User: divya_rrs Topic: Bangalore
Category: Traffic :: traffic-woes
Last updated: Sep 09 2010 22:27 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Tandem cycling rally to be held in B'lore (Cached) 10.9.2010 Bangalore Mirror: City
S S Rills, a former athlete, is organising the rally between November and December; 800 expected to participate...
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Egypt: The Pyramids, Sphinx and the river Nile (Cached) 9.9.2010 Rediff: GetAhead
Deepti and Utkarsh Rai, who recently travelled to Egypt share their experience with us.
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Social media now a facilitator of change in Bangalore (Cached) 9.9.2010 DNA: Top News
From merely raising awareness online, they have started talking to governments.
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Sea of humanity at St Mary�s Basilica 9.9.2010 Deccan Herald: City
Sea of humanity at St Mary�s Basilica
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Homa in B'lore Turf Club (Cached) 7.9.2010 Star of Mysore
Homa in B'lore Turf Club
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Buses steal auto strikers' thunder 7.9.2010 Mid-Day: Bangalore
With the civic body introducing more services, commuters will not be affected by the 12-hour stir called by auto drivers With the BMTC wooing the aam janta with 300 extra buses and regular auto commuters ready to use the service, the 12-hour auto strike today does not seem to be on its way to success. "The strike will not be successful as there are buses to take us wherever we want. The auto fare has just been hiked so what are they complaining about now?" said 29-year-old Vikram Kumar, a software professional and a regular commuter. The city traffic police feels that the strike is unnecessary and will lead to nothing but less traffic on the road. There are others, who agree with him. "This is one excuse to harass people. The strike ...
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Stop the noise! Bengaluru craves the sounds of silence (Cached) 7.9.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore

Sept. 6: The city is noisy enough with traffic, but the decibel levels are about to rise with loudspeakers blaring music and processions crowding the streets as the festival season gets underway.

The city gets at least four times noisier this season, says Madhuri Gore of the Institute of Speech and Hearing, warning that while the repercussions are not immediately apparent, they are nonetheless

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Commuting, one of Chennai's key challenges 6.9.2010 Hindu: Cities
The average work commuting time a day in Chennai is 72 minutes, according to a study
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Traffic curbed on road outside top cop’s house (Cached) 6.9.2010 Bangalore Mirror: Cover
Traffic police convert public road outside the DG CID Guruprasad’s residence on 18th Cross, West Park Road, into a one-way...
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Truck laden with two cars catches fire 5.9.2010 Deccan Herald: City
The police said the incident occurred when the truck driver was trying to park the truck on the side of the road. The upper portion of the truck touched the high tension wire and within minutes the truck caught fire, the police added.The driver jumped out of the truck and absconded. Four fire tenders rushed to the spot and put off the fire after a few people noticed the incident and informed them.The incident hampered traffic movement on the road. Slow vehicular movement led to jams on roads in and around Bannerghatta road. The total loss in the incident is yet to be ascertained, the police added.
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Get an NOC to install Ganesha idols in Bangalore (Cached) 4.9.2010 DNA: Top News
No forcible collection of funds for the celebrations will be allowed, says an order from the police commissioner.
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Let them sit together (Cached) 4.9.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore

Big projects criss-crossing the city landscape will result in traffic problems. Currently, the construction of the Metro Rail has thrown the city traffic out of gear in several busy pockets and it will continue to remain so for another couple of years. But the authorities still have time to put things on track and manage the traffic in a better way. The traffic police must sit with engineers conce

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Consult the public first (Cached) 4.9.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore

Before giving approval to any big project, the authorities concerned must seek opinion from the public by consulting NGOs and residents’ associations. In fact, improper traffic planning for the Metro Rail work by officials concerned has resulted in the ongoing traffic chaos on Bengaluru roads. It is very obvious that route diversions are not well-planned. Authorities must try to gauge the proble

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Alternative routes around Minsk Square ready (Cached) 4.9.2010 TOI: Bangalore Times
With work on the underground Metro Rail picking up pace, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) and traffic police have drawn alternative routes to check congestion on roads.
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Pedal Pushers (Cached) 4.9.2010 Outlook Business
Three students are taking on the Mumbai traffic, simply by giving out cycles on hire.
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Sustainable Mobility (Cached) 4.9.2010 Outlook Business
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Narrow roads make life miserable 3.9.2010 NIE: Bangalore
BANGALORE: The residents of Jayachamarajendra Nagar ward have no issues with the drinking water supply but are on the fence about ..
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Bengaluru’s heart, Minsk Square, will stop beating for two years (Cached) 3.9.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore

Sept. 2: The city could be in for more traffic chaos on its roads as the Metro Rail begins to tunnel underground for its stations and tracks. The stretch between BRV junction and Minsk Square on Cubbon Road will be closed for the next 28 months to allow construction of an underground station in this section. Drivers will not be able to use the road in front of HAL till the BRV junction for the ne

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Road trouble of Ambedkar Veedhi 1.9.2010 NIE: Bangalore
BANGALORE: If the condition of Dr B R Ambedkar Veedhi is any indication, one can imagine the miserable conditions of other low-lyi..
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New system to nab errant auto drivers 1.9.2010 Mid-Day: Bangalore
New system to nab errant auto drivers
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