City Transport

• City's BRTS becomes benchmark, gets national award for mobility

  The newly-introduced Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Jaipur has become a national benchmark for management of mass transport systems in India. The Rajasthan government was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Mobility Award-2010 by the Union government on Sunday. The award was selected among mass rapid transp...

• Jaipur: Metro project to begin on Saturday

  After two years of flip-flops and uncertainty, Jaipur's Metro train project is finally ready to hit the tracks. On Saturday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the nodal agency for the venture, would start work for building the stations and railway lines for the first phase of the project.Initial work would start near the Ajmer Pulia, where t...

• Mumbai: Railways to give city its next 'smart' transport card

  Part two of the city's experiment for a common transport ticketing card, on the lines of London's Oyster Card or Hong Kong's Octopus card, has just begun. The Indian railways has promised to come to the city's rescue for this project, after the failure of the 'Go Mumbai' card, the city's much-promised common transport card.The Railways has already ...