BMTC in talks with Palike for its bus rapid transport project

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is making an all-out effort to woo more people to use public transport even as it continues to transport more than 50 per cent of City

By Abhay Khairnar | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning to introduce a full-fledged intelligent traffic system (ITS) with the help of private parties to keep a close eye on signal violations and those impinging on the exclusive BRTS (bus rapid transport system) routes in the city.

Standing committee chairman Arvind Shinde and municipal commissioner Mahe

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Ahmedabad: Travelling from Shivranjani to Kankaria in a bus will soon be as cool as riding in an airconditioned car.

Ahmedabad: As a developing and expanding city, Ahmedabad should now concentrate on transit oriented development and plan towards multi-modal transportation as a key to planning new zones within its limits.
Deputy administrator of the US department of transportation Therese McMillan, who was on a whirlwind visit to Ahmedabad took an overview of the BRTS system in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
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JAIPUR: The Jaipur City Transport Service Limited, established in the Rajasthan Capital recently under the Bus Rapid Transit System scheme, has bagged the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Urban Mobility Award-2010 for new technological applications and innovations.

State Transport Minister Braj Kishore Sharma received the award from Union Urban Development Minister S.

Jaipur. Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Jaipur has excelled in innovation, ahead of similar urban transport projects in the country. The project was awarded the Overall Excellence in Urban Transport at the Urban Mobility India 2010 Conference and Expo on Sunday.

The newly-introduced Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Jaipur has become a national benchmark for management of mass transport systems in India. The Rajasthan government was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Mobility Award-2010 by the Union government on Sunday.

Ahmedabad: After winning accolades from world over, the Ahmedabad BRTS has won another national honour.

JNNURM low-floor services to 10 mofussil towns

For comfy travel:Minister for Transport Jose Thettayil flagging off air-conditioned, low-floor buses procured under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission in the city Tuesday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As many as 10 air-conditioned, low-floor Volvo buses, procured by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, under the Jawaharlal Nehru