For reducing congestion on Aundh road, Pune University should open second...
PUNE: City based group Pedestrians First, which works for issues regarding sustainable transport and safety of pedestrians, has said that in wake of the Pune Municipal Corporation's proposal to cut...
View ArticleExplore options to avoid cutting trees: NGO to civic body, police
PUNE: All possible alternatives, including opening of the Millennium Gate of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), should be explored to avoid cutting down the 105 trees on Aundh Road for road...
View ArticleOpposition to cut trees at Ganeshkhind road
PUNE: The Pune unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has opposed cutting of trees at Ganeshkhind road. The party in statement issued said that it was not supporting the move to cut the tree because, the party...
View ArticlePMC promises to leave most trees untouched
PUNE: Activists and citizens' groups opposed to cutting and relocating of 96 trees for road-widening near the University junction seem to have won half the battle with city mayor Dattatreya Dhankawde...
View ArticleNo parking proposed on Pune-Mumbai highway stretch
PUNE: Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Sarang Awad recently inspected the Pune-Mumbai highway stretch from Khandoba Mal to Central Mall in Pimpri after traders opposed the proposed ban on...
View ArticleTraffic junctions get a safety fix
Pune: At least 45 major traffic junctions have become slightly safer with the traffic branch marking and painting pedestrian crossings with the help of the Pune Municipal Corporation. The initiative...
View ArticleJM Road to have two-way traffic flow on Sundays
Pune: A stretch on Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road will now accommodate two-way traffic flow on Sundays in an effort to ease congestion on Fergusson College Road and Apte Road. The traffic branch of the city...
View ArticleCivic groups oppose move to cut 96 trees
PUNE: Citizens' group Nagrik Chetna Manch, Deccan Gymkhana Parisar Samiti, Pimpri Chinchwad Citizens' Forum and other NGOs have strongly opposed the Pune Municipal Corporation's plan to cut and...
View ArticleActivists moot lane for pedestrians on FC Rd on weekends
Pune: City-based organisation Pedestrians First has suggested that a segregated lane should be created for pedestrians on Fergusson College Road on weekends, to ensure their safety. The suggestion...
View ArticleMore personnel to regulate traffic, combat congestion
PUNE: More traffic police personnel will now be engaged in traffic regulation and reducing congestion as opposed to fining commuters for violations. Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Sarang Awad...
View ArticlePolicy guidelines required for tree cutting in urban areas, says NGO
PUNE: Pedestrians First, a NGO working on issues concerning sustainable transport and safety issues of pedestrians has urged the environment ministry to have a pragmatic policy regarding cutting of...
View ArticleNGOs, road dept to attend hearing on proposal to cut trees
PUNE: Municipal commissioner Kunal Kumar has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation's garden department to conduct a joint hearing of the roads department and NGOs after the PMC's proposal of cutting...
View ArticleTraffic planners to provide better pedestrian facilities
PUNE: The busy crossing outside the Savitribai Phule Pune University is set for a major overhaul which will reduce congestion and cut waiting time. More and better pedestrian refuges and a provision...
View ArticleRevised plan to save trees on Aundh road
PUNE: Pedestrians First, a group working for issues concerning safety of pedestrians and sustainable transport, has submitted a proposal to the municipal corporation saying that if it is implemented,...
View ArticlePune Municipal Corporation meeting to decide trees’ fate an eyewash, say...
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has scheduled another site visit near the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) where it proposes to cut trees for a road-widening project, but activists...
View ArticleAvoid Delhi BRTS mistakes, say experts
PUNE: With Delhi government scrapping its 5.8km bus rapid transit system (BRTS) corridor, citizen activists and experts believe that the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) should not fall...
View ArticleTraffic indiscipline: Overspeeding cases highest in Hinjewadi, Warje
PUNE: Hinjewadi is known not only for its IT park but also for traffic congestion, lack of road infrastructure and now - in a latest - for overspeeding of vehicles. A total of 547 cases of overspeeding...
