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Bus, train smart card good for Metro, monorail

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:26 administrator
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Indian Express   18.05.2010

Bus, train smart card good for Metro, monorail

Swatee Kher Tags : transport, train smart card good for Metro Posted: Tue May 18 2010, 05:14 hrs

Mumbai:  The state government will extend the “seamless travel” concept to the Metro and the monorail early next year, urban development department officials said.

Currently, such cards can be used for BEST buses and local trains. The system is aimed at ensuring secure, cashless transactions and reducing long queues at railway stations. Usable as a pass or a ticket, each card has an embedded microprocessor that reads and processes the data on the type of ticket bought.

The decision to extend the concept was taken Monday at a meeting to discuss various aspects of transport projects by the Unified Mumbai Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMMTA).

“The unique feature of Mumbai transport is the commuters change modes to travel to places. With the initial phases of Metro and monorail expected to be completed by mid-2011, a decision was taken to extend the use of smart card for these transport modes,” said K Vijayalakshmi, additional chief, UMMTA.

Urban development department officials said there are agencies that have the expertise to make and integrate new systems in the smart card and they will be roped in.

 

The Railways and BEST had launched the smart card service in 2008. Recently, the Thane Municipal Corporation consented to the use of such cards for its bus service. “TMC has given their consent. We are awaiting a reply from other corporations,” said Vijayalakshmi.

 

 

 

JNNURM buses to go hi-tech

Thursday, 06 May 2010 09:33 administrator
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The Hindu 06.05.2010

JNNURM buses to go hi-tech

 

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VISAKHAPATNAM: The trendy, low floor JNNURM buses being operated by APSRTC will soon get passenger-friendly features like public announcement system and CCTV cameras as part of the Intelligent Transport System (ITS), according to Executive Director (Engineering and IT) of APSRTC U. Sudhakara Rao.

Addressing a media conference here on Wednesday, he said that the system was already introduced in Hyderabad on a trial basis and was found to be a success. The name of the bus stops and the time it would take to reach them would be announced on the mike.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) would also enable the authorities to track the movement of the buses and to disseminate information to the travelling public. Passengers waiting for buses could also send an SMS to a toll free number and get instant information on buses plying on a particular route

He said that 1,540 buses were sanctioned to AP under the JNNURM scheme. While the Centre has allocated Rs.184 crores, RTC has spent Rs.264 crores on purchase of these buses. All the 200 JNNURM buses allocated to Visakhapatnam have already been deployed. Of the 1,000 allocated to Hyderabad, 604 have been deployed and the remaining 396 would be put into service by August-end.

A total of 240 CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) buses were allocated to Vijayawada under the scheme and 117 have already been deployed. The remaining would be operated by August.

Ticket vending machines: Mr. Sudhakara Rao said that 8,000 ticket vending machines would be introduced in ‘Palle Velugu' (rural) buses in the State. The machines apart from ease of operation and speedy service would help in getting accurate information on passenger movement.

 

Civic body to build state-of-the-art bus terminal in Manimajra

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 11:15 administrator
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Indian Express 04.05.2010

Civic body to build state-of-the-art bus terminal in Manimajra

Express News Service Tags : corporation , pec Posted: Tuesday , May 04, 2010 at 0354 hrs

Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation will construct a new bus terminal at the Manimajra bus stand. The structure for the terminal has been designed by Punjab Engineering College (PEC) students.

The structure will be made of stainless steel and have a fibreglass roof. Interlock paver blocks will be used for the flooring and benches with granite sitting top will be fixed.

The structure will be built at a cost of Rs 72 lakh, an MC official said. The size of the terminal will be around 130x30 feet. The design for the structure is ready but tenders are yet to be invited.

“The terminal would be the first-of-its-kind in the city. The structure will be of stainless steel to avoid corrosion,” Superintending Engineer (B&R) Mukesh Anand said.

“A large number of buses ply to and from this bus stand. There was a need to have a better structure for residents. The present terminal does not have adequate facilities,” area councillor Gurcharan Dass Kalaa said. “Once the construction is complete, the residents will have a modern facility in the area.”

ayor Anu Chatrath said efforts were being made to started work at the earliest.

Earlier, the proposal was opposed in the House meeting, as the agenda had mistakenly stated that a “bus queue shelter” is to be constructed.

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