The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Sindh government has planned to introduce Bus Rapid Transit System in the province initially in Karachi in the first phase costing Rs 450 million. This system successfully functions in 28 countries of world including Iran, Japan, Turkey, China, Malaysia and India. After the success of Bus Rapid Transit System in …
NEW DELHI: Starting April 30, the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor from Moolchand to Ambedkar Nagar willbe made a 'normal' road for at least a week, sources say. This will be done as part of the six-week study by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) that started early this month …
New Delhi: About 40 students of Class XII and some members of the faculty of The Indian School marched along a BRT carriageway in protest against the corridor on Friday morning. As the school is along the corridor, many students are affected by it, said protesters. Focusing primarily on pollution, …
The crucial scientific study on the effectiveness of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor enters the second phase with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) conducting an opinion poll from Saturday. Starting April 21, the expert body will take the feedback from regular users of the Corridor and will gauge …
New Delhi: You would have never imagined that travelling on the BRT corridor could get more frustrating. But as a single day’s experiment proved, placing all signals on automatic mode resulted in spiraling jams, especially at the Chirag Dilli intersection. As Central Road Research Institute conducts its study on BRT …
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party is trying to cash in on its recent victory in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls with its manifesto projecting the party as the best alternative to Congress and BJP, which have dominated governance in the capital’s municipality for decades. The upbeat party has fielded candidates on …
New Delhi: More than a fortnight after the Delhi high court ordered the Delhi government to conduct a fresh study of the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor at Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand, the framework of the survey has been finalized. The study, to be conducted by Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), will …
The need of the hour is to encourage and strengthen the public transport so that there are few private vehicles in the city. A lack of reliable public transport is forcing citizens to buy vehicles of their own for faster commute. The latest transport statistics has revealed that there are …
If BRT corridor was meant to be a panacea for the never ending traffic woes and ever increasing automobile pollution of the national Capital, it failed in its objective. The idling time at the Chirag Dilli intersection on BRT corridor is double the time vehicles spend idling at ITO, perceived …
International Energy Agency in partnership with EMBARQ has launched this comprehensive global database of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems from over 130 cities and includes Delhi, Ahmedabad, Pune & Jaipur from India. The International Energy Agency (IEA), in partnership with EMBARQ, a division of the World Resources Institute (WRI), has …
BJP MP Chandan Mitra on Tuesday blasted the Delhi government for ignoring a high court order to put on hold the implementation of the 5.8-km BRT corridor in south Delhi, which was “causing enormous suffering” to people. While ordering a fresh study on the viability of the BRT scheme, the …
Following a Delhi High Court order, Delhi government has decided to carry out a fresh study on the BRT corridor’s utility. The study will be carried out by Central Roads Research Institute (CRRI). The institute will be given six weeks to complete the study. The terms of reference for the …
New Delhi: A week after the Delhi high court ordered the city government to carry out a fresh study on the effectiveness of the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, Central Road Research Institute has been approached to conduct the study. A senior government official said, “A basic level meeting has …
Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Thursday accused the Delhi Government of “unscrupulously” spending “the hard-earned money of the people of Delhi” on the Bus Rapid Transit corridor, which the Delhi High Court now wants it to review. In a statement, the senior BJP leader …
Almost 97 per cent of the commuters on the Capital's bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, barring those using red beacon vehicles and buses, have strongly demanded an urgent review of the corridor to ensure safe and smooth traffic flow, reveals a new survey by the Associated Chambers of Commerce & …
Expert body to oversee if the experiment could be a success The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Government to allow four-wheelers and three-wheelers to ply on the 5.7-km-long BRT corridor on an experimental basis under the observation of an expert body to see whether these vehicles could …
NEW DELHI: Private vehicles may soon be allowed to run on the dedicated bus lanes of the BRT on a temporary basis. The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered a fresh study on the effectiveness of the BRT corridor, asking the government to throw open the bus lanes to private …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took a tough stand on the controversial BRT corridor in the Capital and emphasized on immediate steps to ease the traffic flow on the stretch. A division bench headed by the acting Chief Justice AK Sikri rejected the contention of the Delhi Government that …
Rejecting the Delhi government’s contention that public opinion on using BRT corridor was positive, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that a study on its feasibility and other aspects of vehicular traffic needed to be conducted afresh. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv …
New Delhi: Built to promote public transport, the bus rapid transit corridor (BRT) was touted as a “green corridor” by the Delhi government when it came up in 2008. The idea was that increased usage of public transport would bring down reliability on private vehicles, and thus the resultant emissions, …
