Chennai City Connect

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/09/12/data-and-the-city-mapping-the-urban-heartbeat/ MTC Chennai Chennai Metro Rail

Using Big Data To Map A City's 'Heartbeat' The pulse of London's tube network has been determined by a researcher at UCL.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/two-monorail-corridors-to-follow-different-funding-paths/article9047115.ece

Two monorail corridors to follow different funding paths The funding and ex*****on plan for the two monorail corridors that the government unveiled on Monday would differ from each other. While the Poonamallee-Kathipara line is planned to be executed throug

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/aug/28/san-diego-mass-transit/

San Diego's unprecedented transportation goal A cornerstone of San Diego’s widely lauded vision to wage war on climate change — getting people out of their cars and onto public transit, bicycles and sidewalks — has never been achieved by any metropolis in the United States on the scale and time frame called for by the city.

Good to have a great High Capacity Network! across Chennai. Chennai Metro Rail Hope we have higher FSI along the corridor, to get higher ridership.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/104-km-104-stations-unveiling-phase-ii-of-chennai-metro-rail/article8931382.ece

104 km, 104 stations: Unveiling Phase II of Chennai Metro Rail “There were some delays related to traffic permissions when we conducted the surveys. Also, residents put up opposition in many areas during the survey. If Chennai Metro Rail and the State government

We should experiment this on OMR. A mere 20 - 30% drop in car levels will improve level of service significantly. The question is which 20% :)

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2016/03/turku-finland-free-bus-fare-drivers-transit/472746/

A Finnish City's Intriguing Plan to Get Drivers Onto Buses: Free Fares It's one of many great new public transit ideas to emerge from the country.

Why not in Chennai too? Chennai Metro Rail MTC Chennai

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/commuters-can-use/2984466.html

Commuters can use Mastercard to pay for public transport by end-2016 This comes after the Land Transport Authority and Mastercard signed an agreement to launch the Account-Based Ticketing System pilot, and hope to attract at least 100,000 users for the initiative.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20110909-travelwise-bike-sharing-around-the-world?ocid=ww.social.link.facebook

Bike sharing around the world Eight great cities for public bicycle programmes

frequency and time!

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/07/transit-riders-survey-walkability-frequency-speed/490913/

What Transit Riders Really Want Frequency, speed, and walkability make for satisfying, effective transit.

Car-Free Sundays at Elliots Beach continues to draw big crowds It is close to 10 months since Car-Free Sundays, an initiative by that has received adequate support from various other organisations, was introduced at Elliots Beach as a pilot project

http://www.wired.com/2016/07/police-see-city-fire/

Violence forces police (and architects) to re-envision the city On the lone gunman in the city, and why we can’t design him out of existence.

This is how they’re doing it: https://curiosity.im/NoCarDay