BMTC | Bangalore Metropolitan Bus Transport Corporation Updates

[s.yogendra]

BMTC Volvo bus Near Karthik Nagar, Outer Ring Road, Marthahalli , Bengaluru

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New look CORONA BMTC bus-Route # 335E

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[bk3494]

Hey guys! I found the Article! Here it is!

Press Trust Of India / Kolkata September 25, 2009, 0:41 IST

Volvo is planning to launch its double decker and vestibule buses in the country in the next three to five years, Volvo Buses India Managing Director Akash Passey said here today.

"We are planning to introduce our entire range of models we have in our parent company kitty in the next three to five years," he said.

Volvo currently offers two models of luxury coaches and city-type buses from its Bangalore facility.
"We are also introducing sleeper coaches in Gujarat and Karnataka from next month where demand for such transport is very high," Passey said.

The company registered a jump of 50 per cent in its sales over the last year owing to bulk orders by different state transport corporations under the JNNURM project.

In 2008, Volvo sold 400 buses of which 250 were city-type and the rest coaches, while this year the company has sold 600 buses most of which are city type. "We plan to hold on to the 600 sales figure, though there will be no JNNURM in 2010," Passey said.

He claimed that the company was making rapid progress in the city bus segment with 12 cities in the country now running Volvo buses, which are four-times expensive. But given the operational benefits and longer life, operators are shifting to it.

Source:http://www.business-standard.com/ind...-buses/371141/

[bk3494]

Bangalore: Although the Bangalore Metro is yet to be open for commercial operations, the metro feeder buses of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) are all set to hit the roads. BMTC will roll out first 36 buses for feeder services around six stations on Reach 1.

"We will either start to ply these feeder buses from the day Metro begins its operations or from the next day. In the beginning, we will deploy 36 buses for the six stations, as this is a small catchment area to be catered to," said BMTC managing director KR Sreenivas .

He added that the buses have lost their new look and feel. "They will be sent to Indiranagar depot where they will be refurbished," he said. BMTC refurbished about 70 buses, including 10 Swaraj Mazda buses during April-May and rolled them out to other routes. These buses are specifically branded in silver with a pink streak in the middle.

Earlier, the BMTC had planned to roll out 64 buses and identified 26 feeder routes around six stations. The routes are fixed - five each around Byappanahalli, MG Road, Indiranagar and four routes around Halasuru, Trinity Circle, and SV Road.

Senior BMTC officials said that they are speculating on the metro for passengers on this small stretch.

BMTC chief traffic manager (operations) MP Prabhudas said, "We can deploy about 60 to 70 feeder buses, if the demand goes up on all 26 routes. We will finalise the identification of these buses within the next four to five days and publicise how the buses would be known as so that it benefits the metro passengers."

Source:http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/BAN...s-2410692.html

[s.yogendra]

[BodyGuard]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

Volvos will look cool in Gulbarga lol....

so gulbarga do not have volvo buses

[BodyGuard]

Originally Posted by s.yogendra

BMTC Volvo bus Near Karthik Nagar, Outer Ring Road, Marthahalli , Bengaluru

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/s_anbu/5875832088/

New look CORONA BMTC bus-Route # 335E

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/62776817@N02/5866044657/

nice bus

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

Volvos will look cool in Gulbarga lol....

Originally Posted by strike2

...y do u say that

That is coolbarga man Gulbarga transforms into Coolbarga....Ice Ice baby lol..... 45 degree centigrade

Originally Posted by BodyGuard

so gulbarga do not have volvo buses

BJP leader Shoba Karandlaje, who went round the city seeking votes for her party candidate, expressed her concerns over the living conditions. "I never imagined that Gulbarga, being such a big city in the region, has remained underdeveloped. It looks like a big slum," she remarked.

BTW Masterplan is under implementation, with lot of roads being widened and other city upgradations underway. Hope someday we will be able to see Volvos in namma Coolbarga

[bk3494]

NEW DELHI, SEPT 7: Volvo Buses is looking at a larger share in the city bus segment and is planning to invest Rs 200 crore over the next two years on both new products and add capacity at its Bangalore plant.

The company, which has a 75 per cent share in the inter-city AC bus segment (priced Rs 75 lakh-1 crore), is looking to launch medium-segment buses and compete with Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland. Meanwhile, capacity is also being increased by next year to 1,200 units per annum from the current 800 units.

“Next year we will launch more than two models. We're in talks with several state transport corporations for new orders … we are also looking at a larger role in city buses.

However, the JNNURM scheme-based orders going away has led to a dip in demand,” Mr Akash Passey, MD and CEO, Volvo Buses India, said at the sidelines of the SIAM annual summit on Wednesday.

The company expects to grow 35 per cent in 2011-12 at sales of around 800 units. It had supplied 600 out of the 1,100 order for low-floor AC buses under the Government's JNNURM scheme which provided funding for purchase of new and more fuel-efficient city buses across most cities.

Source:http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle2432397.ece

[dineshpkm]

Bus fares from Nelamangala to Yentaganahalli by ksrtc(Kunigal-Nelamangala)-6, bmtc-11 why?

