BJP MP Chandan Mitra on Tuesday blasted the Delhi government for ignoring a high court order to put on hold the implementation of the 5.8-km BRT corridor in south Delhi, which was “causing enormous suffering” to people.
While ordering a fresh study on the viability of the BRT scheme, the high court had ordered that its exclusive dedicated bus lane should be opened to other forms of traffic for six weeks. “I want to know when this order will be implemented so that people can get some relief in this matter,” said Mitra, speaking in the Rajya Sabha.

New Delhi: A week after the Delhi high court ordered the city government to carry out a fresh study on the effectiveness of the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, Central Road Research Institute has been approached to conduct the study. A senior government official said, “A basic level meeting has already been held with CRRI, where the terms of reference for the study were discussed. By March 30, the agreement should be finalized.” Sources said the study period was six weeks, with CRRI expected to submit the report by May 1.

Following a Delhi High Court order, Delhi government has decided to carry out a fresh study on the BRT corridor’s utility. The study will be carried out by Central Roads Research Institute (CRRI). The institute will be given six weeks to complete the study. The terms of reference for the study include guidelines such as number of vehicles and people using each of the lanes — dedicated bus lane, motorised vehicle lane and non-motorised vehicle lane — and suggestions, if any, for improving the BRT stretches.

NEW DELHI: Private vehicles may soon be allowed to run on the dedicated bus lanes of the BRT on a temporary basis. The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered a fresh study on the effectiveness of the BRT corridor, asking the government to throw open the bus lanes to private vehicles. Either National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) or Central Roads Research Institute (CRRI) will study if it is viable to allow private vehicles to use the lanes in the long run.

New Delhi: For the Delhi government, it seems, the traffic volume in the city has remained static in the past four years. In response to the Delhi high court’s order to get a “scientific study” conducted on the BRT corridor, the government is submitting a four-yearold study. The study, carried out in June 2008 by EMBARQ, an environmental NGO, is expected to substantiate the government’s stand on the benefits of the bus rapid transit system. Incredibly, the study claims that travel time has reduced by 19% on the BRT stretch.

DIMTS Ready To Replicate Flawed Experiment Even As Govt Refuses To Allow People’s Participation In Decision-Making. The Delhi government decided to rechristen the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor as integrated transit corridor in 2011, perhaps hoping to erase the memory of the ordeal Delhiites undergo everyday on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand BRT.

JAIPUR: Putting to rest the possibilities of constructing the elevated road from Pani- Pech to Collectorate Circle under Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project, phase II, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has sent a revised proposal of Rs 590 crore to the Centre for the approval.

After the elevated road proposed by the state government from Collectorate Circle to Government hostel was shelved after facing strong criticism that it might cause damage to the heritage building along the route, the decision was even taken to drop the plan of constructing elevated under BRTS to send the revised plan without including elevated road was taken by the JDA.

Only mass rapid transit solutions can provide India’s urban commuters with efficient mobility. Billions of man-hours are lost with people ‘stuck in traffic’. This fact is also echoed in government’s national urban transport policy. The reasons are well known: exponential growth of motor vehicles with negligible increase in road space. To make things worse, unprecedented rate of urban population growth has been reported in the last census. So, travel within major urban networks such Mumbai and Delhi has become unpredictable.

The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project could be pulled out of cold storage and become a reality shortly.