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We need a Sunday fare – The Hindu
I have a new blog piece today in The Hindu on how we can use the MTC’s fleet of 100 Volvo airconditioned buses better with a new fare idea. We need a Sunday fare – The Hindu. It is an off… more →
Straphangers United
We need a Sunday fare - The Hindu
wrote 1 month ago: I have a new blog piece today in The Hindu on how we can use the MTC’s fleet of 100 Volvo airc … more →
MTA fare hikes set to take effect Sunday, angry straphangers campaign to 'swipe back' against increased fees
wrote 2 months ago: Furious straphangers are asking asking fellow subway riders to “swipe back” against MTA fare hikes s … more →
MTC and the lessons of the OMR student tragedy
wrote 5 months ago: In my new blog on The Hindu website called Urban Prospects, I raise the question of whether the Metr … more →
30 More Subway Stations on Track for Wireless Service by End of March 2013
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wrote 6 months ago: (Transit Wireless) Straphangers will be able to yak, text, email and tweet in 30 more subway station … more →
At Unveiling of 7 Percent Fare Hike, Joe Lhota Lectures on the Value of Discount MetroCards
wrote 7 months ago: Now class… (Matt Chaban) Call him Professor Joe Lhota. At MTA headquarters this morning, the t … more →
Facebook chat on Chennai MTC and Urban Jungle column
wrote 7 months ago: This Urban Jungle column in The Hindu on Monday “A shoddy job on buses” was the basis of … more →
It is a long, difficult climb for the disabled at India's suburban rail stations
wrote 8 months ago: India’s urban train stations are disabled-unfriendly, in spite of 17 years of existence of the … more →
Chennai continues to have the worst walkability score
wrote 9 months ago: Chennai, India has, arguably, the worst walkability score in the country. Pedestrians and vendors mu … more →
Poetry Challenge Day 10: The A Train
wrote 10 months ago: NYC MTA Transit We’re riding together but sit worlds apart. The stockbroker, the mo … more →
How Chennai residents lose walking space
wrote 1 year ago: This picture of work being carried out outside the Chintadripet MRTS station taken today is a typica … more →
PUNK & THRASH BASH 2 / BLUE ROOM, NJ / TRANSCEND THE CORE...
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wrote 1 year ago: Transcend the Core Punk and Thrash Bash had its 2nd party April 13th at the Blue Room, Secauc … more →
Chennai's missing mini-buses: An idea for the AIADMK government
wrote 1 year ago: There is no clarity on the transport policy of the AIADMK government, barring the red and off-white … more →
PUNK & THRASH BASH 2 / BLUE ROOM NEW JERSEY /
wrote 1 year ago: 2nd P & T party. The first was astonishing and Transcend the Core are stoked beyond belief to be … more →
Can we fix plain old walking spaces in Chennai first?
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wrote 1 year ago: A city can call itself civilised only if it has a reasonable walkability score, but Chennai is now n … more →
Frozen in time, can suburban rail find a renaissance ?
wrote 1 year ago: The Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi is presenting the Railway Budget today. It is beyond argument t … more →
Birds need a break too.
wrote 1 year ago: Humans aren’t the only ones who ride the train here in New York. We share it with the birds. T … more →
Will Volvo, Scania Citywide, Leyland Jan Bus change the way we see buses?
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wrote 1 year ago: As a regular commuter on Chennai buses (once again!) one cannot help noticing the poor image that th … more →
For the disabled, a steep climb in Chennai's suburban rail stations
wrote 1 year ago: The Indian state cares little for the disabled in the country. It does not do much even for normal, … more →
Chennai rail foot overbridge collapse : Probe Divisional Railway
wrote 1 year ago: The collapse of part of the suburban rail foot overbridge at Nungambakkam causing grievous injury t … more →
