Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system seems to have become an orphan with the Delhi Integrated Multi Transit System (DIMTS) and the Delhi Traffic Police refusing to take it over. A meeting held by the Transport department to sort the matter out between DIMTS and the Delhi Traffic Police has …
The Delhi Government has identified five modules of public transport system for the Capital. According to Economic Survey of Delhi 2008-09, it has identified Monorail, Metro, Bus Rapid Transit System, Integrated Rail Bus Transport and Light Rail Transport (LRT) system as the components of a multi-model transit system. While work …
AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL), the governing body for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) operations, is wasting no time in purchasing 480 buses to run on feeder and main routes. The proposal for purchasing the buses has to be sent to the Union urban development ministry to avail the rolling …
Mumbai: Mumbai may have its own skywalk, which no other Indian city can boast of, but it is by no means a pedestrian-friendly city. A study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Delhi's "walkability" points out that even though 40% of the city's population takes "pedestrian trips", the …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: In a city where one-third of the population walks to work, the roads and walkways are anything but pedestrian-friendly and present a pathetic story of neglect and worse, according to a new survey of Delhi roads carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment. …
This latest CSE press release highlights the findings on how walkable are the Indian cities. It exposes the startling fact that even today one third of Delhi
New Delhi: The state cabinet on Monday gave its nod to DTC to purchase 1,000 semi low floor buses. DTC has been asked to expedite the procurement of these buses. This is a divergence from the earlier decision to procure only low floor buses and officials say it was necessitated …
Some of the most important technical innovations in the transportation field have nothing to do with vehicle technology or alternative fuels. Rather, they involve the way bus services are operated and infrastructure is used to optimize their speed, comfort, and capacity. The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has helped to …
A Direct Ridership Model (DRM) for predicting Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) patronage in Southern California is estimated. Attributes of bus stops and their surroundings constitute the data observations of the DRM, enabling a fairly fine?resolution of analysis to be carried out on factors that influence ridership. The best?fitting DRM revealed …
Mumbai The state government, working on the Bus Rapid Transit System, that aims at bringing down the number of private vehicles in the city will have a tough time convincing private-vehicle users to shift to public transport, says a study. Consulting Engineering Studies (CES), the appointed consultant for the project, …
AHMEDABAD: Just a month and a half before its launch, the much-awaited BRTS is facing a damning problem. Rather than a cause for cheer, the closed corridor system of BRTS has resulted into displeasure for residents and commuters. People have broken the corridor at many points and even protested against …
AHMEDABAD: For the time being, Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) has stalled all repairs on the fractured BRTS corridors. But in a month's time, when BRTS buses get ready to roll on the corridor, AJL warns of heavy fines and stringent measures if residents do not respect the corridor. "We will …
Ahmedabad : On its trial run, the long-awaited BRTS bus attracted immense attention, arresting the traffic in a jam on Friday evening. Curious commuters stopped to look at BRTS, which started from RTO Circle negotiating heaps of rubble, incomplete roads and vehicles, clocking exactly 37 minutes to cover 12.5 km …
Hyderabad, May 15: The APSRTC has decided to introduce 1,500 low floor buses in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. The low floor buses are safer since they have no steps, have large sliding windows, handle bars, pneumatic doors and more space for standing passengers. They are expected to improve accessibility and …
Ahmedabad : A five-member team from Tanzania will get a firsthand look at the ongoing Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project in the city. The team is on a study tour in preparation for launching Dar Rapid Transit (DART), a similar system in East Africa. The DART team has already …
Ahmedabad : Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) will start its official bus operation trials from Friday. Though the trials will take place in phases, they will include training of drivers and cover all aspects of bus operations on the BRTS corridor. On Tuesday, AJL ran a bus along the bus corridor …
