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 …
Almost coinciding with the complete phase-out of the Blueline buses, the introduction of Cluster-One low-floor buses would take place on the 32 routes of South Delhi from the end of January 2011, Delhi Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Monday during a demonstration of these buses at Delhi Secretariat. …
Rest of the bus fleet to be phased out by this coming January Another 389 buses to go off the roads by December end and the remaining 840 in January NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government on Tuesday announced a new deadline for complete phase-out of Blueline buses from the Capital's …
With the High Court directing to cancel the notification issued by the district administration for the acquisition of three acre land belonging to Agriculture University in Madikeri, the process of constructing a private bus stand by the CMC will receive a set back. S P Mahadevappa and three others had …
Marking the Foundation Day of the State, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will dedicate the Kushabhau Thakre Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) to the residents on Monday. The Chief Minister will also flag off a fleet of 105 standard low-floor buses, which will commence plying on the newly developed Bus Rapid …
MUMBAI: BEST is likely to come out with a "deficit" budget on Friday with the transport undertaking, incurring losses to the tune of Rs 505 crore in 2009-'10. The budget will be presented by general manager Om Prakash Gupta before the BEST committee. The BEST runs India's largest fleet of …
This is the first comprehensive review of 13 modernized bus systems in 13 Latin American and Asian cities. It highlights common hurdles, problems encountered and positive lessons learnt in implementing BRT and citywide bus systems. This report presents the first comprehensive review of major bus improvements in 13 Latin America …
When the city is burning under the scorching sun, 50 air-conditioned buses are cooling their wheels in a slushy field.The Tata buses, acquired by the state transport department under JNNURM, are stranded in Barasat since April because conditions set by the government have kept potential operators away.
A large number of people in Guwahati city use the public transport system everyday to get to work etc. This paper aims at studying the characteristics of the existing public transport system in Guwahati city and identifying the problems and issues in the system.
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking plans to start corridor bus services in Mumbai connecting the city, suburbs and Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The plan, according to BEST officials, will help the undertaking to provide a bus every 10 minutes. This will also create a corridor system …
Mumbai: Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses will sport a new look from early next year. Engineers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay are working on the new design, which will make the buses more efficient. According to Deepak Kapoor, vice-chairman and managing director, MSRTC, the present aluminium …
Although commuters are exposed to high air pollution concentrations, little quantitative information currently exists on differences in exposure from different modes of transport, routes, and fuel types. Zuurbier et al. (p. 783) measured exposures to particle number counts (PNCs) and particulate matter ? 2.5
Mumbai: Even as the ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress are all set to approve the proposed 14.92 km Vanaz-Ramwadi elevated metro rail project estimated to cost Rs1,948 crore, the 2008 Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) prepared for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has not been treated with the same …
