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MTC workshop – Best Practices from other Transit Providers
City Connect recently(21 Mar 2012) co-ordinated a full day workshop for senior staff and the planning members of MTC. The workshop was inaugurated by the Transport Secretary Mr Prabhakar Rao, I.A.S and was co-chaired by Mr Paulraj, MD MTC, Chennai. The...
New York City Commissioners share best practices with Chennai
Chennai City Connect & ITDP recently facilitated the visit of Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), and Amanda Burden, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission. Ms. Sadik-Khan and Ms. Burden...
Chennai Public Spaces Project Launched
In rapidly concretiz(ing) Chennai! the need for Public Spaces is being strongly felt. We in association with ITDP & Shakti Foundation have spun out a Public Spaces project, which would start with creating strong Visualization or what we call “Could...
Parking Workshop – Micheal Kordonsky
Of the many things that are conveniently forgotten or pushed under the rug in the name of other important things in urban management in most indian cities, parking is sure to find the top spot. ITDP’s parking expert – Michael Kordonsky was in Chennai...
Parking Study
Civitas along with City Connect Foundation is working on a parking policy for Chennai city. What is intended to be covered in this report is: Current Parking Position Parking Management models from across the globe Specific case studies and strategies...
Para-transit Study
Chennai is expanding! and expanding rapidly! With this challenge comes the added pressure on our infrastructure to deliver. One of first visible signs of infrastructure gaps is almost always the transport sector. In most cases the quickest way to tackle...
MTC Route Information: A preview of what can & hopefully would be
After toying with the idea of creating a transit website for many months now, it was actually very nice to get hold of this data that crossed our hands recently. though the data is dated only till 2005, and mtc has introduced many new routes subsequently(now...
Why Underground Metro was a probably a good idea!
We are back with our coffee table section! Chennai in 2 years will have one of the best Metro Rail networks in the country and if the extended coverage is likely to happen the usage is sure to rise. Though the choice of building an underground vs overground...
