tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52638060415930595352024-03-14T02:18:37.621+05:30Fare-Free South AsiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-51337538443610920272020-03-12T06:41:00.003+05:302020-03-12T06:41:50.910+05:30Bangalore needs more buses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In 2018-19, BMTC had a fleet size of 0.5 buses per 1000 population, which is lower than the India’s average of 1.2 buses per 1000 population. For Bangalore, BMTC would require a fleet size of 14952 buses in order for it to reach India’s average of 1.2 buses per 1000 population. According to Transforming India’s Mobility report by NITI Aayog38, India lags in terms of bus fleet per population as compared to other countries, and in order to increase modal share towards public transport, the fleet size needs to be significantly improved.</blockquote>
<a href="https://twitter.com/bharathmp/status/1237253702479532036">https://twitter.com/bharathmp/status/1237253702479532036</a><br />
<a href="http://fieldsofview.in/publications/BMTC_FareChangeScenarios_Report2020.pdf">http://fieldsofview.in/publications/BMTC_FareChangeScenarios_Report2020.pdf</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-71370676461984947652020-02-20T17:28:00.002+05:302020-02-20T17:28:21.494+05:30How to fix Bengaluru traffic<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/drashwathcn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@drashwathcn</a> sir, you have been a city MLA for many years and you have spoken about urgent need for mass public transport. Please do not bring elevated corridor back. What we need now is faster completion of metro, suburban & bus. These 3 things will get us out of the mess. <a href="https://t.co/Kss4vxLWGi">pic.twitter.com/Kss4vxLWGi</a></p>— Srinivas Alavilli (@srinualavilli) <a href="https://twitter.com/srinualavilli/status/1230405787073167360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-49827705918191571442020-02-20T05:07:00.001+05:302020-02-20T05:07:40.591+05:30Bengaluru - workers say bus fares too high<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A survey conducted by BBPV among the working class revealed<br>1. 80% bus user respondents find the bus fares too high! 60% of all respondents see high bus fares as a concern.<br><br>2. Bus commuters spend more (21%) of their income on commute than commuters using other modes (9.5%).</p>— BusPrayanikaraVedike (@BBPVedike) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBPVedike/status/1230150386742222848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-37411494974040284202020-02-18T12:50:00.002+05:302020-02-18T12:50:25.143+05:30After establishing #freepublictransport for women, Delhi to get more buses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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New Delhi:<br /> <br />Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who took oath for a third term on Sunday, this morning assured there would be "no dearth of buses" in the national capital soon. The Aam Aadmi Party chief had promised to expand city's bus fleet ahead of assembly elections.<br />"It did take time. But finally we were able to overcome all obstacles. So, buses have started arriving. I can assure all Delhiites, soon there won't be any dearth of buses (sic)," the 51-year-old AAP chief tweeted this morning. He also shared a news report that said that the public bus fleet crossed the 6,000 mark in the city for the first time in 10 years under the AAP government.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/delhi-chief-minister-arvind-kejriwal-assures-there-would-be-no-dearth-of-buses-soon-in-delhi-2181742">https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/delhi-chief-minister-arvind-kejriwal-assures-there-would-be-no-dearth-of-buses-soon-in-delhi-2181742</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-21882455715359741912020-02-17T17:15:00.002+05:302020-02-17T17:15:50.032+05:30Bengaluru -- 10 days of your life each year stuck in traffic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bengaluru-is-the-most-traffic-congested-city-in-the-world-report/articleshow/73698805.cms?">https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bengaluru-is-the-most-traffic-congested-city-in-the-world-report/articleshow/73698805.cms?</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-21655499014264659472020-02-15T14:12:00.000+05:302020-02-15T14:12:04.489+05:30In India, only 6% of households own cars, how much is spent for their benefit?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
How much parking space, how much road space, how much police costs, how much health costs.<br />
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Is the government subsidizing the 6% who own cars?<br />
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If that subsidy is cut back to a number consistent with 6% ownership, would there be money for #freepublictransport?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-36035115783829439502020-02-15T13:59:00.002+05:302020-02-15T13:59:19.401+05:30In India, #freepublictransport would save more in health costs than would be lost in fares<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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India spends around 1.28 per cent of the GDP on health while air pollution from burning fossil fuels costs an estimated 5.4 per cent of India's GDP.<br /><br />...Exposure to pollution from fossil fuels also leads to around 49 crore days of work absence due to illness, the report said.</blockquote>
<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/the-cost-of-deadly-air-pollution-in-india-rs-3-39-lakh-per-second/a-loss-of-rs-10-7-lakh-crore/slideshow/74112762.cms">https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/the-cost-of-deadly-air-pollution-in-india-rs-3-39-lakh-per-second/a-loss-of-rs-10-7-lakh-crore/slideshow/74112762.cms</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-40838380734896378472019-12-12T01:36:00.003+05:302019-12-12T01:36:08.317+05:30Young women call for #freepublictransport<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Teen advocates in India demand free public transportation and better schools at their Freedom for Girls convention. <a href="https://t.co/NHc9mEMqno">https://t.co/NHc9mEMqno</a> <a href="https://t.co/wAJSnb7IYv">pic.twitter.com/wAJSnb7IYv</a></p>— Womenstrongintl (@womenstrongintl) <a href="https://twitter.com/womenstrongintl/status/1204813604295528449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-82779292876089931072019-12-06T08:49:00.000+05:302019-12-06T08:49:05.333+05:30#Publictransport fares reduced in Bengaluru<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Twitter brainstorm: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BMTCforAll?