BMTC | Bangalore Metropolitan Bus Transport Corporation Updates

[Raghu0307]

Hi all,

Since we have threads on so many different sectors, how about having a seperate thread for BMTC. After the introduction of vayu vajra buses, and the now being experimented Marco poplo buses, with many TTMCs to come up, I thought this one deserves its own thread. Changes to the title of the thread or any suggestions, new posts, updates always welcome.

Raghu

[Raghu0307]

Originally Posted by Raghu0307

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Taming traffic TTMC way


Bengaluru,
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If things go according to plan, you may soon be able to leave your car or bike at a terminal and take a bus from there to your destination, avoiding the hassles of negotiating traffic and finding parking.

The Traffic Transit Management Centres planned for the city by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation could provide the solution to roads weighed down by vehicles and the daily traffic snarls commuters have become accustomed to.

The TTMCs may do the trick which magic boxes and flyovers have failed to, and improve traffic conditions in the city. According to experts, this would, however, depend on the percentage of people using these multipurpose terminals.

“The TTMC’s are huge empty areas where people can park their two-wheelers and four-wheelers and switch to public transport for commuting. If more people use the TTMCs for parking their vehicles and opt for public transport, it will automatically reduce traffic on the roads,” explains chairman of Traffic Engineering and Safety Trainers, M.N. Srihari.

Chief traffic manager (BMTC operations) Dastagir Shareif is confident about the positive impact of the TTMCs on the city. In his view they are bound to ease congestion on the roads and encourage people to take the bus to work. “The whole idea is to make commuters park their vehicles at the TTMC parking lots and take the bus to wherever they want to go. This will not only decongest roads, but also reduce air pollution due to vehicular effluents, lower the incidence of accidents and make commuting a pleasure,” adds Mr. Sharief.

In all, 45 locations have been identified for construction of TTMCs in the city. Phase one will see 10 TTMCs coming up in the city. Eleven more have been planned in phase two. Of the first lot of 10 TTMCs, eight have already been approved under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and are coming up at Jayanagar IV Block, Banashankari, Vijaynagar, Koramangala, Shantinagar, ITPL, Bannerghatta and Kengeri.

a post to start

[Krishnamoorthy K]

BANGALORE: One dedicated road stretch to connect the city centre to its airport, where commuters on various modes of transportation converge from across the city. And chaos, when the stretch gets choked by mass public movement, as the city witnessed recently. The possibilities are ominous enough to look for alternatives. For starters, the government is pushing to develop Hebbal as a transportation hub.

The idea is to offer a host of modal interchange options near the Hebbal flyover, which has become critical given Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) is at Devanahalli. The plan that has been doing the rounds for more than a year was again brought on the drawing board after the airport started functioning in 2008.

According to sources, a proposal to construct a traffic and transit management centre (TTMC) in Hebbal -- on the lines of centres planned in other parts of the city -- is gathering momentum. The model, whereby people enter the premises by one mode of transport and get out using another, has been used to good effect in cities worldwide. Bangalore is chanting the TTMC mantra rather late but traffic and transportation experts say Hebbal makes a perfect case for one.

M N Sreehari, traffic expert and adviser to the government, says the move was a given considering all the major city roads converge to the Bellary Road towards BIA. "BMTC services are already quite active around Hebbal. The TTMC will provide commuters options like park and ride. Further, we are also exploring the option of shuttle services (on normal BMTC buses) to the airport,'' says Sreehari.

According to official sources, the potential of the proposed high speed rail link (HSRL) from BRV Parade Grounds to BIA is also being tapped as a component in the Hebbal transportation hub. With BDA lining grade separators on the stretch between Central Silk Board (CSB) Junction in Madiwala and Hebbal flyover, the plan is now sitting on possible support systems.

Alternatives on radar

While the Hebbal transportation hub is expected to streamline traffic on the stretch to BIA, the government has also lined up plans to identify roads from other parts of the city to BIA. "If Bellary Road is choked, the entire system of traffic to BIA will collapse. There's a need to develop new connectivity options,'' says Sreehari. As part of the state plan, four roads to BIA -- from the directions of Nelamangala, Yeshwantpur, Hennur and the Budhigere-Whitefield stretch -- will be taken forward.

Source: The Times of India on 13th Jan 2009

[Krishnamoorthy K]

Networking giant Cisco has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Karnataka government as part of its worldwide Intelligent Urbanisation initiative.

Under the MoU, the state government and Cisco will roll out the ‘Intelligent Bengaluru’ pilot project. This project encompasses developing hi-tech solutions in the public space relating to areas like safety and security, transportation, buildings, power distribution, energy usage and environment conservation.

A pilot project will initially be carried out of the Kempe Gowda Bus Station in Bangalore, and later extended to other locations in the city depending on priority areas and concerns specific to each location, top Cisco officials said.

Cisco will work with the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and Karnataka police to improve public safety and security around the bus terminals.

The project will enable public safety and security at strategic points within the terminal by offering remote monitoring capabilities with real-time information relays.

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Source: Business Standard

[Krishnamoorthy K]

Around Rs 500 crore will be spent on 1,000 high quality buses to be commissioned through BMTC.

Source: Deccan Herald

[Krishnamoorthy K]

BANGALORE : BMTC and the Bangalore Metro service are likely to merge in future to facilitate smooth transportation in the city.

BMTC chief traffic manager K S Vishwanath announced this on Thursday during a talk on `Bus transportation in Bangalore'. "People have to use the bus to reach the nearby Metro station. So, it is likely that BMTC and Bangalore Metro may merge in future.''

