Congratulations, Shri Lokesh Chandraji
( General Manager – BEST – Mumbai / gm@bestundertaking.com
/ Tel - 91-22- 22873961 / 22873962)
WHAT FOR ?
For implementing ( though partially
) my 5 YEAR
old suggestions in following earlier e-mail :
Ø PUBLIC
TRANSPORT AS A SOLUTION ? ………………[ 15 Feb 2016 ]
I hope, BEST will become a BENCH-MARK for the city-transport
systems all over the country by implementing the rest of my suggestions
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 25
June 2021
Extract from above-mentioned blog / e-mail :
SUGGESTIONS :
* Gradually change over to air conditioned buses
* Do not allow standee passengers ( this will
require adding many more buses )
* Introduction of BRTS ( Bus Rapid Transit System )
* Bus Arrival Time Indicators ( linked with GPS in all buses ) at
all bus stops
* A tablet type digital device fitted behind each seat , where passenger to touch
his destination on route map
* Passenger will also touch his smart phone to the device which will transfer the
fare amount to the bus operator, through a mobile wallet .
No need for a conductor - as practiced in many foreign countries !
* This will tell the driver, at which stops, which passengers are getting off and
seat/s are falling vacant
* If bus is already FULL and no passenger is getting off at the next bus stop,
then driver will not halt the bus ,
passenger
* If a passenger is supposed to get off at , say XYZ stop , digital device will
flash a signal / ring a bell , a few minutes before reaching the stop
* The Bus Arrival Time Indicator, at the stop will also display the " No of
Vacant Seats " in this bus
* This ( No of Vacant Seats ) sign will also appear prominently on the bus
itself as it pulls into the halt
* It is equally easy to introduce such an integrated traffic management
system in Inter-City buses as well
* Entire intra-city bus traffic will be monitored and controlled from the Central
Traffic Control Station of the
way ATC control air traffic or railways control train traffic
* It is just a question of extending an existing ( but slightly modified )
technology to city traffic
* As far as density of traffic on various roads is concerned , mobile apps are
already available
* Based on the situation, Central Traffic Control will order additional buses to
be injected on any particular
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IMPLEMENTATION (
as reported in today’s News Paper ) :
Coming
soon: LED indicators with ‘ETA of buses’ at 400 stops / TNN / 25 June 2021
Extract
:
Ø BEST announced on Thursday
it has begun work to install
LED indicators to provide the
Expected Time of Arrival ( ETA ), of buses at 400
bus stops across the island city and the suburbs
Ø “ We have already started
work on LED indicators
at bus stops in South Mumbai , starting with Mantralaya and also Afghan Church
and Navy Nagar “ , said BEST General Manager, Lokesh Chandra.
Ø He said this was part of
the Passenger Information System ( PIS ) project being
funded by BMC.
Ø Under PIS, BEST will provide
commuters with an App- which it launched some months ago ( miBEST ) – to check for the next arriving bus at the
stop. “ If there is an
indicator, we don’t mind waiting for the second bus “ said a woman commutator
who works in a bank
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RELATED READINGS :
Ø BEST getting BETTER ? ………………………………………………….[ 20 Aug 2017 ]
Ø Thank You , Shri Bagde …………………………………………………..[ 27 Feb 2019 ]
Ø Tracking
BEST Buses through Mobile ? …………………………..[ 31 Jan 2021 ]
Ø A Trail-Blazing Urban Transport ? …………………………………….[ 22 Sept 2017 ]
Extract :
On 12th Sept , Shri S R Jadhav ( Traffic Manager – Planning & Control )
sent to me following email :
From: transport@bestundertaking.com
Sent: 12
September 2017 14:58
To: Hemen
Parekh
Subject: re: fw: A
COMPREHENSIVE BEST SOLUTION
Sir,
This refers to your letter dated 21.08.2017 addressed to the General
Manager, BEST Undertaking
At the outset, we thank you for providing suggestions in connection with
BEST bus operation
The
BEST Undertaking is in the process of developing App for BEST
buses.
Besides, we are also planning to
Information for updated Passengers
In connection with this, we have also noted your suggestion for Bus Route
Indicator at bus
stops
We would also like to inform you that MMRDA is carrying out study
for 'Dedicated Bus Lane' on major corridor
of
Yours faithfully,
( S.R.
Jadhav)
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