Private stage carriage bus operators across the country ferry 150 million people daily! With a majority of them operating in the non-urban sector, these operators provide critical and affordable public transport linkages across the regions. However, the rising fuel (diesel/ CNG) prices significantly threaten their current business. This issue brief …
The IEA Bioenergy has published a report, titled "Fuel and Technology Alternatives for Buses: Overall Energy Efficiency and Emission Performance," which assesses the emissions reductions potential and fuel efficiency of various fuels for urban buses, and finds that replacing fossil fuels with efficient biofuels is most effective in reducing greenhouse …
Commerce and Industries Minister Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that Global Investors Summit to be held at Indore in October will prove to be a milestone in Madhya Pradesh’s development. Shri Vijayvargiya was reviewing preparations for the summit at Indore today. Shri Vijayvargiya took stock of major development works being …
Govt Adopts Ostrich-Like Stance To Guard Project It Has Set Its Heart On New Delhi: In its desperation to save its ill-conceived and poorly executed BRT project, Delhi government is now shooting the messenger. It has not only questioned the study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) but …
AHMEDABAD: On demand bus schedules on SMS, bus ticket top-ups over internet, GPS-based surveillance, and an efficient e-ticketing system. No, it's not a wish list. Rather, it's a list of promises made to Amdavadis three years back, on the launch of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). The citizens were assured …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi Government to apprise it by July 23 of its views on the Central Road Research Institute’s recommendation to open up the BRT corridor to vehicles other than buses to ease traffic jam along the dedicated stretch. Taking a contrary view to …
Notwithstanding the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) criticising the BRT corridor in south Delhi, the Delhi government on Tuesday resolved not to scrap it and hinted that it would undertake more such projects. Delhi chief secretary P.K. Tripathi said government was determined to go ahead with the project as the …
Modern stations and facilities to open at B’lore and Mysore Home and Transport Minister R Ashoka said on Friday that 13,000 BMTC buses will be operating in Bangalore city within the next decade. Ashoka was speaking after laying the foundation for a new bus station in Yelahanka old town, and …
New Delhi The Delhi government on Monday approved a proposal to introduce 1,552 more buses into the cluster bus service being operated by private operators under PPP model in the national Capital. Government officials said the bus service in four clusters — six, seven, eight and nine — would start …
Cabinet approves the buses under Clusters 6, 7, 8 and 9 The Delhi Cabinet on Monday paved the way for increasing the number of buses plying under the cluster scheme in Delhi to 3,000 by permitting the implementation of four new clusters. Following the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit …
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking will design and manage parking lots in the city. The transport and infrastructure planning think-tank set up by the state government, the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), has asked the BEST to take charge of parking of vehicles and the funds generated …
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday flagged off 826 buses on 304 routes across the State, through videoconferencing from the Secretariat, and handed over the keys for seven buses to the drivers. While the first bus was operated from the CM’s constituency Srirangam to Trivandrum, buses on seven routes, including …
In an attempt to speed up the phasing out of Blueline buses and to replace the fleet with the cluster bus service, the Sunehri Nallah Depot on Lodhi Road was inaugurated and 14 buses flagged off from here on Wednesday. The depot having a capacity of 220 buses will also …
On World Environment Day, this report card from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) warns that Delhi's air pollution and congestion crisis will worsen this decade if urgent action is not taken and calls for radical improvements in public transport. On this World Environment Day, Centre for Science and Environment …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan will be the first state in the country where global positioning system (GPS) would be installed in around 1,000 buses of the state-owned Rajasthan State Roadways Corporation (RSRTC). The installation process would begin from Tuesday onwards. This system will not only enable the authorities to keep a track …
The BMTC has decided to run 150 more Volvo buses to IT corridors from various destinations in the City. Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on ‘Doubling public transport share: A thrust to make public transport a choice for every citizen’ on Thursday, Principal Secretary for Transport P B …
Changes in traffic flow at Chirag Dilli, Siri Fort intersections The flow of traffic between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand along the Capital's much talked about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will revert to the original lane system from Wednesday. The Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS), which operates the …
New Delhi: The BRT corridor is back with the Delhi integrated multi-modal transit system. However, DIMTS officials said signal cycles would go back to the original format only after the rest of the bus rapid transit corridor is restored to the previous state. While officially there is no word on …
Inter State Truck Terminus also in pipeline SHILLONG: In a move which could slightly ease the traffic congestion in the city, the Planning Commission “in principle” has approved the much awaited Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT). Informing this here recently, Transport Minister AT Mondal said that following the approval, the …
The real grit of the Delhi Traffic Police and other agencies monitoring the experimental run for mixed vehicular usage on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor will be put to test on Monday, the first working day post the commencement of the pilot study. Overwhelmed with the postive response received …
60 new buses connecting metro stations every 15 minutes Commuters in the satellite towns of Gurgaon and Faridabad have reason to rejoice with the Haryana Roadways agreeing to introduce feeder buses connecting these towns to major metro railway stations in the Capital. The service has become operational with close to …
