QR ticketing in BMTC buses delayed as the transport corporation fails to provide Paytm soundboxes. Issuing of daily bus tickets through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is getting delayed as the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has failed to provide Paytm soundboxes to Volvo AC buses. A BMTC official said, “We planned to provide Paytm soundboxes […]
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Nimmbus is the latest app set to be launched by BMTC for live tracking of buses. However, some say that an app may not solve the issue of poor ridership. The Nimmbus mobile app was scheduled to be launched on Dec.23, 2022 by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). However, the app launch has been […]
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The state’s transport corporation had launched exclusive buses for women but discontinued them due to poor ridership. The government planned to reintroduce them again but so far it has not. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) does not plan to reintroduce pink buses for women, an official from BMTC said.. The buses were discontinued due […]
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BMTC has laid the groundwork for the relaunch of its mobile application. Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) officials are working on the procedures of installation of live trackers in its buses. The BMTC mobile application is not working since 2021. A Priyanka, System manager, BMTC, said that the official application to track the live location […]
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Namma Pride used BMTC buses to ride after the High Court did not give permission for the Pride March. Namma Pride’s November Pride March turned to Ride with Pride on BMTC buses. Ayaan Syed, a volunteer-cum-organizer of Namma Pride said, “We have arranged three BMTC buses to commute the participants of pride march from Freedom […]
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Women fear for safety as they often encounter inappropriate touching in buses. Of the 3000 CCTV cameras installed by Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) in its fleet of 6500 buses, only 1000 of them are operating. A senior official of the BMTC office said that the remaining 2000 were yet to receive proper connections. The […]
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BMTC says its buses travel only short distances and do not require first aid. Most Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses do not have first-aid kits; those who do barely have medicines or have expired ones. Moreover, BMTC conductors also lack the training required to provide first aid. A student who was traveling alone in […]
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BMTC buses to launch online booking of tickets soon with Kannada and English language settings. After the e-pass, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is coming up with electronic tickets (e-tickets) for passengers. This e-ticket will be launched very soon in collaboration with Tummoc, a Bangalore based start-up. According to Arnab, coordinator of BMTC, “Many commuters […]
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The e-bus manufacturing companies hire their drivers privately. They are then required to pass a test to be eligible to drive the buses. The drivers of the regular ICE (internal combustion engine) buses cannot drive the newly-launched electric buses because they are not employees of the companies that manufacture them and hire them out to […]
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Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) strictly follows the mandate of wearing masks in public places. BMRCL is the only transport service to follow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) mandate of wearing masks in public places. BBMP, since June, has made masks mandatory in places like railway stations, bus stands, hospitals, schools, colleges and other […]
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