Mumbai Transportation Thread - (Surface/Water only)

[dreadathecontrols]

lets face it indians are generally crap drivers....

[kalkibhagwan]

Originally Posted by dreadathecontrols

lets face it indians are generally crap drivers....

Talk for yourself, it's a well known fact that asians are the worst drivers alive

[dunefreezer]

Where the heck is the logic, its just as bad as saying Blondes are dumb.

It all depends on the environment that shapes the driving skills of somebody.

Every Race have bad drivers.

Indian driving is reckless because of the lack of infrastructure and Proper Road Rules. The Civic Communities are to blame.

[dreadathecontrols]

Originally Posted by dunefreezer

Where the heck is the logic, its just as bad as saying Blondes are dumb.

It all depends on the environment that shapes the driving skills of somebody.

Every Race have bad drivers.

Indian driving is reckless because of the lack of infrastructure and Proper Road Rules. The Civic Communities are to blame.

whatever the reasons, the result is indians in india are crap drivers

[purty_trash]

Originally Posted by dunefreezer

Where the heck is the logic, its just as bad as saying Blondes are dumb.

It all depends on the environment that shapes the driving skills of somebody.

Every Race have bad drivers.

Indian driving is reckless because of the lack of infrastructure and Proper Road Rules. The Civic Communities are to blame.

The logic is that most Indians can get licenses without giving any test. Most Indians do not even know ALL the rules of traffic. Compare it to the Western nations where people fail more times in driving tests than they pass it.

If after all this someone says that Indians have the best reflexes or stuff like that, its crap. Thing is, they DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO DO IT.

[sixsigma1978]

Whats this?

16-acre plot bought for Rs 300 crore in Goregaon

Sunteck Realty has acquired a 16-acre plot at Goregaon for Rs 300 crore, which realty experts have called a bargain deal and an indication of the slowdown in land prices.

Kamal Khetan, chairman and managing director, Sunteck Realty, said, “We took advantage of the bad market and struck a good bargain.”
Half the amount of the acquisition – Rs 150 crore – has been borne by Kotak Private Equity Group. Sunteck struck the deal at Rs 18.75 crore an acre, which is considered reasonable in terms of viability of the project.

Pankaj Kapoor, director, Liasas Foras India Limited, a real estate research firm, said, “The land price determines the viability and the company will make good profits.” He attributed the recent changes in Development Control Rules (DCR), which stopped the tweaking of rules that used to be exploited by builders. Currently, realty rates at Goregaon are in range of Rs 10,000- Rs 12,000 a square foot.

Sunteck already has six acres 200 metres from this plot, taking its current land bank in the area to 23 acres.

Sunteck plans to construct predominantly residential complexes with a small portion also kept aside for commercial and retail activity.

Khetan said the project would be completed within five years. “We will construct luxury apartments with all modern amenities and are sure of changing the skyline of Goregaon,” Khetan said.

But Kapoor rues the fact that the focus will be on luxury housing. “Affordable housing will remain a dream as developers continue to construct luxury apartments that sell at premium prices,” Kapoor said

Source : Link

[Coolguyz]

Dont know how to embed video into the forum but anyways here is a link of BESTs stop announcement system on trial in AC bus.Current all buses of wadala depot have it

http://youtu.be/nWia58jdnYg

[pkalein]

Originally Posted by Coolguyz

Dont know how to embed video into the forum but anyways here is a link of BESTs stop announcement system on trial in AC bus.Current all buses of wadala depot have it

http://youtu.be/nWia58jdnYg

just copy the URL after v in address bar of video
and add youtube just like we do for Images

[coolandy]

I have been working on mumbai local-train railway plan for last couple of days.
please comment if you like the design.

If I have posted in wrong section, Mod please move to the right section

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/dream1vh.jpg/

[akbarsyed]

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/3-...n-nod/1000858/

One question guys , do you really think this water transport thing which will be shut for 2 months in a year will work .

[akbarsyed]

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/sep...w-AC-buses.htm

Looks like they have finally got to their senses . Anyways what happened to the project where a company was giving BEST some Volvo's in exchange for advertising rights

[akbarsyed]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/16945426.cms

MUMBAI: The civic body is planning to revive the much talked-about Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), which promises to ease congestion on city roads by using dedicated lanes to ferry commuters between destinations. In a meeting held last week between senior officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the BEST, it was decided that BRTS routes can be created on the Eastern Express Highway (EEH), the Western Express Highway (WEH), the Sion-Trombay Road and the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road.

TOI had reported about BRTS getting a fresh impetus in its February 20 edition.

