public transport Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Social distancing spurs interest in bike-rental services

August 25, 2020 Harsha Raj Gatty and Thepfunguno Kuotsu

The pandemic could be pushing Bengalureans towards a commuting option that ensures both social distancing and last-mile connectivity: IOT-based bike-rental services.

Opinion: How BMTC bus services can be cheap, clean and safe during COVID

August 11, 2020 Sanjay Vijayaraghavan

While BMTC needs to adopt short-term measures like plexiglass partitions and simpler fare structures, it should also evolve long-term measures for safe travel.

Arrangements made by BMTC in collaboration with various other agencies to ply migrant workers from Orissa to Chikkabanavara Railway Station during COVID-19 lockdown in Bengaluru. Pic: Twitter handle of BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar

Can BMTC get Bengalureans to use the bus during COVID?

August 7, 2020 Nagesh Aras

BMTC, which already wasn’t quite popular with Bengalureans, is running skeletal services now. Can sanitation measures, support of private operators, help?

Remember Bengaluru’s minimal traffic during lockdown? Here are nine pointers to sustain it

July 28, 2020 Ashish Verma

During COVID lockdown, we got a glimpse of a liveable Bengaluru where traffic and pollution levels were extremely low. This can be sustained post COVID too, if the city follows some core transport principles.

“Policy changes can help make Bengaluru an equal city for women”

June 11, 2020 Sneha Visakha

Bengaluru lacks the infrastructure required for women to move around freely and participate in the public sphere. To change this, the city needs to be planned and designed differently.

“To make the Volvo AC bus viable, link it with railways and Metro”

July 15, 2019 Uma Ranganathan

As BMTC’s Volvo buses are loss-making, the government recently suggested withdrawing these. But there are ways to turn the situation around, says the author

Invest in public transport, not elevated corridors, say protesters

March 18, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Hundreds of citizens gathered at Maurya Circle on Saturday, demanding cancellation of the elevated corridor project. Citizens Live spoke to the protesters to know why they were opposed to the project

Better upkeep helps BMTC achieve fewer breakdowns

November 20, 2018 Arjun Rajan

Number of breakdowns seem to have reduced among BMTC buses. How did it happen? What changed within the BMTC administration to achieve this?

Ban private vehicles, decongest areas and businesses will thrive: Prof Ashish Verma

July 24, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Do you know what the two main modes of urban public transport are? Or how Right of Way (ROW) operates in these systems? Professor Ashish Verma of IISc explains these in the Bengaluru context to highlight potential efficient solutions to the city’s traffic woes.