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Premium bus service likely to launch this month
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Premium bus service likely to launch this month

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Unlike DTC buses, the premium buses will not stop at every halt and only admit passengers who have pre-booked rides. The Delhi government’s premium bus service scheme is likely to take off in the next two weeks, after two private companies were granted licences to commence operations, officials aware of the development said on Tuesday. The launch of …

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BMTC to provide feeder buses on permanent lease to companies and factories from April 1
11 months, 3 weeks ago

BMTC to provide feeder buses on permanent lease to companies and factories from April 1

The Hindu  

In a huge push to promote public transport, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation on Tuesday announced that metro feeder services will be provided on a permanent contract basis for the use of staff of various companies and factories from April 1, in the backdrop of the expansion of metro services to the suburbs of Whitefield. Various kinds of BMTC buses …

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NCDRC Orders Haryana Transport Department To Pay Compensation For Its Failure To Prevent Smoking Inside Public Buses
1 year, 2 months ago

NCDRC Orders Haryana Transport Department To Pay Compensation For Its Failure To Prevent Smoking Inside Public Buses

Live Law  

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission bench comprising Dr Inder Jit Singh directed the Haryana State Transport Department to take appropriate measures to stop the menace of smoking inside the public buses by the drivers, conductors and passengers. The NCDRC emphasized that the State Transport Department would be separately liable to compensate each of the complainants who availed its services, …

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Don’t get stuck in traffic. How to take public transit to see Taylor Swift at SoFi Stadium
1 year, 4 months ago

Don’t get stuck in traffic. How to take public transit to see Taylor Swift at SoFi Stadium

LA Times  

Imagine the crush as all these Taylor Swift fans left at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., after the concert on May 19 ended. Driving to one of Taylor Swift’s shows at SoFi Stadium could be migraine-inducing, with Sepulveda Pass-level traffic jams and parking spaces selling for far more than the thrift-store dress you bought to celebrate Swift’s “Evermore” era. And …

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Interconnectivity of transportation codes achieved between Ningbo, Shanghai
1 year, 5 months ago

Interconnectivity of transportation codes achieved between Ningbo, Shanghai

China Daily  

A bus operating in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province. The Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Transportation recently announced that transportation codes, which serve as a digital version of transportation cards, can now be mutually recognized in Ningbo, Zhejiang province and Shanghai municipality. This groundbreaking development allows residents of Ningbo to conveniently utilize their local transportation codes when traveling on public buses …

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Public yearns for double-decker rides
1 year, 9 months ago

Public yearns for double-decker rides

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Bus commuters and the general public who were enthused by the government’s decision to reintroduce double-decker buses are a disappointed lot after officials of the HMDA said that the vehicles that were flagged off in February were not for public use. Double-decker buses were the pride of Hyderabad and the government should bring back these buses for general public …

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Privatisation not the BEST policy
1 year, 9 months ago

Privatisation not the BEST policy

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI Not many years ago, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking was widely regarded :as an exemplary public bus system in India. The trouble is that BEST has shrunk its own fleet from 4,700 buses in 2011 to a measly 1,691 today – simply to ‘promote’ privatisation. The BEST’s own data in the past showed that the cost per passenger …

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Soon, Metro-like smart cards to allow e-payments on Delhi buses
1 year, 11 months ago

Soon, Metro-like smart cards to allow e-payments on Delhi buses

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government will soon launch smart mobility cards which will enable commuters to pay their fare electronically in city public buses, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday, and added that the state has floated a tender seeking agency to roll out the project and develop software support. On an average, 4 million people travel in public buses …

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Kejriwal's jab at PM as US capital Washington, D.C. makes public buses free
2 years ago

Kejriwal's jab at PM as US capital Washington, D.C. makes public buses free

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took a swipe at prime minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party Friday after news United States capital, Washington, D.C., plans to make travel in public buses free of charge - forever. The Aam Aadmi Party boss - frequently targeted by the BJP and other political parties for pre-poll promises like free electricity and …

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Delhi Gets 80 More AC CNG Low-Floor Cluster Buses on These Routes
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi Gets 80 More AC CNG Low-Floor Cluster Buses on These Routes

News 18  

With the induction of 80 low-floor air-conditioned CNG buses under the Delhi government’s cluster scheme, the number of public buses in the national capital has risen to 7031, the highest number ever for the city so far. On Wednesday, Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot and Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev flagged off these freshly inducted buses at a ceremony held …

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80 more Delhi public buses to improve rural links: Govt
2 years, 8 months ago

80 more Delhi public buses to improve rural links: Govt

Hindustan Times  

The number of public buses in Delhi rose to 7031, the highest for the city so far, with transport minister Kailash Gahlot inducting 80 low-floor air-conditioned CNG buses under the Delhi government’s cluster scheme. Transport minister Kailash Gahlot said the number of public buses in Delhi has crossed 7,000. Delhi government inducted 80 more Delhi public buses to improve rural …

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Vaccination buses to help get Covid-19 vaccination rate to 85%
3 years, 6 months ago

Vaccination buses to help get Covid-19 vaccination rate to 85%

NL Times  

The Ministry of Public Health will soon hold a national day in which vaccination buses will go into the Netherlands' neighborhoods and vaccinate people against Covid-19. Currently 84 percent of Netherlands residents aged 16 and older have been vaccinated against Covid-19 or want to be, according to public health institute RIVM. The mobile vaccination clinics will therefore focus on places …

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Delhi Metro, buses to run at current limited capacities for 2 more weeks as Covid cases surge
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Metro, buses to run at current limited capacities for 2 more weeks as Covid cases surge

India TV News  

Public buses and metro trains in the national capital will run at their current limited capacities for at least two more weeks with the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Monday deciding to maintain status quo on the number of passengers, sources said. "Delhi Metro trains and public buses will run at previously fixed limited capacities for now. On Monday, Lt …

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Govt sanctions 670 electric buses, 241 charging stations under FAME scheme
4 years, 2 months ago

Govt sanctions 670 electric buses, 241 charging stations under FAME scheme

Live Mint  

The government on Friday said it has sanctioned 670 electric buses for Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Chandigarh and 241 charging stations in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat and Port Blair under Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme. Union Heavy Industries minister Prakash Javadekar said the decision reflects the Centre's commitment to reduce dependence on fossil fuel and address the …

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