The MMRDA has unsucessfully tried to implement the project in the past. The BMC will now form a panel to undertake site visits, carry out feasibility studies as well as survey the condition of and the encroachments on the chosen roads and highways.

Said a senior civic official, "The idea is to encourage more people to use public transport. For BRTS to be implemented, we need long and wide roads. The chosen routes meet this requirement. Also, studies show a lot of people travelling on these routes would like to have a dedicated public transport system as an alternative to private vehicles."

The BMC will have a pilot run of the system on the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road once it is widened.

BEST general manager Om Prakash Gupta said the project was still in the "discussion stage. "The project ownership will be primarily with the BMC. Our job is to operate the buses as soon as the project is approved and implemented," he said.

Times View: It may be difficult, not impossible

This is not the first time that a governmental agency has announced plans for BRTS in Mumbai. Ambitious plans were spelt out previously as well, only to be given a quiet burial soon after. In a congested city such as Mumbai, the idea of BRTS stumbles at the first step—namely, the creation of dedicated lanes. At the same time, it is not impossible to create infrastructure needed for BRTS in Mumbai. All it needs is coordination between various governmental bodies to draw up new traffic plans and, of course, dedicated lanes. The promise held out by BRTS—less pollution, less congestion and faster transport—seems worth it.

[akbarsyed]

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/oct...awaits-nod.htm

In order to clear one of the most important hurdles in front of the Inland Passenger Water Transport Project (IPWT) on the west coast of Mumbai, a public hearing has been organised by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) along with Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) in November end.




Sources from the corporation told this newspaper that the public hearing is likely to turn into a debate since the many of the people residing on Mumbai’s west coast are opposed to the project.

It is also believed that Mumbaikars are likely to question the environment impact on the west coast due to the construction of jetties.

Speaking to MiD DAY, a senior MSRDC engineer said, “As per the guidelines, before starting the project we have to organise a public hearing where people can have their say. We, therefore, have organised a public hearing for the IPWT project on November 30. In this hearing, those who have any suggestions and objections for the project can raise their point.”

In March, MSRDC had invited tenders from interested bidders for the construction of terminals on the west coast of Mumbai. It should be noted that the fate of the ambitious IPWT project on the west coast has been in limbo for many years.


The plan involves hovercrafts transporting commuters from Borivali to Nariman Point.

The process to get environment clearance for the project is also in progress and MSRDC is confident about getting the same soon.

In the earlier tenders, which were invited by MSRDC, the construction of terminals and operation of ferry services would have been the responsibility of the bidder. The project thus failed to lift off due to weak response. However, this time around both the tenders has been invited differently and so the response has been positive.

This time around MSRDC has invited tenders to design and build terminals bundled in three packages. In the first package, the bidder has construct terminal facilities at Nariman Point and Juhu. In the second package, the bidder has to construct terminals at Bandra and Versova and in the third package the bidder has to construct terminals at Marve and Borivali.

According to MSRDC officials, the estimated cost for the constriction of the three packages is Rs 262.36 crore, Rs 239.39 crore and Rs 251.69 crore respectively. Apart from this, MSRDC had also invited expressions of interest (EoI) from passenger vessel operators for operating the ferry services along the west coast.

In the month of November 2011, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had announced that MSRDC would be the implementing agency for the water transport on the east coast and west coast of Mumbai and other agencies like MMRDA, CIDCO will fund the project. The project is supposed to be implemented on the cash-contract model.

West Coast Water Transport Project

Once completed, the project will have six terminals located at Nariman Point, Bandra, Juhu, Versova, Marve and Borivali. Catmarans and hovercrafts will be used to cover the 45 km distance between Nariman Point and Borivali.

[p2p4]

Oh really? Since when did our environment loving heart bleeding west coast Mumbaikars really cared about 'environment' per se? Do these educated and well off dumbf*cks really know that building jetties is not all that damaging to the coastal environment?

Do their hearts bleed when every day tons of litres of sewage and industrial waste goes directly into the creeks of Bandra and thereby entire coastline of Mumbai has turned murky black?

All I see is a selfish motive not to have any obstructions in front of their sea facing apartments where these turds park their arses on lounge chairs and wax lyrical of unobstructed views of the Arabian Sea !

What matters TODAY is an ease of transportation and multiple modes be open for the travelling public ! Not massaging of over-educated and over-rich egos facing the setting sun

[patentneer]

100 %.

[akbarsyed]

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/nov...erving-BKC.htm

As a solution to the commuting woes between Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and Bandra, Kurla and Sion, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will be providing 15 to 20 low-floor buses to the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) to operate on these routes.

