A few days ago, when I was wondering about the relentless pressure we face to be fit, feeling there had to be a scam somewhere, I happened upon a book that gave me an ‘aha’ moment. Since long I have been noting that it is less and less possible to …
CHENNAI: Cycle lanes will be created by Chennai Corporation to promote cycling and control vehicular pollution and fuel consumption. To attract tourists to the Marina beach, the civic body would provide cycles on rent during weekends. It would also conduct a study for urban redevelopment of T. Nagar. A firm, …
Commuting can become an ordeal when the summer hits its peak. This year there is a way to beat the heat while commuting in the city even if you do not own an air-conditioned vehicle of your own. The air-conditioned fleet of Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), comprising 10 Volvo buses, …
Haryana has submitted the complete transportation plan for increasing both rail and road connectivity besides recommendations for augmentation of power and upgradation of technical training institutes to the Central Government for accelerated development under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir discussed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project …
Dug up roads, rows of barricades, traffic diversions and slow vehicular movement, if this explains the state of many roads in the city where metro railway is scheduled to pass though, the scene will be drastically different when the gleaming carriages roll out on its tracks. The Delhi Metro Rail …
The Delhi Transport Department failed to realise more than Rs.32 crore as charges for mandatory fitness checking for renewal of registration of commercial vehicles during 2006-07. It also put the lives of the citizens in danger with nearly one lakh vehicles plying without valid fitness certificates. According to the report …
A delegation of the Mission Bypass Forum (MBF) of Curchorem met government officials on Wednesday, urging them to resolve the dust pollution and traffic congestion problems faced by people of Curchorem and Sanvordem. Quepem Deputy Police Superintendent Rohidas Patre assured the delegation that he would convene a meeting with the …
25 With just a week left for the Bus Rapid Transit System to open for the public, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit went for an early morning spin on the corridor today. The CM said she found some "glitches' on the corridor and made a slew of recommendations to her officers, …
The allocation for transport has been increased by nearly Rs 900 crore in this year's budget. But the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which had featured prominently in last year's budget speech
The transport department of Delhi put 50 low -floor -high capacity buses on five-km -trial run in the high corridor today from Ambedkar Nagar. The passed off without any difficulty. The Ambedkar Nagar to Delhi Gate corridor will be completed till April 2008. The decision to construct the corridor was …
Luxury bus services in Santiniketan-Kolkata route, ~ a sight that had only been a dream earlier for the locals and Santiniketan-bound tourists, is now a reality. Thanks to Sriniketan Santiniketan Development Authority and the South Bengal State Transport Corporation for their initiatives, jumbo-size Starbuses now will carry passengers from Santiniketan …
In the near future, motorists in Ahmedabad will have to spend less time at traffic signals and have a smooth flow of traffic at busy traffic junctions. Caution for the traffic rule violators
It's official now. You can expect to take a monorail through the congested lanes of the Walled City or hop onto a tram running at road level to catch an event at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the C o m m o n we a l t h Games. The …
In an unexpected finale to their keenness to have a bigger say on 2010 Commonwealth Games-related projects, all four members of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC) team, led by chief Charles Correa, put in their papers on Wednesday. This was ostensibly done as a mark of protest against the …
There is some respite at last. Disturbed by the growing popular anger over the manner in which the Bus Rapid Transit corridor has been conceived and is being implemented, CM Sheila Dikshit is learned to have ordered the six other BRT corridors be put on hold until the first phase …
New Delhi: A new river bridge coming up on the Yamuna, connecting Geeta Colony with Shanti Van, is likely to be thrown open for traffic by April. For east Delhi residents, the commissioning of the project will provide an alternative route to the heart of the city
