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.

NEW DELHI: More than a month after a prodding by the Delhi high court to conduct a "scientific study" of the 5.8km-long bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor at Ambedkar Nagar, commuters will finally see some temporary changes on the stretch. The trial run, which kicks off on Saturday, will do away with the dedicated bus lane and allow vehicles to move freely till May 17.

New Delhi: A year after Delhi government launched the bus cluster scheme, Delhi transport minister Arvinder Singh feels the dynamics of the city’s public transport system has undergone a change. “When the government had said in its affidavit that 11,000 buses are needed, the Delhi Metro still had a small network. But with the expansion of the Metro network and several other transport alternatives like radio taxis, Delhi doesn’t need so many buses,” Singh told The Times of India.

Next month, the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will see a free flow of traffic for a week, as part of the Central Road Research Institute’s study being carried out as per High Court orders. Under the second phase of the study, free flow of traffic will be allowed on the lanes. This trial run is expected to last for around a week. The first phase involved a survey of road users, which will come to an end on Thursday.

New Delhi: As part of a Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) study on BRT, the opinion of 10,000 road users will be collected and analyzed. CRRI has decided to visit nearby establishments such as the Saket court complex, markets, schools, colleges and offices.

New Delhi: In May 2011, the Delhi government launched the vaunted bus cluster scheme which promised to give the city a clean and modern alternative to the “killer” Bluelines. A year later, the scheme seems headed for a spectacular failure. Of the 6,600 buses promised by 2013, only 247 have hit the road till now. With the deadline approaching, the city’s transport department has been flip-flopping on the launch of new clusters of the distinctive orange buses. This year, it has launched just

Colombo: Delhi’s transport system will now be replicated by other major cities. Sri Lankan minister for petroluem and oil Sushil Premajayantha said that they were using Delhi as a model to replicate the CNG-transport system in Colombo and hoped to start work on the same in coming months.

The minister made the announcement at the second Asia Energy Summit held in Colombo last week. The summit organized by Independent Power Producers Association of India in Colombo discussed co-operation for energy security, stability and sustainability in the region.

Twenty four semi-low floor buses were added to Delhi’s roads under Cluster 5. These buses will mainly ply in North and Central Delhi. A total of 120 buses are to ply under cluster 5 but lack of available land for depots has led to delays in rolling out of the cluster scheme. These buses will be parked at Sunehari Nullah and Kanjhawala depot.

A decade ago, plans for a metro and clean-fuel buses were hailed as New Delhi’s answer to pollution. But air in the Indian capital is as dirty as ever — partly because breakneck development has brought skyrocketing use of cars.

Citywide pollution sensors routinely register levels of small airborne particles at two or sometimes three times its own sanctioned level for residential areas, putting New Delhi up with Beijing, Cairo and Mexico City at the top of indexes listing the
world’s most-polluted capitals.

The West Bengal government, in partnership with Essar Oil and Indian Oil, may soon run India’s first buses on coal-bed methane, a natural gas extracted from coal beds and, like other gases, considered a better alternative to petrol or diesel.