[sustran] Re: dedicated busway, more buses

[Wendell Cox]

Presume these are derivatives of the Volvo 3 section buses that have been
operating in Curitiba...


----- Original Message -----
From: Ananthakrishnan <ganant at vsnl.com>
To: Sustran <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 10:49 PM
Subject: [sustran] dedicated busway, more buses


> Volvo buses from Sweden are to be placed on select routes in Bangalore,
> Southern India.
> The State Transport Minister, C.R.Sageer Ahmed said the first phase of the
> Metro Bus Project involved a 12 km dedicated track between Jayanagar Bus
> Station and Shivajinagar Bus Station, passing through Basavanagudi and
> Krishnarajendra Market.
>
> The buses of new design with three articulated compartments, can carry
upto
> 270 passengers. While they have a tight turning circle, they need a
> dedicated track to avoid accidents and to be able to move fast, the
Minister
> said.
>
> The Government plans to seek the assistance of the Swedish Development
> Agency to fund the purchase of the Volvo buses. The buses are expected to
be
> on Bangalore roads by December.  Volvo produces trucks near Bangalore and
it
> is likely that some buses would be built within India.
>
> Mr.Sageer Ahmed said the Government is in the process of adding another
600
> buses to the fleet of 2,200 for the city. While the BMTC would add 100
> buses, private operators would add 500.
>
> Reports say Bangalore roads cannot take more than 2,500 buses, and some of
> the existing roads are already handling an overload of motor traffic.
>
> (Excerpts from The Hindu, India, July 30, 2000)
>
> G.Ananthakrishnan, Chennai, India
> www.geocities.com/indianliving
>
>