Urban India’s parking woes: an overview
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
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BRTS = Beware of Rapid Traffic Snarls!
With Days To Go For Launch, A Reality Check by TOI Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The tentative date for the much-awaited launch of the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Ahmedabad is August 15, Independence Day. Among all projects that the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) supported in Gujarat, this is the crowning jewel.
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AMC's solid waste plant to clean up Pirana
Ahmedabad : Your drive down Pirana, on city's outskirts, makes you feel dizzy because of noxious industrial gases and stench from garbage dumps and sewage treatment plants. But now, you may say goodbye to your ordeal, thanks to a solid waste processing plant which is transforming municipal trash into pellets and fluffs to be used as fuel in industrial units.
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BRTS to get its own traffic brigade
Parth Shastri,
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BRTS skips, hops for that perfect run
Paul John, AHMEDABAD: As the day to launch BRTS draws closer, a series of trial runs of the buses on the corridor have revealed several glitches. This includes mixed traffic behaviour, that may pose a problem during regular runs of the buses.
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Star tortoises meet gory end on roads
Kumar Manish, TNN 20 July 2009, 03:35am IST AHMEDABAD: These starred beauties have become the latest road accident victims as they're slow-footed and difficult to spot. We're talking about star tortoises, named so because of the radiating star pattern on their shells.
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14 BRTS buses ply city roads on trial run
AHMEDABAD: For the first time on Wednesday, about 14 BRTS buses were operated on the corridor on a schedule table. The bus frequency was fixed at a bus every five minutes and then taken to three to four minutes during peak hour timings.
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Facing monsoon woes? Send an SMS
AHMEDABAD: For those whose vehicles get stuck in the rains while on their way home or office or who are unable to venture out of their homes because of waterlogging in their areas, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has established helplines for immediate redressal. The system called Jansuvidha would update you on your mobile phone about the status of your complaints.
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Pirana dumping ground to turn oasis
Ahmedabad : A mountain of filth will soon get transformed into an oasis. In an ambitious plan, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is developing Pirana dumping site into a green zone. They are also considering setting up an entertainment zone in the area.
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2 more swine flu cases in city
AHMEDABAD : Two more suspected cases of swine flu tested positive for H1N1 in Ahmedabad taking the total number of positive cases in city to four.
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40-yr-old trees axed, AMC clueless
AHMEDABAD: Passers-by were taken aback when they were asked to stop on busy road from Thaltej to Shilaj on Wednesday. The reason, they later realised, was cutting down of 30-year-old trees. When they asked why the axing job was on, men at work cited official orders.