View ArticlePedestrians dodge vehicles on JM, FC roads
PUNE: Popatlal Mehta is an elderly man who has to cross the busy FC Road several times a day. He stands by the side, waiting patiently for the steady stream of vehicles to pause momentarily so that he...
View ArticleDeadlines come and go, BRTS yet to hit the road
PUNE: The promised launch of BRTS operations on two corridors in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad next week has been postponed since infrastructural facilities in the Pimpri Chinchwad corridor are not in...
View ArticlePimpri Chinchwad ready for BRTS
PUNE: The BRTS on the 14.5km Sangvi-Kiwale corridor in Pimpri Chinchwad will become operational on September 5. The civic administration is making all out efforts to complete the works at bus stations,...
View ArticleProtest of activists protects 100 trees
Pune: As many as 100 trees were saved from the chopping block after activists raised the issue with the Pune Municipal Corporation. The civic body's tree authority gave permission to cut only five...
View ArticlePedestrians run, don't walk
Pune: Roads in every nook and corner of the city are taking away the pleasure of walking. Even the quiet bylanes are being dug up for laying pipes, lanes are getting busier with traffic, and in a speed...
View ArticleNGO expresses concern over high number of fatalities on city roads
PUNE: Pedestrians First, a NGO, working for road safety and sustainable transport has expressed concern over the fact that more than 400 lives are lost every year on city roads. A total of 435 people...
View ArticleTree Authority credentials under scrutiny
PUNE: The members of the Tree Authority of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) are neither eligible, nor qualified to be on the panel, city-based non-governmental organization Parisar has said. The...
View ArticlePune: Divide traffic dept into two wings, say activists
The NGO said that in the current system, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is responsible for roads, traffic infrastructure and traffic engineering whereas traffic police is required to manage...
View ArticleCommuters seek solution to varsity chowk chaos
Pune: Not too long ago, citizens took pride in the cozy closeness of the city, where one could reach anywhere in Pune within 20 minutes. Now, they spend that much time and more in crossing just the...
View ArticleEngg students offer traffic solution
Pune: The ever-congested university junction on Ganeshkhind Road may soon get increased illumination, better pedestrian facilities and have smoother traffic movement. These and other solutions to...
View ArticleRoad accident fatalities high on highways
Pune: Motorists should exercise caution while driving on the stretches of five highways crisscrossing Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. Of the total road fatalities in the city last year, over 34% were on the...
View ArticlePolice moot parking ban for heavy vehicles
Pimpri Chinchwad: Heavy vehicles may soon be banned from parking or halting in areas near Bhosari-Alandi Road, Pune-Nashik highway, Jagtap Dairy Chowk and other areas in Pimpri Chinchwad to reduce...
View ArticleTop cop seeks road users' views to solve traffic mess
Pune: The Pune police have reached out to citizens in an effort to streamline traffic. Suggestions have been invited to improve driveability around the city, particularly around congestion-prone...
View ArticleTwo more bus rapid transit routes between Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The Pune Municipal Corporation will construct two bus corridors - from Harris bridge at Bopodi to Sancheti junction, and from Rajiv Gandhi bridge (Aundh) to Simla office at...
View ArticleTraffic chaos- Uneasy travel on Kharadi bypass
PUNE: Two prominent malls located on either side of Kharadi Mundhwa bypass have turned the stretch into a commuters' nightmare. Besides serving commuters from Hadapsar and other fringe areas, the busy...
View ArticlePMPML and corporation not to be blamed for accident
PUNE: Transport utility PMPML and the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation should not be blamed for the fatal accident last Tuesday on the BRTS corridor as the man jumped over the barricades near...
View ArticleTraffic flow tweaked, smoother ride ahead
PUNE: The Chatushrungi traffic police on Thursday created a new dedicated lane for traffic moving from Aundh Road towards Shivajinagar. Currently, on an experimental basis, the lane is on the extreme...