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BMTCforAll</a> <br><br>Reform agenda 1: Reduce the fares<br><br>Yes, yes.. the govt has already announced its decision to reduce the bus fares and we are mighty happy about it! <a href="https://t.co/v1N7G8c4c4">pic.twitter.com/v1N7G8c4c4</a></p>— BusPrayanikaraVedike (@BBPVedike) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBPVedike/status/1202602942915735553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-32955864488596573072019-11-24T22:55:00.000+05:302019-11-24T22:58:37.202+05:30Ridership jumps 10 percentage points with fare-free plan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The number of female commuters in public buses in the national capital has jumped by nearly 10 per cent since the implementation of the Delhi government's free-ride scheme for women, official data released on Wednesday showed.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/10-rise-in-female-commuters-in-delhi-public-buses-since-free-ride-scheme-launch/story/390739.html">https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/10-rise-in-female-commuters-in-delhi-public-buses-since-free-ride-scheme-launch/story/390739.html</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-52311005612069659832019-11-16T12:37:00.001+05:302019-11-16T12:37:05.751+05:30Cities need free public transport to create some space<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free public transport is something that all cities should try and work towards. It is one of the important set of measures that can help sustain urban spaces in India going forward with most cities clogged by pvt vehicles. This has been attempted by several cities in the world</p>— Ayush (@AyushyaKhanna) <a href="https://twitter.com/AyushyaKhanna/status/1195593640636059649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-22800570838349697082019-11-01T05:10:00.002+05:302019-11-01T05:10:50.633+05:30Savings in pollution costs will more than pay for Delhi free public transport<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do you know how much Delhi/country losing for pollution..it is up to 8.5% of GDP...…. this cost will be reduced if pollution gets reduced.. that cost will be more than enough to fund free public transport!!!!</p>— Sachin Pandey (@serioussachin) <a href="https://twitter.com/serioussachin/status/1189916439001489409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-59727352182801648332019-10-16T14:37:00.000+05:302019-10-16T14:37:12.906+05:30Disingenuous attack on fare-free public transport<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is how they attack the idea of free public transport:<br />
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First, reduce it to an accounting problem.<br />
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<i>The key to operating a free public transport is to identify alternate sources of revenue to finance it. Sustaining a free transport policy in the long-term, especially during times of economic volatility, can be highly strenuous. ...</i></blockquote>
We wonder if the automobile system could withstand a sharp pencil analysis. But that will never happen because the costs of cars are never included specifically in budgets. They are just considered necessary costs of development.<br />
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Second, repeat the big lie: "Fares are needed to pay the costs of public transport"<br />
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<i>While financial performance is critical for operating public transport, increasing the fare is not the best solution. The approach to the problem will change once it is realised that the objective of operating public transport is not to generate revenue but to offer affordable services to citizens. The need of the hour is to find innovative solutions to make public transport affordable for all.</i></blockquote>
Here, the same writer admits that fares are for rationing, not revenue. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-3116143173068303072019-09-07T06:14:00.002+05:302019-09-07T06:14:31.318+05:30Use public transit, reduce traffic<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you are a resident of Delhi and complain about steep increase in penalty for traffic violations. Please sell you vehicle and use the money to travel on Metro. 1/n<a href="https://twitter.com/nsvirk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nsvirk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FreePublicTrans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FreePublicTrans</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ArvindKejriwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArvindKejriwal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IPSMadhurVerma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IPSMadhurVerma</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KapilSharmaK9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KapilSharmaK9</a></p>— Akhil Sehgal (@akhil_shgl) <a href="https://twitter.com/akhil_shgl/status/1169928213138558976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-57348318882233135712019-07-10T13:49:00.002+05:302019-07-10T13:49:34.244+05:30Does this look like a good way to move people?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<img height="239" src="https://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/the-kathmandu-post/miscellaneous/2541-06122018081827-1000x0-28032019073445-1000x0-10072019085556-1000x0.jpg" width="400" /><br />
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The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division office said that on average the hotline responds to 2,000 to 3,000 phone calls every day. Most of the calls are inquiries from the public about traffic jams in Kathmandu Valley and the highways, and complaints against public vehicles.</blockquote>
