commerical activities which are coming up in the residential area and the whole charm of the old bangalore is completely lost.

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New York - Disposing of Traffic Related Case via Internet!

07/29/13 15:43 - kbsyed61

Recently in one of the family trip to New York, I was given a parking violation ticket for not displaying the parking ticket properly. The violation was I had placed the ticket faced down and the parking inspector couldn't see the validity of the ticket. And rightly so, he issued a ticket. This was in place called Jackson Heights, famous for Indian Stores.

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LEDs on Vehicles - Regulations = better safety for all?

07/29/13 10:05 - xs400

With LEDs becoming cheaper, many have started fitting LEDs to vehicles as decorations.

If fitted with care and some common sense they can look attractive and improve the vehicle's visibility.

The problem starts with people using random colors and placing them on random parts of the vehicle.

I saw a taxi cab with flashing blue and red LEDs on the windscreen.

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Solid Waste Management - Vision Statement 2030 to BBMP

07/27/13 06:06 - Vasanthkumar Mysoremath

The following  VISION STATEMENT 2030 for SWM was forwarded to email ID swmbbmp.xc@gmail.com of BBMP on 6-7-2013 in response to its call for public opinion.  This is for info of Prajas.  How to educate citizens and actions to be initiated are also dealt with.

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Waste Management and Road Pot Holes Legislation

07/26/13 04:01 - psaram42

House hold waste management is an important issue in present day cities like our own Bangalore.

Plastics invention was more of a bane than anything else, as it is not bio degradable. Its use and throw concept is thus environment unfriendly. Plastics were waiting to happen after Dhirubhai Ambany reliance “terilene”.  

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List of ROB's and RUB's within BBMP limits

07/25/13 08:21 - Sanjeev

List of major RUB's and ROB's  within BBMP limit : Total 141 identified by RITES 2012 report as part of Commuter Rail..  Out of that how many will come under BBMP limits ???  Also Volume of Traffic more then 50000 TVU's  are level crossing  : 55 Nos.

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Implementing Suburban Rail - SPV Model!

07/24/13 16:24 - kbsyed61

Last Friday, News9 / TV9's aired a live 'Panel Discussion on Namma Railu' with Dr. Sitharam (CiSTUP), Smt. Sumithra Iyengar (BCIC), our friend Mr. Muralidhar Rao (Preseident - Praja-RAAG) and myself as a blogger on Namma Railu.

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Challanges of Bangalore

07/24/13 13:41 - psaram42

Dr. A Ravindra will deliver a talk on "Challanges of Bangalore" at BIC[Terri Campous] 

Date :-             25 July 2013

Time :-             6:30 PM

Venue:-            BIc[Terri Campous]

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State Govt to develop towns around Bengaluru- Better late than never!

07/23/13 19:26 - kbsyed61

If news paper reports is to be believed, state government is slowly realizing that, it is in the public interest that towns around Bengaluru are developed.

Source - Deccan Herald

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