Bengaluru to provide free bus rides to women on March 8"As women use public transportation in the city, traffic congestion and air pollution in the city will be reduced and mass transportation i...
07 Mar, 2023, 10.59 PM IST
BMTC plans to offer a bouquet of bus passesBMTC official, who was part of the meeting that suggested changes in the commuter pass system, said the transport utility was also planning...
27 Dec, 2018, 10.31 AM IST
Now, commuters in Bengaluru can reserve seats on BMTC busesThe subject of allowing advance booking had come up during a recent interactive meeting between IT companies, BMTC, the transport departmen...
18 Jul, 2018, 05.23 PM IST
BMTC hopes a uniform blue-&-white colour will restore its original identityThe blue-and-white colour code will apply to nearly 6,000 ordinary buses, while the air-conditioned buses (Vajra and Vayu Vajra services) w...
26 Jun, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
AC bus commuters in Bengaluru may feel the fare hike heatEver since air-conditioned buses (Vajra) were inducted, the BMTC was running under a loss. The corporation managed to bring down the losses...
20 Jun, 2018, 11.44 AM IST
Like Bengaluru buses BMTC app is also unreliableThe app is not much of a help, especially for new passengers. Although the BMTC’s 6,000 buses have a GPS-based tracking system still featur...
14 Jun, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
How BMTC's mobile app is as unreliable as its busesThe app does not detect the location of all buses either. All this at a point of time when bus travel is being projected as the solution to...
14 Jun, 2018, 09.21 AM IST
You will soon get to buy BMTC bus passes onlineFor the time being, the facility is available only on air-conditioned buses (Vajra services) that ply between the Kempegowda bus station an...
31 May, 2018, 09.59 AM IST
Low AC fare, more trips give BMTC a big boostThanks to several reforms, including a major cut in ticket fare and induction of more buses, the utility has witnessed a 43% increase in da...
18 Jan, 2018, 11.45 AM IST
Share your thoughts, BMTC wants to shore up its imagePassengers will be given a slip to write their experiences on cleanliness, maintenance and crew behaviour. In all, there will be 10 questio...
11 Dec, 2017, 11.22 AM IST
BMTC moots flight check-in on Vayu Vajra busesIt is learnt that the transport utility has had at least eight rounds of meetings with the officials of Bangalore International Airport Ltd...
18 Sep, 2017, 10.44 AM IST
KSRTC set to connect 5 more cities to Bengaluru airportThe service presently runs from Mysuru, Manipal, Udupi and Mangaluru. Interestingly, many of these cities Mangaluru, Mysuru, Tirupati and K...
12 Jul, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
Time for smart travel: BMTC's bug-free smart card to rollout soonThe BMTC has partnered with Axis Bank to launch what it claims to be India's first openloop Europay , MasterCard, Visa (EMV) system.
03 Jul, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation wants more demand for airport busesThe BMTC wants its Vayu Vajra service to replace cabs as the preferred means of transport to the airport, which is around 40km from the cit...
11 May, 2017, 10.43 AM IST
What ails BMTC and what it must do to drive Bengaluru's futureBengalureans may have a litany of woes against the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation but there is no denying that the public tra...
24 Feb, 2017, 11.13 AM IST
BMTC bid to cut loss: Happy hours on buses in BengaluruBMTC's gross revenue from premier bus services (ticket fare and commercials) stood at Rs 199 crore in the eight months from April 2016.
19 Jan, 2017, 12.04 PM IST
Meet Prema Ramappa Nadapatti, the first and the only female driver of BMTCPrema simply turned her passion for driving into a full-time job. So, she learnt to drive a lorry and got herself a heavy transport vehicle...
02 Feb, 2015, 12.44 PM IST