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Jyoti: /* Dismantling BRT */

2018-09-11T21:00:20Z

‎Dismantling BRT

Jyoti: /* Dismantling BRT */

2018-09-11T20:57:53Z

‎Dismantling BRT

Jyoti: /* In the high court */

2018-09-11T20:57:20Z

‎In the high court

Jyoti at 20:53, 11 September 2018

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Pdewan at 16:49, 28 January 2016

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Pdewan at 16:48, 28 January 2016

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Pdewan at 15:14, 23 July 2015

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Pdewan at 15:01, 23 July 2015

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Pdewan at 14:59, 23 July 2015

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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F15&entity=Ar00601&sk=257FA677&mode=text  Paras Singh & Mayank Manohar, Why dismantling of BRT is as big a failure as corridor itself, August 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
-[[File: The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Delhi, 2008-2018.jpg|The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Delhi, 2008-2018 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F15&entity=Ar00601&sk=257FA677&mode=text  Paras Singh & Mayank Manohar, Why dismantling of BRT is as big a failure as corridor itself, August 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
+[[File: The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)- Delhi, 2008-2018.jpg|The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Delhi, 2008-2018 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F15&entity=Ar00601&sk=257FA677&mode=text  Paras Singh & Mayank Manohar, Why dismantling of BRT is as big a failure as corridor itself, August 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
 ''Commuters Brave Daily Traffic Snarls As Revamp Plan Lies In Disarray''

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	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F15&entity=Ar00601&sk=257FA677&mode=text Paras Singh & Mayank Manohar, Why dismantling of BRT is as big a failure as corridor itself, August 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']		[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F15&entity=Ar00601&sk=257FA677&mode=text Paras Singh & Mayank Manohar, Why dismantling of BRT is as big a failure as corridor itself, August 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']

		+	[[File: The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Delhi, 2008-2018.jpg\|The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Delhi, 2008-2018 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F15&entity=Ar00601&sk=257FA677&mode=text Paras Singh & Mayank Manohar, Why dismantling of BRT is as big a failure as corridor itself, August 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]

	''Commuters Brave Daily Traffic Snarls As Revamp Plan Lies In Disarray''		''Commuters Brave Daily Traffic Snarls As Revamp Plan Lies In Disarray''

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	The court had said motorists sooner or later would shift to public transport due to limited scope of expanding the width of roads. “Even if we were to accept the argument that as of today , with the implementation of BRT corridor some inconvenience is being caused, across the board, to everybody... there being no scope to expand the width of existing roads... We see no escape from the fact that citizens of Delhi have to, one day or the other, use public transport,“ it noted.		The court had said motorists sooner or later would shift to public transport due to limited scope of expanding the width of roads. “Even if we were to accept the argument that as of today , with the implementation of BRT corridor some inconvenience is being caused, across the board, to everybody... there being no scope to expand the width of existing roads... We see no escape from the fact that citizens of Delhi have to, one day or the other, use public transport,“ it noted.
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		+	= Dismantling BRT=
		+	==Also a failure==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F15&entity=Ar00601&sk=257FA677&mode=text Paras Singh & Mayank Manohar, Why dismantling of BRT is as big a failure as corridor itself, August 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''Commuters Brave Daily Traffic Snarls As Revamp Plan Lies In Disarray''
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		+	Two years ago, the existing bus rapid transport corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand, built by the Sheila Dikshit government, was dismantled with great fanfare. If that did any good, there is no indication of it. Today, traffic jams on the stretch are so common as to have roundly defeated the purpose of the demolition.
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		+	The Public Works Department planned to redesign the BRT corridor into a regular road, and the 5.8 kilometres from Ambedkar Nagar to Lajpat Nagar were to have seen a Rs 80-crore revamp with new junctions, installation of traffic signals and construction of overbridges and subways.
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		+	The tender for the project was to have been floated in 2017, but all plans got stuck when, according to PWD officials, the urban development department suggested a few changes. “We are working on the suggestions because they will help bring down the project cost,” claimed a senior official. “Once the changes are approved by the government, the tender will be called for.”
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		+	PWD officials maintained it was too early to give a completion date because the project deadline depended on the sanction and approval of the government. The tendering process itself is likely to take up to eight month before work can start on the ground.
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		+	Till then, as TOI found when it visited the corridor, traffic will remain haphazard. Curiously, even the road width is inconsistent, with space used up by the bicycle track. In any case, the track designed for bicycles, especially between Moolchand flyover and Chirag Dilli intersection, is freely used now by two wheelers and even by cars at times.
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		+	To add to the problem, from the exit of the slip road at Masjid Moth onward, most side areas have turned into illegal dumps for debris in plain sight of numerous signboards warning people not to dump waste there. TOI also found the road space being encroached by vendors and car repair workshops. Near the Jahanpanah City Forest exit, construction material in the form of concrete blocks lies across the approach. Crossing the Chirag Dilli intersection towards Ambedkar Nagar brings you in sight of illegal parking spaces.
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		+	“During peak traffic hours, I have got stuck here for up to 40 minutes. What was the point of spending crores to demolish the BRT if things were not going to improve?” asked Animesh Sinha, a BPO worker and daily commuter. His plaint is apparent. The central verge on the entire length consists of concrete bollards. The lack of a proper road divider has created several bottlenecks for road users.
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		+	Pedestrians are perhaps the worst off. The entire stretch has only one dilapidated foot overbridge near the Ambedkar Nagar junction. Most footpaths have been converted into illegal parking lots. Ranbir Singh, a resident of Madangir, observed that crossing the road means risking life given the traffic volume. “You not only have to face reckless traffic, but also look over the shoulder because many cars drive in the wrong direction,” Singh complained. For him, life seems only to have jumped from the frying pan into the fire in the past two years.

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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Flawed-from-the-beginning-Not-closed-to-other-20012016006025 ''The Times of India''], January 20, 2016
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 When the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor was first planned in 2004, the idea was simple: a dedicated lane for buses would make travel faster. The implementation and design, however, proved to be its undoing. Several flaws in both proved to be fatal for the corridor.
 The fact, though, is that BRT can work. In Ahmedabad, for example, it has made public transport the preferred option for many because of ease and accessibility. It has been a success in Pune as well.

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