View ArticleHuman chain to shield 29 trees along Aundh Road
PUNE: Citizens and environment activists will form a human chain near Savitribai Phule Pune University's main gate on January 14 to protest against the proposed felling of 29 trees along Aundh Road for...
View ArticleCivic body to reconsider tree felling after protest
With pics by Ashish Shankar Pune: Over 250 citizens and green activists gathered outside Savitribai Phule Pune University on Saturday morning to protest against the proposed tree felling along Aundh...
View ArticleKCB proposes flyovers, subways to ease congestion
Pimpri Chinchwad: The Khadki Cantonment Board has proposed construction of three flyovers or underpasses, a subway or foot over bridge and one more subway to ease traffic congestion on the three-km...
View ArticlePolicy assures pedestrians right of way
PUNE: The pedestrian is no more the king of the road as he she gets the least space on the roads which are increasingly dominated by cars and two-wheelers. But some hope springs as a group of...
View ArticleImplement people friendly schemes to restrict number of vehicles, says Pune NGO
PUNE: In view of the Delhi government proposing to implement a scheme for allowing odd/even number vehicles on a trial basis, NGO Pedestrians First has also urged the Pune Municipal Corporation to...
View ArticleAgitation holds up traffic at univ junction
PUNE: The 90-minute protest at the Savitribai Phule Pune University junction on Saturday morning against the proposed widening of Vamnicom Road led to traffic snarls in the area....
View ArticleCommuters give thumbs up to 2-wheeler lane near varsity
Pune: Demarcated lanes for two-wheelers on Aundh, Baner and Pashan roads have resulted in quick-moving and smoother traffic near University Chowk. The mandatory use of the lanes during peak hours...
View ArticleMaharashtra's first rotary flyover to come up at Bhakti Shakti chowk
Pimpri Chinchwad: The civic body will construct its first rotary flyover to reduce congestion at the busy Bhakti Shakti chowk in Nigdi on Mumbai-Pune highway. The junction is located at the crossing of...
View ArticleFoot overbridge to help pedestrians cross highway near Chinchwad station
PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will construct a foot overbridge at Chinchwad railway station for pedestrians who cross the express lanes of the Pune-Mumbai highway, which have...
View ArticleNGO gives suggestions on parking lots and parking charges to Pune Municipal...
PUNE: Multistorey public parking lots should not be located in congested areas and core city areas, but on outskirts of such areas, NGO Pedestrians First has said. Convener of Pedestrians First,...
View ArticleNew bridges to ease traffic in Dapodi
Pimpri Chinchwad: Commuters may soon get respite from the perennial traffic congestion in Dapodi and on Harris bridge on the Mumbai-Pune highway. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans...
View ArticleCitizens group suggests prerequisites for BRTS to be launched in Pune, Pimpri...
PUNE: The Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporations are set to start trial runs of the BRTS corridors in respective municipal limits next week. Citizens group Pedestrians First has in a letter...
View Article‘Operation achanak’: 6k traffic violators fined
PUNE: As many as 6,160 people were fined for traffic violations on a single day in an 'all-out operation' on Saturday. Over the past five months, the traffic police has been carrying out special...
View ArticlePCMC panel okays Rs 10 crore for road repair
Pimpri Chinchwad: Daily commuters travelling on the service road along Pune-Nashik highway near Bhosari flyover can now expect a smooth ride on the 1.2km stretch as the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal...
View ArticleChanges sought in entry, exit spots on highway
PUNE: After local residents in Chinchwad made a demand, the traffic branch of the Pune police recently conducted a survey of the entry and exit points on the 11km stretch of the Pune-Mumbai highway....
View ArticleUnruly cars, hawkers near Swargate a bane for pedestrians: NGO
PUNE: Haphazard parking, halting of vehicles and encroachment by hawkers on roads adjacent to the Jedhe chowk flyover at Swargate has been causing serious problems for safe movement of pedestrians....
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