BRT 2nd phase to begin now
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08/05/2008
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Tribune (New Delhi)
After having identified the glitches which had caused chaos during the trial run of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand last month, the Delhi government is now all set to start work on the second phase between Moolchand and Delhi Gate. This decision was taken at a high-level meeting last evening in which all the stake holders participated and analysed the reasons for the fiasco on the experimental stretch which had forced the Delhi government to put all the other BRT projects on hold. Officials said that after regular monitoring of the situation by experts and senior officials of the transport department of the Delhi government on the orders of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, it was concluded that the biggest impediment in the smooth running of the corridor was the location of the bus lanes right in the centre of the road. This obviously caused considerable problems because passengers were forced to cross the other lanes to reach the bus stops, causing traffic snarls. It was decided that in the second phase, the bus lane would be kept to the extreme left making it easier for the passengers to access the stops. Also the bus lane would not be segregated by a concrete wall as was done in the case of the Ambedkar Nagar