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Cycle track on Anna Nagar roads planned
Ms Deepa H Ramakrishnan of the Hindu does a nice job of explaining the Anna Nagar cycle track project. CHENNAI: Over 6,200 students in 15 schools in Anna Nagar, who use bicycles, will be assured of a safe ride with the Chennai Corporation planning to...
Airport Parking Update
We have been helping Chennai Airport officials plan better access to the airport and parking facilities. Initially parking structures were part of the airport terminal construction. But due to austerity measures AAI decided not to construct the parking...
Pedestrian Advice
Few weeks back there was a lot of tension on LB. Corporation and Traffic Police were removing some shops that had taken up space on the footpath. Most of us find it difficult to see something being torn down no matter how justified. There were tens of...
Electric Men To The Rescue
Like a man/woman waiting under the moonlight for his/her lover many of us have been waiting for the TNEB team to turn up and start moving the utilities to the designated Utility Strip. (Most of the time we have been waiting under the hot sun is a different...
Self Demolition on LB
Hope the following will help douse some cynicism in Chennai, for some time. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, many of the citizens who are interested in these kinds of projects believe nothing will change. Corporation of Chennai (CoC) will not do...
LB: A humbling experience
I can speak on behalf of the team. Our LB road pilot, which just involved 0.5 KM, is a humbling experience. Yet it is a very educational experience—you get to see how the city works. I am using present tense since the tendering and subsequent implementation...
Some already visible positive impact of LB pilot
We had given the CoC a set of standards as sample. This was during the initial phases of the LB pilot. These were based on the US Department of Transportation standards. A very comprehensive set of standards indeed. We expected them to say, “this is...
Airport Parking Lot Improvement: A fast track approach
One of the urgent issues is the traffic chaos at the passenger pick up and drop off zones. Since the airport is being upgraded by AAI (new buildings to be open around Dec 2010) construction sites in front of the terminals are also adding to the chaos....
