| 'A'bad BRTS is going in the right direction' | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Known as the 'Man of Plan' for his role as mayor in transforming Bogota - once infested with crime, drugs and pollution - into a city that now is celebrated worldwide as a model of urban renewal, Enrique Penalosa gave Ahmedabad the idea of a high quality Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in 2004. On his second visit to the city half a decade later, Penalosa, now president of the board of directors of Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), tells Vinay Umarji how he finds the |
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| Subir Roy: Meeting the urban challenge effectively | 11-NOV-09 |
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| The only positive change visible in Indian cities indicating that policy and action to meet the urban challenge are moving in the right direction is the significant number of shiny, new low-floor buses funded by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). |
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| Lessons to make BRT work | 01-NOV-09 |
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| A year and a half after the chaotic launch of bus rapid transit in Delhi, BRT has been introduced in Ahmedabad to an altogether different reception. As several other cities are pursuing similar projects it is necessary to compare the two and learn useful lessons which can take the idea forward. The two projects may bear the same name but they are quite different in many ways. BRT was introduced in Delhi on a very busy section already extensively used by public transport. |
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| Ahmedabad BRTS rolls out successfully | 26-OCT-09 |
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| While the Delhi bus rapid transit system (BRTS) is recovering after running into various problems during its launch and after, a similar system in Ahmedabad rolled out successfully earlier this month, after a series of dry runs. |
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| India's first full-fledged BRT system launched in Ahmedabad | 15-OCT-09 |
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| Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), touted as the country's first such full fledged project, was launched on Wednesday. With the launch, the city now gets around 25 BRTS buses plying on a 12.5 km stretch from RTO to Chandranagar of the total 55 km of phase one. At a project cost of Rs 80 crore, the 12.5 km long first section of phase one was launched by Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat from Chandranagar. |
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| UK economic contraction slows; GDP falls 0.7% in Q2 | 28-AUG-09 |
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| The recession-hit British economy shrank less than expected at 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of this year, indicating that the worst of the financial turmoil could well be over for the country. |
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| Useful BRT | 27-FEB-09 |
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| The BJP has been opposing the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) in Delhi, claiming it has slowed traffic in parts of the capital, but the party appears to have changed its mind. Or has it? At a discussion on the Taliban’s victory in the Swat valley and how this is just five miles away from the border, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit could put some more distance between Swat and the border. “Build a BRT and that will make it eight hours away,” Jaitley told party members. |
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| 'Our win is a big victory for BRT' | 11-JAN-09 |
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| Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit tells SREELATHA MENON that the Centre can continue to handle the city's law and order situation but should reform the police system. |
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| PMC unveils Rs 19k cr plan to revamp public transport | 26-JUN-08 |
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Taking a serious note of severe criticism over Pune's traffic and transportation by various companies, industrial giants and even NASSCOM, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) seems to have decided to revamp its transportation infrastructure. |
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| Editorial: Get BRT right | 23-MAY-08 |
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The bus rapid transit (BRT) system introduced on a single stretch in Delhi has got off to a bad start, but over a dozen cities that are keen on it have already started to receive funding from the union urban development ministry. |
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