Public Transport

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …

CM may look at BRT during Beijing visit

Facing flak at home over the BRT fiasco, chief minister Sheila Dikshit is now looking eastwards for inspiration. Dikshit, along with four city government officials, is all set to fly to Beijing later this month and officials say a trip to the Beijing BRT to see how it is working …

BRTS faces delay, diesel buses a way to go?

The September 2008 deadline for launching phase-1 of the BRTS is unlikely to be met as bidding for the bus services will be conducted afresh. Although officials are still confident that the bus services would be launched by the end of 2008, in the first stretch from RTO to Pirana, …

Delhi Metro railway a global model for urban transport

Commending the performance of the Delhi Metro railway and the high standards its has set for other transport services to emulate, Union Urban Development Secretary M. Ramachandran on Saturday said the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had emerged as a model for urban transport globally. Speaking at the 14th Foundation Day …

Transport chief says BRTs on hold, not scrapped

Despite the public outcry against the bus rapid transit (BRT) system, the transport department reiterated that the work on other BRT corridors has been put on hold and not scrapped. The work on the these corridors will begin soon after the problems on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand Nagar corridor are solved. …

Will BRTS become an urban disaster?

The way to go: A dedicated bus carriageway will ensure optimum usage of public transport. According to a recent news report Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL) has decided to take up the Adyar River Front Project as the first part of the Rs. 2,300-crore Chennai Circular Corridor. …

Bluelines banned on BRT corridor

The transport department of the Delhi government today banned the movement of Blueline buses on much-criticised BRT corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand and deployed additional low-floor buses on it. Delhi transport minister Haroon Yusuf said that this had been done to make the movement of buses smooth as earlier …

Now, BRT faces RTI bump

The controversial Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor project has now been challenged under the Right to Information Act(RTI). UndertheRTIAct2004,the home ministry has been questioned which are the agencies and departments and officials responsible for clearing the project. It has also been asked what is the basis on which the project …

BRT corridor finds takers now

With the Delhi Government ordering phasing out of Blueline buses from the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridor with effect from Thursday, most commuters travelling on the new stretch had something to cheer about. Not only was the bus lane free of traffic on Thursday, the Delhi Transport Corporation's …

Same story on corridor, no end to chaos

Thursday presented a now familiar picture of chaos and congestion at the 5.6 kilometre-long BRT stretch. While traffic pile-ups showed no signs of abating, despite certain traffic marshals claiming that they had reduced, numerous motorists plied in wrong lanes with no threat of penalty. Pedestrians, meanwhile, continued to cross helter …

BIG ROAD TRAUMA

With no feeders, BRT goes nowhere We asked our readers if they would dump their cars to take buses in the BRT corridor. A majority of them have rejected the idea saying the entire project is unjustified and unwanted and should be scrapped immediately No one can dare to dump …

To save corridor, Rs 200 cr may be spent on flyover

Pilot Stretch Cost About Rs 60 Cr, Cure More Expensive The state government is determined to continue its dreary plod along the BRT. It has asked the transport department and DIMTS to make it work at any cost, even consider options like constructing a Rs 200-odd crore flyover to buttress …

Rush-hour accident could have taken a heavy toll

A DTC bus crashed into a bus shelter near Press Enclave on the pilot BRT corridor on Thursday. Said Anil Kumar Gupta, a traffic marshal who witnessed the incident:

Bus rams into BRT stand, drivers blame faulty design

A bus packed with commuters, a narrow corridor with little space to manoeuvre and people running to a bus stop located in the middle of the road

AC buses to beat corridor heat

There is some respite coming the way for commuters stuck in unending traffic jams on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor. By the end of the week, five airconditioned buses will start plying on four routes traversing the length of the 5.6 km long corridor. Incidentally, this is the …

Another flyover to ease BRT mess

Desperate Govt Proposes Road Widening, Grade Separator & Intelligent Traffic Signals At their wit's end in dealing with the heavy traffic volume on the BRT corridor which continues to be marked by jams and delays, the government has initiated a slew of measures to make the corridor work at any …

Despite CMs promise, work on BRT continues

Angry over the mess in the BRT corridor and the mounting opposition to it in an election year, CM Sheila Dikshit had announced that work on the rest of the stretch and the other proposed five corridors would be discontinued till the glitches were removed from the pilot stretch. But …

UDM panel to make BRT 'flawless'

With an obstinate Government going ahead with the Bus Rapid Transport system disregarding growing unrest against the project, unhappy Union Urban Development Ministry has stepped in to put tough questions to the patrons of the controversial plan. The Ministry has asked the Delhi Government to remove glitches and apprehensions pertaining …

T20 match, BRT work gag traffic on BSZ Marg

Coupled with the ongoing construction of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor on BSZ Marg and the Delhi T20 match at Feroz Shah Kotla grounds on Wednesday, traffic came to standstill with commuters gasping for breathing space. A senior traffic official was apprehensive that situation would worsen when the corridor …

Commuters flout traffic rules to protest against glitches

Post-BRT corridor the commuters travelling between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand section have started giving a damn care attitude towards the road and traffic signals. While the Government has expressed its obstinacy in not restoring the road structure of 5.8 km between Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand, commuters too have resorted to …

Sounds like a plan? (Editorial)

The illogic of Delhi's botched BRTS experiment One of the brains behind Delhi's BRTS (bus rapid transit system) has temporarily had to relinquish the privilege of driving around in a Mercedes. With so many countries in the world, there are bound to be precedents somewhere. We have been told that …

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