Sunday, August 10, 2014

Suggestions - Chennai and TamilNadu - 2020

MTC improvements necessary:

A proper website with timings of all buses and new routes must be updated very day. A mobile app must be launched by creating a contest allowing colleges, institution, students and It professionals to participate and prizes must be given.
1. Install and use GPS already installed in MTC buses to display location in the bus stops to identify the next bus which will reach stop.
2. All a/c bus must have tv's to generate content and ads to earn revenue.
3. All A/C side glass doors need ads atleast for doors if you consider safety issue.
4. Sell water inside buses.
5. A/C buses must run at prices which are profitable for govt.
6. A/C buses plying between cmbt and kelambakkam during weekends must be diverted and used for tourist spots like MGM, VGP, Mamallapuram, Marina beach, parthasarathy temple in marina, mylapore temples, besant nagar church and beaches. Instead all a/c buses are plying to IT park areas were there is holiday on saturday and sunday only very few people will travel.
7. A/c buses should also take short trips in weekends from a) velachery bus stand - mamallapuram b) velachery - marina beach c) vadapalani or kknagar- besant nagar (sundays all christians will travel) d) cmbt to marina
Use a/c buses in other routes also since weekends are loss anyways for a/c buses in IT routes.
8. Deploy all buses in it routes after 9 pm to different routes also dont make them short routes.
9. All mtc buses must stop in bus bays exactly in IT expressway. They must adhere to signal, they must be the role model to society. All normal bus drivers must be allowed to cut down one trip since during summer we find them difficult to drive. Special allowance must be given to them.
10. All 570 and 19B going towards kelambakkam must enter IT expressway since IT people are the revenue earners for the route. Similar can also be done for buses plying from kelambakkam towards cmbt so many will board inside it park itself. It will be greatly appreciated by all people.
11. The bus stop near velachery bus stand which has been constructed(while going towards srp) is not used completely since buses dont stop exactly near the bus stand constructed and only auto drivers are using it.  They quality of new bus stops are also not of very high standard they will not last for long we guess. It is very feeble and the supporting joints are not enough. Most people sleep on them, hence small iron rods must be welded across so that nobody can sleep and can be used only for sitting.
12. You can create a new route to ply for A/C buses from cmbt to kelambakkam combining the routes of 5E and 568C.
 cmbt, kk.nagar, saidapet, madhya kailash, thiruvanmaiyur, srp, siruseri kelambakkam. It will help reduce cost on diesel by shorter route and name it 571.
More than river interlinking we must consider converting sea water to drinking water or in huge quantities to be poured in the paths of rivers like vaigai, cauvery, which will benefit in a much bigger way. Funding using bond creation in stock markets.
11. Cable Car project - Kodaikanal and Ooty - Similar to Genting Highlands, Malaysia - Funding please try bond market in stock market.
Long distance cable car project must be implemented in ooty and kodaikanal for long distance travel of say 10-15 kms to tourist spots like in malaysia genting.
In malaysia genting a cable car for 50 kms has been created. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genting_Skyway. This will bring in more tourists and show our strength in infrastructure.
12. Extension of MRTS or Metro - Thiruvanmaiyur to Kelambakkam (Please avoid the project on flyover over It expressway in long run it will not help our people)
To extend the city you should definitely consider extending the MRTS from thiruvanmiayur to kelambakkam. It will support the mtc buses in a big way and bring inmore revenue. If the state govt. wants to earn revenue consider a metro project. Do consider it to be done in underground. Try to avoid the two level project. Consider metro project by using bond(8.5% interest rate) in stock market to generate revenue to start project by doing as PPP project.

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