The BRT Standard 2016
The BRT Standard is the centerpiece of a global effort by leaders in bus transportation design to establish a common definition of bus rapid transit (BRT) and ensure that BRT systems more uniformly deliver
High Capacity Bus
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Rs 500 crore more on the way to help improve city roads
Pune, August 19 In a major relief to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the Union government on Tuesday approved Rs 511 crore additional funds for roadwork, including BRTS, being implemented under JNNURM. Of this, the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) roads get Rs 165 crore though there are only about 50 days to go for its inaugural day. "The Union government has approved the revised estimation proposal of the PMC with additional funds of Rs 511 crore,' Mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale told The Indian Express from Delhi.
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Ring Road can't be signal-free with BRT corridor
Traffic Volume Is Already Very High On The Proposed Moolchand-Jehangirpuri Stretch, Space For Cars Will Get Reduced New Delhi: The government has called for interested parties to prepare detailed design and engineering reports for two more BRT stretches. The move comes at a time when a decision on even a basic aspect of BRT
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Govt U-turn on BRT, plans more stretches
Megha Suri | TNN New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had on February 18 this year ordered her officials not to go for any further expansion of the controversial BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor project till the first phase of the pilot
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Delhi plans transport integration by 2010
Year 2010 could be a landmark for city transport. With the state transport department having drawn up an elaborate makeover plan to improve the Capital's public transport system, you may be tempted to dump your car and hop on to a train, bus or cab. And, if the plan on paper is anything to go by, all this will be comfortable, accessible, reliable and easy on your pocket too.
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People's green car
Delhi is a city so crazy about cars that it puts some 270,000 new ones on its streets each year. In Lajpat Nagar you will find hardcore worshippers of combustion engines. There are families that own two and three cars with a scooter and a motorcycle thrown in for good measure. It is here that the Reva, the world's most popular electric car, has finally made a full-fledged debut in its flamboyant colours. The Reva has at least a thousand takers in London and is getting noticed and picked up in other environmentally conscious cities of Europe where it has been test marketed.
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Thane likely to get makeover worth over Rs 8,000 crore
Mumbai, July 24 Mumbai's satellite city Thane is seeking an overhaul with a Rs 8,385 crore
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Protests against BRT corridor
Hundreds of residents of the Pushpa Bhavan area spilled out on streets and picketed the Pushpa Bhavan bus station on the BRT corridor. They demanded that all such stations on the stretch should be moved back to the sides of the roads. Arguing that the government had accepted the failure of the BRT model with stations in the centre of the road and decided to shift them in the next stretch, residents demanded the same for the Pushpa Bhavan stretch.
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BRT blocked; ply buses on left only, say residents
Residents of Madangir in south Delhi blocked the traffic at the Pushpa Bhawan crossing on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor on Monday morning, inconveniencing scores of commuters headed to work. The protesters demanded that the bus lanes throughout the corridor should be shifted to the extreme left of the road.
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PMC seeks Rs 480 cr for BRTS; Centre queries costs
Pune July 06 Nation's pilot project: Union urban development secy points to funding limitations under JNNURM, expresses satisfaction over Pune pace Even as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) today sought Rs 480 crore from the central government for improvement of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes, uncertainty looms over raising of funds to cover the additional costs of the System. Around Rs 600 crore are required as the project estimation has increased from Rs 807 crore to Rs 1,400 crore
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Euro-3 diesel buses take lead in BRTS bid
Ahmedabad: In the final run for winning the contract for the operations and maintenance of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) services, EURO-3 diesel run buses have taken the lead. The bids quoted by the five main operators are in range of Rs 34-Rs 36 per kilometre for EURO-3 diesel bu s e s which is the most economical option available to the Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited(AJL).