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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After BRTS, govt goes for A'bad rail
Writes To Centre To Sanction City Railway Network Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: A realization has dawned on Gujarat government that the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) is not enough to fulfil the mobility plans of mega-city Ahmedabad. A dormant plan for a Regional Rail System (RRS) is now being revived to provide additional transportation infrastructure for the city which is growing by leaps and bounds. The RRS plan was shelved after Delhi Rail Metro Corporation Ltd prepared a feasibility report for Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) in August 2005.
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Japan team visits BRT
A Japanese delegation visited the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand on Tuesday morning and declared it to be
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Debating Delhi's rapid transit system
A. Srivathsan The debate on the Bus Rapid Transit System has been acrimonious, ranging from utter dismissal of the project to informed suggestions to revise the design.
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Auditor questions BRT, govt stops extra' payment
The Bus Rapid Transit corridor
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BRTS on 'tender' ground after oil price hike
Rising oil prices have raised several technical concerns for the tendering process of BRTS buses. The increase in CNG and diesel prices would mean a direct impact on Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL)'s revenue, the governing body of BRTS in the city. The tendering process has been postponed by a week. The operators have already sounded their concerns to the AJL board about a possible increase in operations cost. This cost is to be paid by the AJL to the BRTS operators per kilometre.
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BRTS lacks proper planning, admits civic chief
Conceding that accidents on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) route were taking place due to lack of proper road-crossing facilities for pedestrians, Municipal Commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi at the general body meeting on Monday said that once the frequency of buses plying on the track increases to one bus every five minutes from the present 10-15 minutes, it would automatically deter other vehicles from using the BRTS route and pedestrians from carelessly crossing the roads. He also said that the BRTS pilot project would be completed by December.
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Poison Floe
How green is my country? Indians are asking the question but not doing enough. ... Debarshi Dasgupta
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Govt cautious after BRT fiasco
Once bitten twice shy, this may fit 'best to Delhi government, which seems to have learnt after BRT fiasco and has asked Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS) to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for construction of an elevated Ring Road. The 48-km-long elevated Ring Road is expected to cost nearly around Rs 2,635 crore. "The elevated Ring Road was originally planned to be constructed before Commonwealth Games 2010. But the time required for its construction only be finalised after DPR," a senior transport official said.
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Needs of China BRT system different from Delhi's: Dikshit
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit attributed the success of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in China to the discipline of the Chinese. Dikshit, after returning from her week-long visit from China, said, Chinese strictly follow traffic rules and regulations.
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Rally in support of BRT
Over 250 rallyists from various citizens' networks, NGOs and RWAs took part in a pro-BRT march organised on Sunday on the threekm stretch between Khanpur cros- sing and Chirag Dilli. The participants shouted slogans, asking the government to implement and extend similar corridors, citing examples from a recent CSE report, which shows a rise in the number of cyclists and bus commuters after the project was introduced.