Kerala: Ride to Vyttila hub bumpy, private bus operators mull protest
10 months ago

Kerala: Ride to Vyttila hub bumpy, private bus operators mull protest

New Indian Express  

KOCHI : Amid the heavy rain that has lashed the city over the past few days, large potholes have dotted the entrance to the Vyttila Mobility Hub from the Tripunithura side, providing a harrowing time to commuters and bus operators. Under the circumstances, private bus operators have threatened to launch a protest, unless the authorities take urgent steps to fill the potholes. They are collecting user fees, with a minimum of Rs 25 per bus, but the infrastructure has deteriorated,” said K B Suneer of the Ernakulam District Private Bus Operators’ Association. A meeting has been scheduled between the officials of the Vyttila Mobility Hub Society and the bus operators at 11am on Saturday.

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Integrated bus terminal project at Karikkamury gets a boost
1 day, 19 hours ago

Integrated bus terminal project at Karikkamury gets a boost

The Hindu  

The integrated bus terminal project mulled at Karikkamury has got a boost, with the executive committee meeting of Vyttila Mobility Hub Society deciding on Wednesday to hand over land at the mobility hub to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation as a barter for 1.90 acres of similar value owned by the KSRTC near the Ernakulam bus depot, at Karikkamury. …

₹590-crore second-phase development of Vyttila Mobility Hub in doldrums
1 week, 3 days ago

₹590-crore second-phase development of Vyttila Mobility Hub in doldrums

The Hindu  

The ₹590-crore second-phase development works of the Vyttila Mobility Hub are in the doldrums, around a decade after a plan was readied to implement it with private participation. The Vyttila Mobility Hub Society, tasked with making optimal use of the sprawling 25-acre premises as a prime inter-modal hub where buses, metro trains, and ferries converge, has so far achieved little …

‘Transit-oriented development-based LAP will help decongest Vyttila’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Transit-oriented development-based LAP will help decongest Vyttila’

The Hindu  

The transit-oriented development -based local-area plan for Vyttila that Kochi Corporation has mulled can effectively address long-standing issues faced by motorists, pedestrians, and others in and around Kerala’s biggest junction if implemented professionally, experts have said. The proposed LAP, the first of its kind in Kerala, would hopefully resolve issues at the poorly planned Vyttila Junction, where chaotic traffic and …

Relief to commuters as more buses to enter Kochi from Vypeen
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Relief to commuters as more buses to enter Kochi from Vypeen

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: In what might provide relief to hundreds of daily commuters from Vypeen and nearby regions, more buses will soon conduct direct services from Vypeen to various destinations in the Kochi city. A high-level meeting chaired by Transport Minister K B Ganesh Kumar on Wednesday decided to deploy 10 buses of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation to provide direct …

Demand rife to speed up widening of bottlenecked Kaniampuzha Road in Kochi
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Demand rife to speed up widening of bottlenecked Kaniampuzha Road in Kochi

The Hindu  

Demand is rife to fast-track the long-overdue development of Kaniampuzha Road that connects Vyttila with Eroor / Thripunithura into a 14-metre-wide corridor. Motorists and residents along the road, commuters who arrive at the Vyttila Mobility Hub in buses, Kochi Metro Rail Limited, and the Kochi Water Metro too have been seeking steps to widen the bottlenecked corridor that runs parallel …

Demand to relocate auto stands that choke key junctions in Kochi grows louder
7 months, 1 week ago

Demand to relocate auto stands that choke key junctions in Kochi grows louder

The Hindu  

With the previous norm of one autorickshaw stand at each junction expanding to multiple stands at different sides of the same junction, non-governmental organisations and others are urging civic and enforcement agencies to tackle the obstructive parking of autorickshaws and buses at junctions. Pratapan, secretary of the Vyttila Vikasana Samiti, said they were further congesting the junctions, where vehicular movement …

No roads lead to Vypeen in Kochi
9 months, 1 week ago

No roads lead to Vypeen in Kochi

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: In 2004, when new bridges connected the Kochi mainland with the Goshree Islands, including the densely-populated Vypeen, it gave birth to a hope that with increased frequency of public transport, the people here, a majority of who hail from working-class backgrounds, could finally ‘belong’ and attach their aspirations with that of a city yearning to become a metropolis. Alas, …

Redevelopment of Vyttila Junction hangs in the balance
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Redevelopment of Vyttila Junction hangs in the balance

The Hindu  

Uncertainty hangs over the redevelopment of Vyttila Junction in order to end the worsening traffic chaos, with the PWD that built a six-lane flyover over three years ago at what is the biggest junction in Kerala, and other agencies not coming up with any concrete proposal in this regard. Apart from motorists, Vyttila Vikasana Samiti, Vyttila Bus Terminal Neighbours’ Association, …

City buses to stop service
5 years, 6 months ago

City buses to stop service

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: The private bus operators in the city have threatened to stop services from September 20 unless the city roads are repaired immediately. “Our major demands include repairing of bad roads, permission to use Vyttila underpass and stopping the diversion of buses through narrow interior roads. “Despite repeated requests, the police authorities are still diverting buses through narrow roads like …

Kochi: Service road eases congestion
6 years, 2 months ago

Kochi: Service road eases congestion

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: Traffic congestion at Kundannoor Junction on NH66, where the flyover construction by PWD contractor is in progress, has been eased to an extent with the opening of the widened and raised service road on the western side of the highway which reaches the junction from Aroor side, on Saturday. A senior PWD official said that the service road by …

Metroman opposes Vyttila flyover design
7 years, 2 months ago

Metroman opposes Vyttila flyover design

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation principal advisor E Sreedharan has come out against the current design of the Vyttila flyover which is being built now. In a letter to Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad office-bearer G. Gopinathan and Shameer Abdulla who had proposed alternative designs which do away with signals at the junction, the Metro Man has said that the current …

Private buses stay off road in Kerala, commuters struggle
12 years, 2 months ago

Private buses stay off road in Kerala, commuters struggle

Firstpost  

Thiruvananthapuram: An indefinite strike launched by private bus workers since midnight demanding wage hike has hit the mobility of people across Kerala. Reports from various districts said the impact of the strike was severe in northern and central districts, where people depend heavily on private buses for their movement. All bus workers unions affiliated to major central trade unions including …

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