Another new scheme to be implemented is construction of 10 traffic transit management centres (TTMCs) across the city, to be developed as a traffic hub with multiple civic utilities.

"The TTMCs are funded by JNNURM; they will be spread across 5 acres with bus depot, station, parking, and space for commercial purposes. We will add 500 more Volvo buses to the existing fleet, and 1,000 BMTC buses this year," he said.

Source: ToI

[maddyvoldy]

Sorry for the pretty poor shots, the view was blocked by those sheets. I did ask for permission to take pics from clear view near the gate of depot where construction is going on but the security denied it


any pics of the completed jaynagar TTMC?

[engineer.akash]

good shots........ I too was shooed away when i went upto the gate to take the snap of the Mysore city bus stand U/C........but still I managed to climb up the public buildings and shot a few... but its fun isnt it.....??

I guess these stations are being funded under JNNURM.??

[maddyvoldy]

lol yeah its really pretty fun, especially the onlookers :-P

yes its funded by JNNURM, BMTC is constructing.

I had a cool view of it while going in a bus, since the position will be a bit high. Hope to take a shot while travelling in a bus

[engineer.akash]

This bus terminus is the pits

July 17th, 2009

Bengaluru
July 16: It’s been more than four years since the foundation for the bus terminus near Hoskerehalli main junction was laid, but there are no signs of it being completed.
Debris lies on the site causing traffic bottlenecks in the area which is a complete mess as the work has been left incomplete. Located adjacent to the ring road near Girinagar, all that commuters have at the bus stand is a shed, a poor excuse for a terminus that doesn't seem any nearer to being built.
Buses to and from Jayanagar and Majestic halt here, picking up commuters who make a scramble for them amidst the escavated earth lying around.
“It's been four years since the work started but there are no signs of it being completed. The site was dug up by the contractors, but the work came to a halt after they had differences with the BMTC. Now, there is a big pit and debris at the site of where the terminus should have been. Commuters from Girinagar and Banashankari who board buses from here find it a great inconvenience,” says Ramamurthy, a resident of Vidhya Nagar layout.
“The bus stand is used by a large number of people including college students as it is very close to PESIT College on 100 ft Ring Road. We have complained to BMTC several times, but nothing has been done,” says a resident of Girinagar, Rameshwar Nag.
Adding to the problem is the monsoon which has made the muddy bus stand slippery and unsafe for commuters as they rush to board buses to their destinations. People here fear there could be accidents if the mess is not cleared soon.
“Water accumulates in the pit dug for the terminus, when it rains. An uncovered storm water drain here overflows when it rains heavily, the site of the bus stand gets water-logged,” says Uma Shankar of Banshankari III stage.
Efforts to contact BMTC chief civil engineer M. Dileep to get his comments on the problems of the people here, proved futile.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/benga...minus-pits-939

[engineer.akash]

maddy wats the ground reality......

[maddyvoldy]

Havent been to that area but my cousin travels through PESIT who did say that its in bad shape. Will try to get more updates

[bains1971]

Nice pictures maddyvoldy

Any renders

[vlakshmi_n]

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’s population everyday. To tide over the BMTC’s biggest problem of its buses being forced to compete for the same space as that of cars, Transport and Road Safety Commissioner Bhaskar Rao says the State government is actively pursuing the proposal to create a bus rapid transport (BRT) corridor between Hebbal and Silk Board junction.

“Earlier, the problem of who would bear the expenditure had caused the proposal of such corridors to be stalled. But now, government agencies are arriving at a consensus and soon we will have the first corridor”. While the first of the BRT corridor is said to come up from Hebbal to Silk Board junction, BMTC managing director Syed Zameer Pasha said the BDA had given its nod to offer one lane to BMTC buses on all of its flyovers and elevated roads. The Corporation is in talks with the Palike to get a dedicated space from the latter’s road-widening projects. Pasha said the Corporation would have in place the common mobility card, offering seamless travel, in about eight months’ time and it would also have an intelligent transport system, featuring global positioning system and electronic ticketing machines. The intelligent transport system, Pasha said was the need of the hour for Bangalore, which unlike other metros, depends only on one means of public transport. “This will help the Corporation to streamline operations and offer more facilities,” he said, adding that the BMTC would soon enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IL & FS Trust Company Ltd for the technology of mobility card. Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic and Security) Praveen Sood said the City as a whole should encourage travel by bus as the BMTC has been doing a great job. He pointed out that road widening was not the solution to the increasing traffic problem in the City. Instead, the solution lies in effective usage of public transport. “We need to reduce the number of private vehicles in the City and not to increase the space they need to move around,” Sood said pointing out that a population of eight million people has 40 lakh private vehicles, which is not a healthy statistics.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...-corridor.html

[maddyvoldy]

Yeah renders were out long ago, saw it somewhere in this forum itself, forgot which thread, will search and post here

[maddyvoldy]

Shantinagar TTMC Render



Kengeri TTMC Render



Banashankari TTMC Render



Koramangala TTMC Render



TTMC at Whitefield



At Vijaynagar



At Yeshwantpur

[maddyvoldy]

At Jayanagar



Bannerghatta TTMC



Domlur TTMC render

[maddyvoldy]

TTMC Construction Pics - Credits : BMTC official site


Shantinagar

[maddyvoldy]

Kengeri





Banashankari

[maddyvoldy]

All these are pretty old pics on BMTC site, around April 2009. As you can see in the previous page, roof of first floor in Vijayanagar TTMC is almost complete