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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No public transport?
On April 21, a small stretch of road in a congested corner of south Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, turned into an epicentre of chaos, confusion and downright indignation.
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Caravan to disaster
A Down To Earth report on the unsustainable growth of personal vehicles. This situation could have been averted had public transport not been neglected.
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CM in Beijing to study BRT
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is on a five-day visit here to acquaint herself with Beijing's preparations for the Olympics and study its rapid bus transit system in the backdrop of the controversy over the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor in the Indian capital. With the Commonwealth Games in Delhi two years away, Dikshit, who arrived here today, would meet officials of the organising committee of the Olympic Games and visit the Games venues, official sources said. During her stay in the city, she would also see how Beijing's rapid bus transit system is working, they said.
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Belated support for BRT corridor from users
CSE releases findings of a perception survey of commuters
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Brakes on pvt buses in BRT corridor likely
Delhi government is planning to ban private buses on the BRT corridor. According to sources, the move follows yesterday's accident on the corridor, in which a security guard was killed by a private bus. So far 10 accidents have been reported on the BRT corridor and out of them six had taken place this month. Only one of the cases involved a DTC bus. According to a senior official of the transport department, the drivers of private buses are not disciplined and they drive in a rash and negligent manner.
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Continue expansion of BRT corridor, pleads NGO
A non-government organisation has urged the Delhi Government to continue expansion of the Bus Rapid Transit corridor in the Capital. Reacting to reports that the BRT corridor would not be implemented beyond Moolchand, Hazards Centre has written to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to review the decision to curtail the corridor. Disturbing signal
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Govt drives bus corridor concept to five more states
First tranche of funding for 13 projects disbursed under urban renewal scheme. Five state governments have been granted Rs 4,691 crore for 13 projects under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), all of them for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, the efficacy of which is still being tested in its first trial ground in Delhi. Figures available from the urban development ministry show that these projects have already received the first tranche of funding.
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Facelift will unlock realty jackpot for east Ahmedabad
Four months ago, Dimple Gandhi booked a 2bhk flat at Ishwarnagar along the Kharicut canal for Rs 11 lakh. Today, the apartment costs nothing less than Rs 18 lakh. The reason: The flat now overlooks a small patch of garden developed on a slab over the canal by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Soon, many like Gandhi will be grinning thanks thanks to the Gujarat government's plans to give a 20-km stretch along the canal, that's currently treated as an open sewerage, a green facelift.
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UP draft facelift plan for seven major cities
It's a battle of the bulge in major cities of Uttar Pradesh. Be it Agra, or the more sedate towns of Aligarh and Meerut, the Manchester of the East Kanpur or pilgrims' delight Varanasi and Allahabad or the industrialised hub of the state, Ghaziabad-it has spread everywhere. The mounting pressure of the population is pushing the edges to these towns to their margins. This, coupled with the crumbling edifice of the urban infrastructure, is adding to the worry lines of town planners when they sit down to plan and visualise these cities two decades from now.