[strike2]

BMTC has services till kunigal??? really

[dineshpkm]

Originally Posted by strike2

BMTC has services till kunigal??? really

no. Kunigal-Nelamangala bus is an orange KSRTC.
bUT. for the same 7 or 8 km BMTC and KSRTC charge different fares why?

[binaiks]

Originally Posted by dineshpkm

no. Kunigal-Nelamangala bus is an orange KSRTC.
bUT. for the same 7 or 8 km BMTC and KSRTC charge different fares why?

BMTC buses use what is called as a "Stage Fare" system, where ticket rates are decided by the number of "fare stages" the passenger travels, and NOT the actual distance that the passenger travels.

According to the old fare structure (w.e.f November 2010, this fare has been modified recently):

For City buses (Corporation limits of Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and or towns with population of more than 1 lakh), the fare was: Rs. 4 for first stage, Rs. 6 for second stage, and then additional Re. 1 per stage. Each stage is approximately 2 kms. So, if you travel 4 stages you would pay Rs. 8. For 10 stages, it would be Rs. 14.

At the same time, for services other than those running in these corporation/municipal limits, the fare stages are 6.5km apart - and the buses would charge according to actual kms traveled, not according to fare stages.

The minimum fare is valid for the first stage - i.e., first 6.5 kms. Beyond this, the fares would be calculated according to actual distance traveled to the next chargeable stage - here again, it is the fare stage that determines how much you are charged, but this system actually considers the distance traveled.

(Sorry if the explanation is unclear, but KSRTC buses running on long routes would actually charge lesser than City buses on the same route. This is why some buses on the KR Market-Hoskote route have "KSRTC Fare" written clearly).

[s.yogendra]

Too many ailing BMTC buses, but no cure in sight

A BMTC mobile workshop van toeing away one of its buses after it broke down on Seshadri Road in Bangalore

With about 400 ‘unfit' Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses plying the roads, there is a likelihood that you will see a broken down bus every other day in the city. “Frequent breakdowns because of mechanical faults clearly indicate lack of maintenance at the depots,” said a BMTC insider. Added to this is the non-availability of spare parts that has led to poorly maintained buses, sources in the corporation said.

While new buses lose their sheen and ability after a year of service, old buses, which see a makeover every year before obtaining fitness certificate from the Transport Department, become rickety within a month.

The creation of a three-tier system of administration was designed to increase efficiency, but maintenance of buses has taken a beating in the corporation, sources in the BMTC said. The three-tier system has only added to the establishment cost of the corporation.

Ganganna (name changed), a BMTC driver, said that faulty or defective spare parts are not replaced with new ones but with old and overhauled parts that would last only for a few months. “How do you expect the bus to run smoothly in such a situation,” he asked. Divisions, created for decentralisation of administration, have only decentralised corruption and inefficiency, he said.

Apart from these problems are the pothole-ridden city roads that add to the deteriorating condition of the buses, said a BMTC official. Suspension, blade sets and the steering column of a bus get damaged very fast in such road conditions, the official said.

The corporation scraps buses that are more than 10 years old or that have clocked 8 lakh km. Since the corporation has not procured new bus for about two years now, its annual plan to scrap about 400 old buses has been put on hold and the old buses continue to run on city roads. With non-availability of new buses, the BMTC had even planned to buy 50 old buses from the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
Night shift

A senior official told The Hindu that creation of divisions has provided more number of supervisory personnel. Admitting that there had been a slack in maintenance, the officer said divisional controllers, divisional mechanical engineers and depot managers have been strictly warned about recurrences of any lapses.
More staff

They have been directed to ensure the presence of more mechanical staff at the depots during nights rather than the day.

Mechanics can fix the problems at night since the buses would be out throughout the day, the officer said.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle2461614.ece

[s.yogendra]

An endurance test called Kalasipalyam bus-stand

With muck, sludge, garbage and more dogs and cattle loitering around than people, Kalasipalyam bus-stand — a transit point for those coming into the city — resembles a dump yard. Even the basic requirements for a bus-stand — shelter, footpaths, seating, drinking water amenities, clean toilets and proper roads for buses to ply on — are missing.

Sitting on a stone while waiting for a bus, Rathnish Shinde from Madhya Pradesh said: “There is filth everywhere. For a city that is clean and developed everywhere else, it is surprising that a major bus-stand looks like this.”
Awful stink

Heaps of garbage from rotting vegetables and fruits — cast away by the nearby K.R. Market — are a major concern. Garbage is everywhere, and a black sludge coats the area. “The stink is awful and I thank God we have to spend less than 10 minutes here,” said a disgusted bus driver who didn't want to be named.

Thick muck lines the sides of the roads, making it difficult for pedestrians. Those waiting for a bus are stuck dangerously between the mess and buses plying on the narrow roads.

Apart from commuters, vendors too suffer. “The stench is unbearable and the surroundings are so dirty. Not surprisingly, no one would want to buy anything here,” said Sushila, a fruit vendor. The lack of a viable alternative forces vendors to hawk their wares here.
Driver's despair

Calling the area Galeejpalya, V.M. Prakash, who for the last 10 years has been driving a bus between the city and Palamaner, said: “Even the bus-stand in Palamaner (a small town in Andhra Pradesh) is much better.” Even as he said this, the rear bumper of a private bus fell off when it juddered over a deep pothole.

