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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...
“Sustainable Growth” – fundamentals of urbanization – GRK Reddy, CMD Marg Properties
Following article by Mr GRK Reddy, CMD of Marg Group appeared in Times of India. Mr Reddy is member of the Executive Committee of Chennai City Connect. Tier 2 cities are fast progressing to be 2 million population cities leading to ever increasing urbanization...
Citizen Chennai – Gopal Srinivasan, CMD TVS Capital Funds
Following article by Mr Gopal Srinivasan, CMD of TVS Capital Funds appeared in Times of India, 21 December, 2010. Mr Gopal Srinivasan is member of the Executive Committee of Chennai City Connect. CITIZEN CHENNAI - IT IS TIME TO DREAM GLOBAL, PLAN LOCAL Taking...
Public Transport and Public Spaces
The importance of Public space around Metro and BRTS stations, interchanges and other mobility hubs cannot be stressed enough. Success of public transportation depends disproportionately on access which basically means the humble footpaths, decent bus...
Why can’t we – Service Lanes
While the photos below load …. why can’t our arterial, broad roads have service lanes? Are they so difficult to design? Courtesy my colleague Ms Shreya G., what you see below is one example of service lanes from Guangzhou, China. (Guangzhou...
Pallikaranai Marsh – an opportunity?
After taking a policy decision to hand over 150 hectares of land in Pallikaranai to the forest department, the state government will take steps to acquire patches of land in the northern and south-eastern parts of the marsh, measuring about 127 hectares,...
