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Best solution to namma trafficu!

 Recently the Govt of India has constituted the Kirit Parikh Committee to deregulate prices of petroleum products (diesel, petrol, kerosene, LPG).

Congestion charging on arterial corridors of Bangalore?

Yes, right away
40% (22 votes)
No, Never
11% (6 votes)
Yes, but after Public Transport is more pervasive
49% (27 votes)
Dont care either way
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 55

Auto Issues

In todays Wall Street journal there was an article on the fact that the old cabbies in Bombay are beating up Meru Cab drivers because people prefer to take Meru cabs -

online.wsj.com/article/SB125668745618111751.html

Responsible corporate policy on taxi drives

Last couple of days was in Khandala giving a lecture to one of the big banks on supply chain management.  Won't disclose their name for obvious reasons.

Ring road through the GKVK

 A 100 feet road through the GKVK will eat away precious green land used for research and hosting many plants and trees. A peaceful suburn will now be swamped by cars and traffic. A University will now have to function with a road running through it.

Technology as good as implementation

So far, nearly 38,000 smart cards have been issued to the public from all the ten Road Transport Offices (RTOs) in Bangalore .... the card did not have details like hypothecation ...

The Art of Drainage Closing!!

Most of the roads, especially the internal roads within localities are dug and closed with an unscientific bump. I do not have pictures to give an example.

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