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Nihar

@nihart1024

Urban mobility + Tech

 Bengaluru, India
Joined July 2020
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Replying to @WF_Watcher @NammaBengaluroo @ChristinMP_ @0RRCA @srivasrbmrccoi1
This is a pedestrian crossing traffic light that was installed after BMRCL removed the skywalk here a couple of months ago. The "siren" is a standard feature of Bangalore pedestrian crossing sequences to alert people who are hearing-impaired that it is safe to cross.
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Incredible news! Parks across the city will now be open all day. thenewsminute.com/karnataka/…
Bengaluru parks to stay open from 5 am to 10 pm: DK Shivakumar

Bengaluru parks to stay open from 5 am to 10 pm: DK Shivakumar

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday, June 11, announced that all 1,200 neighbourhood parks in the city remain open from 5am to 10pm. This d

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Replying to @BMTC_BENGALURU
@BMTC_BENGALURU Service on the 342 series is so inconsistent 😔 Lots of bunching as well. Please look into this, I feel like many routes never recovered after covid.
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On the other hand, the display was working well! Thanks for fixing this.
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Also, UPI payments are once again working on all AC buses. Awesome!
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Another day of Cubbon Park's ridiculous rules & security stopping us from playing frisbee. In a PARK.
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@BBMPCOMM @aranya_kfd
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Replying to @BMTC_BENGALURU
@BMTC_BENGALURU The driver of KA57F2386 KIA-6 (towards airport at 6 am) is driving very agressively and intimidating other road users. At Hebbal, he swerved dangerously close to a cyclist and cut her off as well.
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I'm on the bus and this has not been a good ride 😐
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If we were smart about it, there could've been more rail, less road #MTHL
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I'd be down for more of this @DULTBangalore @BBMPCOMM
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Also, step free crossings 🔥
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Replying to @blrcitytraffic
@blrcitytraffic There's a huge reduction in pedestrian crossing sequences at signals across the city. How do you expect people to cross entire junctions in 5 seconds? Very dangerous as it suddenly leaves people stuck in the middle of the crossing scrambling to not get run over.
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These kinds of things are so infuriating. Are you seriously going to risk the safety of people crossing so you can claim the waiting time for vehicles at a junction has reduced by 1%? The very people who are reducing traffic by choosing to walk, get punished for doing so. Great.
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It was so pissing off to see this at Museum Rd the other day. Schoolchildren trying to cross the Richmond Rd junction, but the pedestrian signal was green for literally 5 sec. All of them got stuck in the middle of the zebra with a sea of cars charging towards them.
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Replying to @BMTC_BENGALURU
@BMTC_BENGALURU All the bus arrival displays at stops I've seen show wrong information. This is incredibly misleading for passengers. Please do a basic check and fix this.
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I fail to understand how info shown on these displays is completely different to what is provided by the app.
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Replying to @BMTC_BENGALURU
@BMTC_BENGALURU Why do so many drivers skip stops whenever they feel like!? It's the most frustrating thing to see an empty bus skipping your stop after waiting for 10 mins. It's happened to me multiple times just this week.
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Just happened to three different passengers waiting at the Koramangala Water Tank bus stop. One driver swerved across the road at the last minute almost causing a crash. @BMTC_BENGALURU This is ridiculous.
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Why are these flyovers and underpasses not built to a standard clearance? timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
Only 3 Routes To Get Double-decker Buses | Bengaluru News - Times of India

Only 3 Routes To Get Double-decker Buses | Bengaluru News - Times of India

BENGALURU: As the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) gears up to re-introduce double-decker buses by calling for tenders, the questio.

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Maybe - just maybe - we're finally realising the importance of public spaces in our cities. Will this lead us to take more bold decisions and build traffic-free squares, plazas, and parks so that our cities can actually be liveable? @BBMPCOMM Please finish the K-100 Waterway...
Christopher (@gazwa_e_bhindi) profile pictureChristopher@gazwa_e_bhindi30 Jan 2024
Riverfront Revolution of India. Thread🧵 We are waking up after 65 yrs to provide decent public spaces. Dont miss Jhelum, Gomti etc at the bottom! 1/n Dravyawati Riverfront, Jaipur
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This is such a cool episode! Thank you @tweetenator @rajdugar A must watch for everyone who wants to know what's up with the #BengaluruSuburbanRailProject and why things are moving so slowly. I feel like @SWRRLY @KridePrm @drmsbc @RailMinIndia need to watch this too 🫠
Sathya Sankaran (@tweetenator) profile pictureSathya Sankaran@tweetenator6 Jan 2024
Brand new season of India's premiere urban affairs podcast kicks off with: The big fight: Indian Railways vs Bengaluru Suburban Railway | S2E1 with @rajdugar youtu.be/G_f9sQyF3sc @KridePrm @drmsbc @GMSWR @SWRRLY @IasManjula @AshwiniVaishnaw
The big fight: Indian Railways vs Bengaluru Suburban Railway | S2E1

The big fight: Indian Railways vs Bengaluru Suburban Railway | S2E1

On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban affairs podcast,Raj Kumar Dug...

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Can't wait for our very own S-Bahn!
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K-RIDE (@KridePrm) profile pictureK-RIDE
@KridePrm16 Dec 2023
*A Milestone Achieved* #KRIDE Signs Loan Agreement with KfW, Germany for €500 Million. #BSRP 🚉 @AshwiniVaishnaw @MBPatil @RailMinIndia @CMofKarnataka @SWRLY
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#BMTC's new displays show you bus arrivals for 5 sec, "Welcome to BMTC" for half a minute. @BMTC_BENGALURU 😭 Please...
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It's great that we finally have these displays. And this is a much better implementation than other Indian cities. But, a suggestion - Passengers only care about the route, destination, time. Removing the bus registration number would make it far more readable.
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Another issue: The data is just plain wrong. Display at the stop shows the next bus is 15 mins away, BMTC's own app shows me five buses within that time. And the arrivals are not sorted correctly by ETA. @BMTC_BENGALURU
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