Trip-end models for the city of Thane in Maharashtra have been developed based on data from Thane Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) study carried out in 2000. Each zone in the study area was either classified as a Residential or a Central Business District (CBD) zone, and separate models were developed for trip productions and attractions for both the zonal classifications.
After stiff opposition from activists, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has scrapped its ambitious project of conducting the tree census through Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Information System (GIS). Instead, it is now planning to opt for the manual census done with the help of digital photography.
Mumbai After Mumbai, its satellite cities like Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan that are opting for low-floor and air-conditioned (AC) buses. Low floor buses which are handicap-friendly were first introduced by the BEST in June 2005 following a High Court order in response to the PIL pertaining to the problems faced by physically challenged people.
Who will foot the bill Rs 275.70 crore: cost of 52 km cycle track Rs 96.50 crore: expected assistance from the Centre Rs 41.36 crore: Maharashtra government
An 82-km cycle track to connect residential areas of the Mumbai suburb, 52 km in the kitty Pravin Pandurang Mandavkar, 24, serves vada-pav in the Thane Municipal Corporation canteen. Everyday, he commutes from his house in Kharegaon, seven kilometres away, on his bicycle. The daily commute, he said, is cumbersome and unsafe given the heavy traffic on the seven-kilometre stretch
Thane residents say no to waste tax RESIDENTS of Thane city are not willing to pay tax for the garbage that goes out of their homes each day. The Thane Municipal Corporation in November 2008 had proposed a nominal solid waste tax for scientific disposal of garbage. The target was to collect Rs 3.16 crore a year. But the civic body gave in to pressure from corporators and people who were
