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 entire road network adjoining the corridor is congested as motorists try to find an escape route The effect of the fiveday jam session on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor is now being felt on the entire road network of the area. Even as the movement of traffic …
No Conflict Of Interest, Insist Experts As questions are being raised vigorously by citizens' groups, traffic experts and MPs across party lines over the controversial BRT corridor, what seems to have slipped notice is that the patrons of the IIT-Delhi department behind the concept include bus manufacturing majors Volvo and …
After spending several gruelling hours under a hot on Thursday sun monitoring the traffic flow on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand Bus rapid transit system (BRTS) corridor, officials worked hard to sort out glitches, especially after chief minister Sheila Dikshit's veiled threat to scrap the new bus corridor. Delhi's transport minister Haroon …
The government has decided to widen the road at Press Enclave and acquire land near Chirag Dilli village by covering the drain to ease traffic on the Bus Rapid Transit corridor. The decision comes after three days of traffic nightmare on the 5.6-km stretch. Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta said …
The Delhi Government is hunting desperately for a fig leaf after the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) fiasco. The Centre has washed its hand of, while the Chief Minister is trying hard to fix responsibility for a system that has left the capital city with massive traffic jams just in its …
Outrage over the illconceived BRT corridor rocked Parliament on Tuesday with members cutting across party affiliations protesting against the hardship inflicted on commuters in south Delhi by thoughtless planners. No sooner had nominated member Chandan Mitra raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha, than members vented their anger at the …
The BRT corridor has gone bust. Yes, that's the resounding message from two days of chaotic trials on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand stretch. What else can explain the decision of a panicky government to let in taxis and autos into the corridor dedicated to buses! If the BRT architects are willing …
Govt May Allow Multi-Passenger Vehicles In Bus Lane Soon The dedicated bus corridor may just lose its exclusivity a little more. With the first two disastrous days of the BRT trial run over, there are already thoughts within the government of allowing more than just emergency vehicles inside the bus …
On the eve of Earth Day, Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan on Monday appealed to the people to protest against the controversial new Bus Rapid Transit corridor by taking out candlelight marches across Delhi. One such procession would also be taken out by the Delhi BJP on the 5.6-km Ambedkar …
The Delhi government has procured a digital map to track the movement of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses that will initially run on four selected routes in the city. As reported by this newspaper for the first time, the draft has been prepared by Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit …
The trial run on the first 5.6-km section of the highly controversial Bus Rapid Transit Corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand Hospital in South Delhi would begin from April 22. To begin with, 20 new low-floor buses would be pressed into service on this section. Disclosing this on Wednesday, Delhi …
In 2007 Guangzhou, a city of 10 million, carried out the detailed engineering design and some preliminary road works of a Bus Rapid Transit system which is likely to be operational late in 2008. Planned by ITDP together with the Guangzhou Municipal Technology Development Corporation, Guangzhou
Dakar, Senegal, like many cities around the world, faces an increasingly intractable transportation crisis. The motor vehicle fleet in Dakar is growing at over 8% per year. Though only 10% of the population in Dakar owns a car, this small, wealthier group consumes the vast majority of the city
Projected to be the fifth-largest city in the world by 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia has faced growing challenges in the traffic congestion and harmful pollution that result from the increasing use of cars and motorcycles.