The mess stems from a long-standing disagreement between two government agencies — the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). The land, which belongs to the BBMP, was to have been developed jointly by them to have a multi-storeyed bus stand-cum-commercial complex. However, the plan is yet to be approved as both the BBMP and BMTC are engaged in a blame game over the delay.
The wrangle

BBMP sources squarely blamed the BMTC for the delay and consequent mess. “No development is happening here because BMTC has still not signed the joint agreement. BMTC officials don't even meet our officials regularly to discuss the problematic clauses. Instead, they keep deferring the decision on the issue.”

Meanwhile, the BMTC sources pointed fingers at the BBMP claiming the civic authority's initial proposal was “unsuitable”. “We will seek government approval as soon as the BBMP incorporates modifications that we suggested. Construction will be taken soon after,” a senior official said.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle2461619.ece

[rsubbu.mdu]

Look who’s profiting from E City flyover
September 18, 2011, Bangalore Mirror

For each trip from Central Silk Board junction to Electronics City, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is charging an extra amount of `7 from each daily passenger and `5 each from those who have monthly passes on its buses taking the elevated expressway.

All it pays to the Bangalore Elevated Tollway Limited (BETL) is `155 per bus per day for unlimited number of trips.

Accusing the corporation of discriminatory monopolistic pricing, the BETL has requested the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to address the issue. It has said that the transport corporation is making huge profits by collecting the extra amount from the passengers all through the day, as the toll paid is recovered from a single trip.

The ticket charge from Central Silk Board junction to Electronics City on regular BMTC buses that ply on the road below the flyover is `13 while the amount charged on those taking the expressway is `20.

A BETL official, who did not wish to be named as he was not authorised to speak to media, said, “It is discriminatory pricing which I think the BMTC is enjoying. The cost of the `155 daily pass can be recovered in a single one way trip.

“Why do they charge extra from passengers throughout the day when all subsequent trips are free?”

“On an average, one bus ferries 40 passengers per trip and every 10 minutes one bus plies on the expressway. Imagine the amount of profit the corporation is making,” he said.

When asked whether BETL is planning to hike the daily fee for BMTC buses, the official said, “It is up to the NHAI. We have brought the matter to their notice. While our revenue remains the same, the BMTC is taking undue advantage of the facility.”

The toll way authorities also said BMTC buses hamper the movement of other vehicles.

“BMTC buses are poorly maintained and cause more wear and tear to the flyover than other vehicles. Besides, they stick to the high-speed lane and move very slow, disrupting the smooth flow of traffic on the expressway,” said an official.

Several calls made to BMTC MD K Srinivas were unanswered while former MD Syed Zameer Pasha said he was not aware of the latest decisions taken by the corporation.

[gentem]

Charging extra for bmtc buses is unfair. that congress nhai may even okay to it It is grace that bmtc started ops on flyover, we will wait

When asked whether BETL is planning to hike the daily fee for BMTC buses, the official said, “It is up to the NHAI. We have brought the matter to their notice. While our revenue remains the same, the BMTC is taking undue advantage of the facility.”

[naveen_blr]

Originally Posted by gentem

Charging extra for bmtc buses is unfair. that congress nhai may even okay to it It is grace that bmtc started ops on flyover, we will wait

BMTC is smart enough to go to Competition Authority of India like Anil Ambani .

Between charging more is also not good as its anyways adding more customers by using the flyover.

[strike2]

Corona skypak on our very own NICE road
But what happened to BMTC's plan of buying these buses...they are readily available BS-IV buses and i dont see why they are delaying in buying some of these buses





more pics here
http://coronabus.in/corona-models.php

[gentem]

HC upholds govt order on increasing autos
TNN | Sep 27, 2011, 02.46AM IST

BANGALORE: A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen on Monday upheld the March 23, 2011 notification issued by the government increasing autorickshaws in Bangalore from the existing 85,000 to 1.25 lakh.

The bench dismissed the writ appeal filed by three persons challenging the single bench order which had dismissed the petition filed by several autorickshaw drivers.

"Parameters of judicial review are such that courts cannot venture into decision-making process, it has to be left to the administration. We find no perversity in the said decision. All the requirements are considered, including the one wherein the increase in the area of Bangalore from 350 sqkm to 850 sqkm," the bench said.

As for the reason put forward by the appellants that traffic police have opined against the increase, the bench said that it is only one point of view and the authorities have to cater to several other sectors as well.

The state government had said that the increase was inevitable with the increase in the city periphery and size. It also said the increase will bring down unhealthy competition and also there will be more availability of autos to the travelling public. The state had also said that the proposal would put a check on black marketeering in auto permits.

[rmvdweller]

The scum auto drivers didn't want any competition. LOL at their argument that "there is no space for more autos in Bangalore".

It will be fun when, after inducting these new autos, a blanket ban is imposed on all the old autos with polluting and noisy engines, especially the 2-stroke ones.