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Uncommon ground: Dinesh Mohan views strengthen walkers' case

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 3 days ago: We are happy to endorse wholeheartedly the pro-pedestrian and pro-cyclist views expressed by Profess … more →

Tags: straphangers, Buses, Commuters, transit, Public Transport, Chennai, India, mrts, News

Chennai gridlock gets some media attention

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 6 days ago: People using Chennai’s roads today would have realised the futility of trying to move from one … more →

Tags: Buses, Chennai, Commuters, Cycling, India, Life, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, mrts, MTC

Can Chennai handle the sophistication of a Metro rail?1 comment

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 3 weeks ago: If this is the state near a "Metro" station, the tunnels will fill up with muck At the ris … more →

Tags: Buses, Chennai, Commuters, India, mrts, Public Transport, straphangers, Trains, transit

Chennai Beach-Velachery MRTS Timetable 2008 5 comments

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 1 month ago: This is the timetable for services operating on the Beach - Velachery Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT … more →

Tags: Chennai, Commuters, India, mrts, Public Transport, straphangers, Trains, Beach Velachery MRTS, Velachery

Soaring fuel prices: Manmohan, Chidambaram sit on their hands

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 2 months ago: Volvo services in Bangalore and Chennai are few, and carry a handful of passengers because tickets a … more →

Tags: Buses, Chennai, Commuters, India, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, MTC, Public Transport, straphangers, Trains

DMK Government and bus fares

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 3 months ago: Transport Minister K.N.Nehru has been speaking about the DMK Government being concerned about the i … more →

Tags: straphangers, Buses, Commuters, transit, Public Transport, Chennai, India, Bus Rapid Transit, indore

More evidence: high petrol price makes public transport attractive

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 3 months ago: The New York Times reports today that in the land of the automobile, public transport is now sought … more →

Tags: straphangers, Buses, Trains, Commuters, transit, Public Transport, Chennai, India, mrts

Will you dump your car to take a bus in the BRT corridor?

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 4 months ago: That was the question posed on the discussion forum of one of the bigger newspapers in the country, … more →

Tags: straphangers, Buses, Trains, Commuters, transit, Public Transport, Chennai, India, mrts

MTC gets Volvo strategy hopelessly wrong1 comment

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 4 months ago: Volvo-built buses have been operating on some MTC routes in Chennai for a few months now. These … more →

Tags: Buses, Public Transport, transit, Commuting, News, "Urban Transit", Chennai, Volvo, MTC

Traveller Info: Chennai Volvo Services1 comment

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: The Hindu today carries details of the air-conditioned MTC Volvo services, with some information on … more →

Tags: Buses, Commuters, transit, Public Transport, Chennai, India, MTC, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, News

Traveller Info: Chennai Central bus and city rail connections2 comments

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: The Southern Railway does not advertise it widely, but Chennai Central, the brick red British era te … more →

Tags: Buses, Chennai, India, mrts, Public Transport, straphangers, Trains, transit, Volvo

Tragic death at Fort Station today points to Lalu indifference

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: A middle aged man died apparently after being hit by a train at Fort Railway Station mid-morning to … more →

Tags: Chennai, Commuters, India, Life, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, mrts, Nokia, Pedestrians, Public Transport

Ticket machines: welcome addition, but not a panacea

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: Straphangers welcome the introduction of automatic vending machines as an addition to manned counter … more →

Tags: Buses, Chennai, Commuters, India, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, mrts, News, Pedestrians, straphangers

Chintadripet MRTS timetable

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: The Beach - Velachery MRTS intersects Anna Salai at Chintadripet. This is the station that is closes … more →

Tags: Buses, Commuters, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, mrts, MTC, News, Public Transport, straphangers, Trains

Beach - Velachery MRTS: Time-table at Velachery

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: On my first visit to Velachery after the launch of the MRTS service (to get a full network season t … more →

Tags: straphangers, Trains, Commuters, transit, Public Transport, Beach Velachery MRTS

How small can maps get?1 comment

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: Just how small and compact can travel maps get? During a recent visit to Amsterdam, I picked up th … more →

Tags: Buses, Chennai, Commuters, Life, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, mrts, MTC, News, Nokia

Traveller Info: Shamshabad airport connectivity to Hyderabad

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 5 months ago: As a public service, I am providing the preliminary connectivity information put out by GMR, for the … more →

Tags: Aviation, India, Photography, Trains, transit, Transport Photography, News, Travel, GMR

Pedestrians oppose Chennai Corporation road widening schemes

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 6 months ago: Straphangers United demands that the Chennai Corporation stop its planned programme of road wideni … more →

Tags: straphangers, Buses, Trains, Commuters, walking, Pedestrians, transit, Public Transport, Chennai

Suburban train timing changes, Gummidipoondi commuters protest

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 6 months ago: There are some changes to suburban train timings due to track work at Basin Bridge. The details of t … more →

Tags: straphangers, Trains, Commuters, Pedestrians, transit, Public Transport, Chennai, India, mrts


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