India Transportation: Trams & Buses II

[Naga_Solidus]

even if it's during peak hours, what if someone lives on one side of town and his school is on the other side of town?

And what's wrong with taking children on expressways? Everyone does it all the time everywhere where there are a significant number of them.

Besides, if theyre running at peak hours and limited to 40km/h, then they'll cause traffic jams by backing up traffic on main arterials (which DO go through city centers).

And btw, there are arterials good for 60-70km/h in all world-class cities, they feed expressways.

[indian soul]

130 km/hr is not possible with schoolchildren in New Delhi at present. This is not realistic, may be 50 km/hr possible. Other things need to change in roads, to enable school buses to improve in their service.

[Naga_Solidus]

dude, we're talking about cabs, not buses.

[indian soul]

Originally Posted by Naga_Solidus

even if it's during peak hours, what if someone lives on one side of town and his school is on the other side of town?

And what's wrong with taking children on expressways? Everyone does it all the time everywhere where there are a significant number of them.

Besides, if theyre running at peak hours and limited to 40km/h, then they'll cause traffic jams by backing up traffic on main arterials (which DO go through city centers).

And btw, there are arterials good for 60-70km/h in all world-class cities, they feed expressways.

I can't think about expressways other than DND and NH-8 (the Gurgaon one) in Delhi, but we are talking about arterial and other roads, where mostly speed limit is 50-60 km/hr

[Naga_Solidus]

even if the speed limit is 50-60km/h, then that's still significantly more than 40km/h.

Then there are both the Ring Road and Outer Ring Road. They may not be expressways yet, but they're currently being heavily grade-seperated, and by 2010 (CWG time!) they'll be totally free of stoplights and stuff. Thus, the noly things needed to convert them to expwy status will be a little access control and retaining walls to create frontage roads (which shouldn't be a big deal). Once thata's done, the speed limit on both roads can probably be increased to 80-90km/h.

[kronik]

These new roads maybe expressways,but I would still not recommend really large speeds on them because of the sheer amount of traffic. I drove on the new Delhi-Gurgoan expressway, and while the quality is impeccable, the drivers have absolutely no idea how to drive still.

Everyone was driving quick, but kept cutting each other, kept zigzagging between traffic and had absolutely no lane sense. It took away considerable driving pleasure. Small cars are the worse culprits.

[JD]

Originally Posted by kronik

These new roads maybe expressways,but I would still not recommend really large speeds on them because of the sheer amount of traffic. I drove on the new Delhi-Gurgoan expressway, and while the quality is impeccable, the drivers have absolutely no idea how to drive still.

Everyone was driving quick, but kept cutting each other, kept zigzagging between traffic and had absolutely no lane sense. It took away considerable driving pleasure. Small cars are the worse culprits.

Well we are from a country where same people won't mind doing "nothing" on work but cannot wait for 10 minutes in a line.

If someone crosses you like that, force them to stop, give them 2 on the face and it's learned for the life.

[indian soul]

From today's TOI:

[ferrari_fan]

nice!!

[kronik]

Yeah, really nice stuff. and I believe it has GPS. The tv report said if the cab has to be driven to UP (which would include Noida), they have an additional surcharge of Rs. 150.

There were 4 cab companies in New Delhi and now I think this makes it 5. But all of them combined still have less than a thousand vehicles on road at present.

[monyaam]

Originally Posted by kronik

Yeah, really nice stuff. and I believe it has GPS. The tv report said if the cab has to be driven to UP (which would include Noida), they have an additional surcharge of Rs. 150.

There were 4 cab companies in New Delhi and now I think this makes it 5. But all of them combined still have less than a thousand vehicles on road at present.

So, is the complete fleet going to be Tata Indica.
Anything other than ambi's will look modern on the road.

Also, as with call taxis in chennai which uses "LPG" as fuel, what is the fuel type on these cabs.

[sudheeshnairs]

Originally Posted by monyaam

So, is the complete fleet going to be Tata Indica.
Anything other than ambi's will look modern on the road.

Also, as with call taxis in chennai which uses "LPG" as fuel, what is the fuel type on these cabs.

It is TATA INDIGO MARINA (Estate model based on the Indica platform)and not TATA INDICA. The price is around Rs. 7 Lakhs.

The diesel option is the most selling of the Indigo range, dunno whether they have introduced a CNG version (CNG seems to be more popular in Delhi).

[Cov Boy]

That taxi is great!

[IU]

Kol Metro

Copyright Somak_Kolkata

[Cov Boy]

Not bad.

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by Cov Boy

Not bad.

The 1st stretch of Kolkata Metro ( 3.2 km) started almost 23 years ago in 1984 and the full line (17km) was commissioned in 1994. The stations are very well maintained, however they should replace some of the old stock soon.

[dmu]

London inspires DTC to map its routes
- Times of India, 9 May, 2007

NEW DELHI: Delhi now has its equivalent of the London underground map.

Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has drawn up a map detailing all its major bus routes — about 150 of them — along with the Metro and the proposed ring railways routes. Modelled after the London version, the map, of which the corporation has so far printed 10,000 copies in English, will be available in Hindi too and free of cost.

The corporation is targeting all the ISBTs, DTC terminuses, major bookstores, tourist spots and hotels for making it available. The map will also be put up on the DTC website www.dtc.nic.in

The map carries a list of 200 of the 6,000-odd bus stops around the city and gives details of about 150 bus routes of the 600 that DTC buses operate on. There are separate smaller maps outlining the Mudrika and the Teevra Mudrika routes.

Explained a senior official, "We have attempted to cover the whole city. The idea is that the moment a tourist reaches Delhi, he/she should have a clear idea about all the bus routes. The map, we are hoping, will be of use to Delhi’ites too."

The map has been divided into grids from A to H and each grid into seven zones. Based on these divisions, all 200 bus stops have been given coordinates so that they can be easily spotted. Bus routes have been assigned four different colours — blue, green, pink and mauve — each for a different zone.

Blue is for buses from north to south, green for those from east to west, pink for those from southeast to north west and mauve for southwest to northeast. Bus routes starting and ending at the two main railway stations and the three ISBTs at Kashmere Gate, Anand Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan have been listed separately.


Once the 500 low-floor buses that the corporation has ordered arrive and start plying on various routes, there are plans to add another differently coloured route outline for them. The present map, however, is not without its shortcomings.

For one, the fact that only some bus routes figure in it, means that one might end up walking a long distance to catch a particular bus when another bus, whose route does not feature on the map, may cover the whole stretch between origin and destination. Additionally, if the origin or the destination do not figure on the map, for a newcomer finding his/her own coordinates on the map may be difficult.

Apart from the London underground map, the department studied maps of cities around the world to get an idea about what would be the most user-friendly way to draw it. Apart from the 20,000 copies that will be printed, enlarged versions of the map will be put up at 500 bus stops in the city. "The target is to have the map in all bus stops by the Commonwealth Games," the official said.

The corporation plans to update and reprint the map every three to four years and wants it to be a sort of memento for tourists to take back home.

[PlaneMad]

sort of like

[Babji]

Originally Posted by PlaneMad

sort of like

Wow! this is truely world class!
Thanks for the Map PlaneMad. Delhi is setting a good example for the rest of the Indian metros.

[PlaneMad]

Thanks, i made it

I actually mailed it to DMRC long back with no reply. I wonder if they copied my schematic.