Thursday, June 2, 2011

NEWS UPDATE ON June 2, 2011

NEWS UPDATE ON JUNE 2, 2011

4000 buildings in Ahmedabad have faulty designs: NDMA
MSN India
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Around 4000 multi-storied buildings in Ahmedabad have been ... ground floors of these buildings are being used as parking space and ...



The not-so-lofty goals of tomorrow's transportation :: Second Ave ...
By Benjamin Kabak
The article reads as something out of the Walter Hook Manual for BRT, and a recent release from the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy sounds familiar themes. BRT, says the release, “combines the flexibility of buses with ...



Video-conferencing facility at PCMC soon [Pune] | Times of India ...
PUNE: The standing committee of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has approved a resolution to create a video-conferencing facility at the main .



New Report: Measuring Pedestrian Safety in the U.S. | TheCityFix
Although the number of traffic crashes have declined in the last decade, the number of pedestrian fatalities have actually increased. ...




Shoddy work on Charminar pedestrian project
As Unesco team's visit to the old city for final inspection to accord the World Heritage status to Charminar is nearing, the hasty and casual implementation ...


BEST hopes ad deals will put in on profit route
Indian Express
BEST has 272 AC King Long buses procured under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Though the advertising rights of these buses have been in demand, there was not much revenue coming BEST's way. ...







India land disputes pit farmers against middle class
BBC News
For urban Indians, this represents an affordable housing dream. Last year, Vikas Chauhan, 31, used his life savings to buy a one-bedroom flat in Amrapali Smart City, one of the many residential developments coming up in Sahberi. ...







Commerce Six Roads commuters' nightmare
Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Commerce Six Roads is one of the most chaotic intersections in the city and has been messed up a number of times by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). In the last three years, the road has seen at least three major modifications in .



Police to teach traffic rules in schools
Times of India
CHENNAI: Chennai city traffic police is planning to create awareness among school children about traffic rules. Traffic police personnel will visit all ...



Probe PMPML functioning: Commuters
Times of India
PMPML was formed three years back with the merger of the erstwhile Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal transports. The Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal ...





AC buses not cool enough - Times of India Publications
Ahmedabad: Near the regional transport office,among all the BRTS buses ... Right now there are 10 buses on 3 routes and BRTS officials have ordered 20 new ...

India's low carbon climate strategy: on track for no ambition ...
Energy: In chapter 3.1 on sectoral strategies for power, India's obsessive ... to unequivocally push for public and non-motorised transport in cities (and ...



Where cycling is a tradition
IBNLive.com
Already two cyclists including national cyclist Rajeshwari Mathpati have lost their lives in road accidents while practising on the busy national highway. Jamkhandi is called as ‘Kashi of Cyclists’ like Lords is known as the ‘Cricket’s Kashiâ ..

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