CFAM Newsletter #46 (1 Sept 2023)
Updates of the week
Bengaluru Mysore expressway to get 24 skywalks to prevent accidents
Activists say the skywalks should be part of the original design rather than an afterhought
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Commuters want Metro link to satellite bus stop
Bus station sees high footfall of travellers, who find it tough to navigate the walk to metro station with luggage and traffic
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Unserved by metro, vast Bengaluru stretches desperately need feeder buses
With funds and staff shortages, BMTC relies on DULT to run feeder services under the VGF system. In the pipeline are at least 20 minibusses.
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Railways proposes extending trains on Bengaluru-KIA route to Chickballapur
Occupancy rates in trains on Bengaluru airport route are below 1%
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84% tunnelling completed on Namma Metro Pink Line
The breakthrough expected in October was done two months sooner
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ORRCA has these cracking ideas to clear congestion
Suggestions include curbing illegal parking and footpath encroachment, heavy vehicle movement and BMTC bus operations among others
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This is how Bengaluru’s longest cycle lane disappeared slowly
A dedicated 17-kilometre cycle lane laid along the Outer Ring Road (ORR) by civic authorities in 2020 has vanished due to work on Namma Metro
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CFAM Corner
OoruLabs podcast #29 | Is the newspaper dead?
Rasheed Kappan was the civic affairs editor at Deccan Herald. an independent multi-media journalist, he has over 28 years of journalistic experience in The Times of India, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, The News Laundry, The Federal and The Probe. He has written hundreds of articles around urban issues especially mobility. He is also the CoFounder of Art Bengaluru Collective and Kappansky media.
Bicycle Network of Namma Bengaluru!
Our comprehensive map now encompasses all the aforementioned routes, and we have gone the extra mile by identifying key bicycle repair stores in various neighborhoods, along with the provision of cycle parking infrastructure details.
Take a ride and validate these networks. For more information, kindly direct your inquiries to councilforactivemobility@gmail.com. We anticipate your involvement in this as we aim to foster a greener and more sustainable future for Bengaluru. Together, let's pedal towards progress!
Click here to view the map.
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