From Wednesday traffic snarls will be back to trouble lakhs of commuters on the BRT corridor with Delhi Government deciding to revert back to the dedicated lane system. The decision was taken in a meeting held by the transport department of Delhi Government, headed by Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, on Tuesday and the same will be effective from Tuesday midnight.

Changes in traffic flow at Chirag Dilli, Siri Fort intersections

The flow of traffic between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand along the Capital's much talked about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will revert to the original lane system from Wednesday. The Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS), which operates the corridor, said on Tuesday that following the end of the trial runs by Central Road Research Institute on the instructions of the Delhi High Court, the corridor was handed back to it on Saturday.

New Delhi: The BRT corridor is back with the Delhi integrated multi-modal transit system. However, DIMTS officials said signal cycles would go back to the original format only after the rest of the bus rapid transit corridor is restored to the previous state. While officially there is no word on the date, sources said the dedicated bus lane should be back within a week.

For lakhs of commuters jostling for space on the narrow lanes of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor, the six days’ respite allowing mixed vehicles has been extended till May 21. The arrangement for the trial run, which was to conclude on May 17, will now continue for the next couple of days. Meanwhile, with expert body Central Road Research Institute’s (CRRI) interim report on BRT batting in favour of the traffic flow during the trial run, the experimental run may carry on even longer.

On the final day of the BRT trial run, there was no clarity on whether dedicated bus lanes would be continued. The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) team carrying out the study recommended that BRT lanes are not needed and that vehicular movement be continued as per the plan for the trial run. The Transport department, however, on Thursday said the BRT lane should be operational in a day or two.

New Delhi: Built to promote public transport, specifically bus travel, the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand doesn’t seem to have had any such impact. An interim report by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to the Delhi high court states that there is little difference in bus speeds between the BRT corridor and the adjoining stretches like Khel Gaon Marg and Aurobindo Marg. While speeds on the BRT average 11-28kmph, on the latter the range is 16-23kmph.

The Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System which manages the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridor in South Delhi has got a case registered with Delhi Police against Colonel B. B. Sharan of NGO Nyaybhoomi, who is a petitioner in the Delhi High Court in a case on viability of the corridor, for physically damaging the kerb that separated the bus corridor from the rest of the passage.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted six weeks’ more time to the city government to file its report on the ongoing study by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) on the traffic flow on BRT corridor after opening it to all vehicles and not restricting it to just buses.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw gave more time to the government accepting its submission that the CRRI needed more time to complete its work.

New Delhi: In a fresh twist in the PIL being heard by the Delhi high court on utility of the BRT corridor, another NGO has moved court against scrapping of the project. National Alliance of People’s Movement, an umbrella organization has sought to be heard as a party to the PIL where HC has ordered a review of the utility of the corridor. Arguing against any move to scrap it, the NGO is likely to field rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan to make their case for retaining the corridor, arguing in essence that it serves the needs of the masses that use public transport.

The Transport department on Monday said it will file an FIR against Col B B Sharan, who filed a PIL questioning the viability of the BRT corridor, after he got Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS) officials to demolish kerbstones separating BRT lane from the rest of the road. The kerbstones were removed on Saturday night after Sharan told DIMTS officials that the study team had been permitted to remove barriers if needed.