BMTC service on a three-month trial run
eye-catching: The BMTC electric bus that was launched in the City on Thursday. DH photo

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) on Thursday launched the much-awaited India’s first electric bus — BYD K9 in the City for a trial period of three months.

In what seems to be curtains for the much-appreciated green initiative of KSRTC, the State-run corporation is no longer able to run its buses on biofuel, thanks to the Ministry of Petroleum changin

Euro III model buses have started plying Pokhara roads from today.

The State Cabinet on Monday is learnt to have given its nod for purchase of 987 buses for two state-run transport corporations at a cost of Rs 429 crore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewa

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will lay the foundation stone of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus service on February 28.

Land losers demand more compensation; acquisition delayed

If everything goes by the plans of the officials of Hubli-Dharwad Bus Rapid Transit System (H-D BRTS), the people commuting between Hubli and Dharwad will be able to travel by swanky buses; alight and board at ultra-modern bus stands and reach their destinations in less than 30 minutes.

A common Delhiite spends almost two to three hours a day battling traffic snarls.

The Punjab government will inaugurate the Rs34.08-billion Metro Bus Service project on February 28 even though it has not conducted a feasibility study of the project or prepared the mandatory Envi

Aim is to ensure that funds do not lapse

The State has decided to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to operate and manage the buses procured with 80 per cent financial assistance from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

One of the ten recommendations suggested for safe operations of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on the Ahmednagar-Alandi Road by IIT Bombay's safety audit report is minimal bus-to-platform gap.

Referring to wide gaps found during normal operations in the BRT systems in other large cities in Asia and America, the report recommended that during the trial run of the BRTS on this route in the city, this safety aspect should be carefully looked into.