<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-07-10/traffic-police-hotline-103-gets-thousands-of-complaints-every-day.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-07-10/traffic-police-hotline-103-gets-thousands-of-complaints-every-day.html</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-9677671960529264522019-06-10T04:52:00.001+05:302019-06-10T04:52:07.892+05:30India - Bank CEO calls for #freepublictransport<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A developed country is not the one where poor have cars, but where all including the rich use public transport. Small country called Estonia leads the way. Free public transport for all! <a href="https://t.co/4m87JN6DGz">https://t.co/4m87JN6DGz</a></p>— Uday Kotak (@udaykotak) <a href="https://twitter.com/udaykotak/status/1137357519855087623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-57740678904495614752019-06-05T22:14:00.003+05:302019-06-05T22:14:58.386+05:30Fare-free fever in India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Shortly after the Delhi Chief Minister’s decision to provide free transport to women, a Shiv Sena corporator from Pune has also demanded that the city follows suit of the national capital.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://punemirror.indiatimes.com//pune/civic/pmpml-mulls-over-corporators-demand-for-free-transport/articleshow/69639945.cms?">https://punemirror.indiatimes.com//pune/civic/pmpml-mulls-over-corporators-demand-for-free-transport/articleshow/69639945.cms?</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-13267160595391157302018-01-28T13:11:00.001+05:302018-01-28T13:11:06.965+05:30Kochi, India, promoting #publictransport<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/public-transport-as-the-way-ahead/article22538490.ece">Public transport as the way ahead - The Hindu</a>: "Through this initiative, we want to make public transport the preferred choice for Kochiites and visitors.”<br />
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He urged members of the public to jointly bring about a change in the way public transport was perceived and utilised in Kochi."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-75587935422689006792018-01-11T10:37:00.001+05:302018-01-11T10:37:07.928+05:30India needs to revamp its public transport system: Nitin Gadkari<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-needs-to-revamp-its-public-transport-system-nitin-gadkari/articleshow/62447155.cms">The Economic Times</a>: ""For long term, we need a good policy which is going to encourage public transport... We need to revamp public transport," the road transport and highways minister said. "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-2430904983028119732017-11-20T13:33:00.001+05:302017-11-20T13:33:21.002+05:30Invest in public transport instead, say mobility experts<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/invest-in-public-transport-instead-say-mobility-experts/article20550299.ece">The Hindu</a>: "“The city administration needs to first make a conscious choice to opt for public transport instead of private,” he said.<br />
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Srinivas Alavilli from Citizens for Bengaluru said the alarming levels of pollution in NCR should ring warning bells for Bengaluru. “The State government hasn’t got the message from the Steel Flyover Beda campaign right. The campaign was a clear expression of people’s opinion against all flyovers, which are essentially stop-gap temporary solutions, not against that particular steel flyover alone,” he said."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-89371887677702296642017-11-20T13:22:00.001+05:302017-11-20T13:22:51.958+05:30Stop finger pointing, boost public transport: EPCA tells Delhi govt<a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/stop-finger-pointing-boost-public-transport-epca-tells-delhi-govt/story-PlQXxhHxJ3RX3cF8i856qM.html">Hindustan Times</a>: "Citing that lack of public transport will make such an important pollution control intervention meaningless, the letter also said: “It is imperative that your government take urgent measures and decisive steps to augment public transport. Only then emergency steps like odd-even are effective.”"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-31006934542592879382017-08-17T11:03:00.001+05:302017-08-17T11:03:14.367+05:30Wheat fungus thriving in warm, wet weather<a href="https://undark.org/article/wheat-blast-deadly-fungus/">undark </a>: "No one in Bangladesh knew how wheat blast had jumped two oceans, but now it had a foothold on the Asian continent. In March, reports came out that wheat blast had surfaced in the Indian region of Bengal. Should the disease spread widely across Bangladesh and India, and into Pakistan, wheat blast could devastate a crop that feeds more than 1.5 billion people. And waiting to the north is China, the world’s largest wheat producer."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-84328732399603059692017-08-03T21:34:00.001+05:302017-08-03T21:34:19.684+05:30Now cars can kill with heat, from a distance of thousands of miles<a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02082017/heatwaves-deadly-heat-humidity-wet-bulb-human-survivability-threshold">InsideClimate News</a>: ""Not even the fittest of humans can survive, even in well-ventilated shaded conditions, when the wet-bulb temperature stays above 35," said study co-author Jeremy Pal of Loyola Marymount University. The effects ripple beyond the existential threat to individuals to affect industries like construction, transportation, agriculture and utilities.<br />
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"Generally speaking, it is the poorest that are working outdoors and that don't have access to air conditioners. This is particularly unjust, because per capita emissions in most of these poorer regions are less than a tenth of those in industrialized nations," Pal said."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-7343980111535208672017-08-01T02:31:00.001+05:302017-08-01T02:31:37.087+05:30Renewables are wrong prescription for #climate<a href="http://eco-socialist.blogspot.tw/">Saral Sarkar's writings</a>: "<br />
I hope now it has become clear to my readers that "renewable energies" cannot play any role in solving the multifaceted global crisis of today and that, on the contrary, investing in these technologies is a waste of time, effort, energy and, most important of all, scarce resources."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263806041593059535.post-80682528276034295322017-04-20T03:26:00.001+05:302017-04-20T03:26:51.493+05:30Patiala, India, climbing on top of buses<a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/community/students-rue-lack-of-public-transport/394662.html">Students rue lack of public transport</a>: "“It is very difficult to reach the college during the morning hours as all means of transport remain occupied due to augmented footfall of students. We have to climb atop private buses to attend the first lecture,” said Gurkirat Singh, a BA final-year student."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0