Vendor’s financial woes hit BMTC’s ‘Intelligent’ projectTrimax’s debt woes have had an adverse impact on the use of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs), the hand-held device conductors use to is...
Two years on, commuters continue to suffer as BMTC squats on real-time dataTwo years on, commuters continue to suffer as BMTC squats on real-time data, refusing to share it on its platforms.
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...
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...
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...
India will play an important role with delivery, says Conduent India CEO Lokesh Prasad"Geography-based strategy is our primary goal. There was no geography strategy before now we have created one in which India will play a ve...
BMTC buses to have panic buttons & tracking systemsTara Krishnaswamy, member of Citizens for Bengaluru, suggested that the corporation sensitise its staff to handle complaints of harassment ...
BMTC's proposed innovation team to use existing data to improve efficiencyThe soon-to-be formed in-house innovation team is meant to remedy the situation. “Though ITS technology was generating a lot of data, there...
You can soon book a seat on select Bengaluru busesWhile the facility of booking tickets online is already available for longdistance and intercity state-run and private services, no such op...
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.
Common Mobility Card is now a Smart City Idea for BengaluruCommon mobility card has been packaged under Bengaluru Transport-related Information and Planning System, an app-based platform that will a...
Cab aggregators told to end carpooling in three daysAggregators may move state and Centre seeking changes to Motor Vehicle Act to provide for shared services.
Intelligent system is ticket to future: BMTCPublic transporter to introduce vehicle tracking, electronic ticketing and passenger information systems soon.
BMTC to go intelligent, will introduce vehicle tracking, electronic ticketing & passenger information systemsAccording to BMTC insiders, close to 90% of BMTC’s bus routes, numbering almost 6,400, have been digitised and 5,873 buses, out of a total ...
Shuttle operator ZipGo suspends services; government says it lacks licenceUnfair deal? App-based shuttle operator says he's being harassed but transport department says it doesn't have aggregator licence.
In an online world, BMTC misses the bus againBut regular users of the city's public bus network believe the utility could have introduced online bus pass facility years ago.
ZipGo to face action for illegal operations in BengaluruTransport authorities said legal action would be initiated against ZipGo, an app-based transport aggregator, after they found that its oper...