BMTC's grandiose schemes
text of the letter sent to TOI:
I refer to the report in your columns today (12th March,'08) under the caption "Decongesting Bangalore - Research Institute for Transport Soon".
The very first policy recommendation that the Centre for Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (CSTUP), proposed by BMTC alongwith allocating it a Rs 30 crore corpus, could be to open out the 'public bus transport services sector' to competition from organised private sector players on a level playing field. But, it is quite inconceivable that a body promoted by BMTC, an interested party, will ever do that. And consequently, while promoting such a Centre may not be such a bad idea, it is best left in the hands of either an IIM, or a reputed Architecture and Town Plannning school.
It could cost far lesser too. And, after all, we are talking about public money.
I refer to the report in your columns today (12th March,'08) under the caption "Decongesting Bangalore - Research Institute for Transport Soon".
The very first policy recommendation that the Centre for Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (CSTUP), proposed by BMTC alongwith allocating it a Rs 30 crore corpus, could be to open out the 'public bus transport services sector' to competition from organised private sector players on a level playing field. But, it is quite inconceivable that a body promoted by BMTC, an interested party, will ever do that. And consequently, while promoting such a Centre may not be such a bad idea, it is best left in the hands of either an IIM, or a reputed Architecture and Town Plannning school.
It could cost far lesser too. And, after all, we are talking about public money.
posted by Muralidhar Rao at
2:21 AM
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