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Mini-bus proposal for Chennai puts hopes in top gear [1]

Panel to evaluate report which identified 100 routes

The city's residents may be keenly anticipating the launch of the metro and monorail services. But, the next big innovation in public transportation may yet turn out to be the return of the humble bus — one with a shorter wheelbase and about half the capacity of a normal Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus. The State government is in the process of reviewing a proposal to operate 200 mini-buses in a number of residential pockets in the city and its suburbs.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
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Chennai (T) [3], Buses [4], Mono Rail [5], Public Transport [6], Highways [7], Roads [8], Metro [9], Transport [10]
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