Taking note of the inconvenience caused to people going to BKC from Bandra, Kurla or Sion and vice versa, the planning authority decided to bear the full cost of the buses and will make sure the ticket rates are lower than what BEST today charges for the limited number of special buses it runs on the routes.

“We will be purchasing 15-20 buses, and these low-floor buses will be provided to BEST so that these can be used by people coming BKC,” MMRDA Joint Project Director Dilip Kawatkar said.

The MMRDA will pay something between Rs 4 crore and Rs 6 crore towards the purchase of these buses.

MMRDA sources said a test run of buses of various sizes would take place today to see which ones were best suited for BKC.

“We will be bringing mini, medium and long low-floor buses to BKC on Saturday to finalise which buses are better to ply within BKC as well as between BKC and Bandra, Kurla and Sion,” an official, who did not wish to be named, said.

People going to the business district of BKC from Bandra and Kurla are faced with the problem of low frequency of BEST buses.

The situation worsens during peak hours as buses arrive at stops already full with people. Taking advantage of the situation, autorickshaws charge Rs 15 per seat to go to BKC from Bandra railway station, which is triple the Rs 5 ticket on a BEST bus on the route.

The BEST has already started two ring route buses, one from Bandra to BKC telephone exchange and the other from Kurla to MMRDA building. Buses on these special routes charge Rs 10 for the ticket, which many commuters feel is excessive.

People have been complaining for a few years now about the low BEST frequency from Bandra and Kurla to BKC despite the vast increase in the number of people going to BKC every day. They say rickshaw drivers who take passengers on a sharing basis to BKC make a killing because of the limited options for commuters.

[patentneer]

Originally Posted by coolandy

I have been working on mumbai local-train railway plan for last couple of days.
please comment if you like the design.

If I have posted in wrong section, Mod please move to the right section

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/dream1vh.jpg/

A prospective outer ring line, pls.?

[adam_india]

BMC to study 3 roads for BRTS

Mumbai: To give a push to the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the city,the BMC has decided to finance a traffic and space survey on three major roads Eastern Express Highway,Western Express Highway and Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR).The BMC plans to implement BRTS on these three roads initially.
According to civic officials,information about traffic and space inventory is necessary to implement BRTS.At a recent meeting of an empowered committee,headed by the chief secretary,it was decided to gather this information from the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU),appointed by the state government to undertake this project.
Civic officials said international BRTS expert Pedro Szasz will soon visit the city to study the project implementation.The data on traffic and space availability will be collected beforehand,so that Szasz can review the project better.
Civic chief Sitaram Kunte said,The BMC has decided to finance the traffic survey and space inventory for BRTS.Road designs have been prepared by the civic body,which also controls the traffic department and BEST bus fleet operations.A primary study to implement BRTS on these three roads has already been done.
Aproposal to appoint a consultant to study the BRTS project will be tabled before the standing committee on Friday.The cost of appointing a consultant is Rs 39 lakh.
However,civic officials said BRTS implementation on JVLR seems difficult due to the road projects incomplete nature.The study findings will be helpful to access BRTS viability on this road,said an official.

TOI

[adam_india]

News is a month old, but still relevant

A body representing the fishing community has strongly opposed the Maharashtra Government’s proposed Passenger Water Transport (PWT) system from Nariman Point in south Mumbai to Borivili in the western suburbs.

“The proposed water transport system on the western sea coast will hamper fishing in the sea. Tender process for the project was completed without taking the fishing community into confidence,” Akhil Maharashtra Machhimar Kriti Samiti (AMMKS) President Damodar Tandel said at a press meet here.

The fishing community will oppose the water transport as and when it starts, he added.

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd is implementing the project, which envisages creating a water transport network between Nariman Point and Borivali with terminals at Bandra, Juhu, Versova and Marve and give commuters an option to travel on catamarans and hovercraft.

“Catamaran and hovercraft boats will destroy the fishing nets in the sea,” he alleged.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4167304.ece

Guess those tenders are to appoint project management consultant for terminal facilities

[MUMBAI MMR]

Another public transport started in mumbai MMR region i.e. VVMT (vasai-virar munciple transportation) & within a 2 months it was already breaks the munciple border & started it services direclty within BMC limits.
South Vasai to mulund station via thane was already started ; buses available @ interval of 20 minutes.
within a few months VVMT buses will start running on Vasai -virar to Borivali- Andheri-Bandra strech.....
Good Going VVMT......



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