Ahmedabad: When JNNURM was launched by Government of India, Ahmedabad BRTS was first-of-its-kind in the country. For the first six months, we were hunting for an agency in this country that could appraise our project.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi has promised to review and modify the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor project, which it alleges has worsened traffic congestion in parts of the national capital and raised protests from citizens and town planners.
Vijayawada, Nov. 14: The much-awaited Bus Rapid Transport System which was supposed to have been started this month, will take a longer time to hit the road.
Thanks to the foreign tour of the VMC commissioner, Mr P.S. Pradyumna, he learnt about implementing BRTS and realised that more infrastructural changes have to made for it in Vijayawada.
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited has awarded the contract to Wilbur Smith Associates for preparing a feasibility report for the four circular bus corridors in Chennai and the detailed project report for the first leg of this Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), which starts from Adyar and extends up to Porur through Ramavaram.
One among three bidders
Sustained economic growth and increasing affluence in urban areas have enabled more people to afford cars, motorcycles, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). The preference for personal mobility has prevailed over public transportation, the latter being in a generally degenerated state.
As urbanization gathers pace in India, personal transport is among the priorities (for access and mobility), especially since mass transport is often not available or is of poor quality. To summarize, public transport and its clever use could bring us many advantages
