Bus rapid transit system
Enrique Penalosa, architect of the present successful BRT systems of the world says that it is not just possible but necessary to make Delhi, a city to be adored by the rest of the world. Long after the Delhi government put up a defected Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), just to call it off, transport professionals [...] Continue Reading »
Scotch any idea of zipping through a dedicated bus corridor through the twin cities at the start of next year. The much-touted Hubli-Dharwad bus rapid transit system (BRTS) project, which envisaged a 22.25-km-long corridor between Hubli and Dharwad and dangled the promise of segregated bus ways, controlled bus stations, off-board ticketing through smart cards and [...] Continue Reading »
Just like the metro rail project was scrapped for the city, the eight-laning project on Ferozepur road may meet the same fate as the state government is planning to give priority to Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) over the road project. According to MC sources, the Rs 235-crore eight-laning project has been sidelined even though [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh’s dreams to commute in Metro Rail like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and other cities of India were shattered as the newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) Kirron Kher is against the Metro project for the city. During the Administrator’s Advisory Council (AAC) meeting, which was chaired by Union Territory Administrator Shivraj V Patil Kirron [...] Continue Reading »
Sangvi-Kiwale Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) route will be constructed by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to enable uninterrupted traffic flow. Joint city engineer Rajan Patil points out that a 14-km Sangvi-Kiwale Road is being developed. It starts from Mukai chowk in Kiwale to Rajiv Gandhi bridge on Mula river in Sangvi as a [...] Continue Reading »
The first meeting on roads for revising the draft of the city’s development plan (DP) was held and the roads in the proposed DB were discussed. 13 committees comprising officials have been formed to conduct the basic survey of the draft DP. 10 committees have already submitted their basic survey reports. The remaining reports are [...] Continue Reading »
Punjab Government, after spending crores on preparing Detailed Project report of the proposed Ludhiana Metro project (since 2011), estimated to cost a whopping Rs 10,330 crore, has on Wednesday dumped the project and doled out much ‘cheaper and economical’ Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for Ludhiana which will cost Rs 1,250 crore only. The Government [...] Continue Reading »
Bhubaneswar- Odisha government has sought help from the Union Ministry of urban development over starting an intercity metro rail service between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The government has been planning to initiate monorail connecting these two cities and also high speed bus service in Bhubaneswar. The state government has sent a letter to the ministry requesting [...] Continue Reading »
Jaipur – Since the deadline to run Jaipur metro is June 30, 2013, the entire focus of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is shifted to complete the project before deadline. This may result in delaying the construction of proposed four-lane elevated road-cum-metro track project on Ajmer Road. For the first time in India, DMRC [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow – Finally, the report of the department of urban planning is out with complete change in the original plan. The report recommends a dense network of metro connectivity instead of a two corridor concept. Now most of the routes of metro are planned overhead to lower down the cost which many even reach the [...] Continue Reading »
