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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

1 year

This was not being celebrated enough by the railfan community so I thought I should. Today exactly 9 years ago is when the Mumbai got it's first metro line. The blue line (line 1) of Mumbai Metro opened between Versova and Ghatkopar on 8th June 2014.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

3 months

Mumbai's Powai is peak south asian urbanism hands down, and it's only getting better now that Pink, Green and Aqua lines of Mumbai Metro are expected to open soon.

Artful Dodger

@RahulChels

3 months

Undefeated

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 years

And this is why I love allu arjun 🥰

Harsh Goenka

@hvgoenka

2 years

A great message…..

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@AashishpAtyaL @adhicutting Weird cause public transport is usually linked with communism. But as usual, Indian politics leans so far left that nothing less than primitivism is considered not capitalism🤦‍♂️. Do me a favour, don’t think of everything from the lens of 4 axes, be rational. #CarShedWahiBanega

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

4 months

@HNLTransitFan Friendly reminder that it’s the parody account and Elon himself might probably never admit this. 😅

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

8 months

Remember when I said Mumbai is a public transport oriented city and thus much better than other cities? I said that because you’ll never see Mumbai do such crazy things. You know you need a metro when you’re building a 16 lane expressway just to “*cure* traffic”.

Rajan Singh

@rsliveIndia

8 months

16 Lane #Dwarkaexpressway 19 Km long Gurugram section is set to open for vehicle movement later this month. Dwarka Expressway is a 29 km long under construction, 8-lane (elevated) and 8-lane (service road),total 16-lane elevated grade separated expressway connecting Dwarka in

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

3 years

@MickyGupta84 @rajtoday I am an urban planner specialising in transportation, I have been closely watching this shitshow play around for long now so let me tell you something. A LOT of effort goes on into just planning WHERE to build a depot.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 years

Taking a trip on phase 1 of #MumbaiMetro red and yellow line for the last time. Tomorrow neither my beloved metro will remain the same nor my beloved Mumbai will. Buckle up #Mumbaikars ! Our lives are gonna change forever!

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

4 months

And you're part of the reson why you're the last guy who should be allowed to speak on metro delays in fact, why are you so concerned about the metro lines? a few years back you didn't even want Mumbai to have metro lines! Where's National College metro station zoru?

Zoru Bhathena

@zoru75

4 months

8 years later These Metro Lines are far from ready. The only thing that has moved far, are the revised timelines, and the Govt's stories

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@Chopsyturvey Sir 3 corrections, 1. This is not Japan this is China 2. It is not a bullet train it is the Taizhou Regional Metro (kinda like their RRTS but slower). 3. These are all basically animation and special effects for a government ad as the regional metro line S2 is going to open soon.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@richapintoi @pallavict @Dev_Fadnavis @Kevin_DSouza13 @AparBharat @anarchytect_ @CAPratikKarpe @AshwiniBhide @impuni @keshda @Sahilinfra2 @akshaywcam1 @sssaaagar Yes but your truthful tweet is also very suggestive in a very sinister and intentional way. It can be perceived as you purposely trying to show that the alleged years old trees still persist on the site and the government was going to cut them, which, btw isn’t the truth.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

6 months

One can surely debate whether the deal Adani is giving to residents of Dharavi is fair or not. But they need to understand that Dharavi redevelopment is inevitable and the Adani deal might be the last make or break chance for Bombay. Let's not fess this up due to politicians.

Robonomous 🗿O⁠_⁠o

@jollyshitposter

6 months

Meanwhile South Korea 🇰🇷 This is Cheonggyecheon in Seoul, capital of South Korea. Every inch of where this shantytown once stood is now towers of concrete, steel, and glass.. We can give a thousand reasons but results matter, certainly these types.

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

@SuperiorElliot5 @thomasforth Nope A railfan run site called IndiaRailInfo has an interactive map showing the status of each line and each station in detail, including but not limited to electrification. Here’s the link:-

Indian Railways Map - Railway Enquiry

The Living Atlas of Indian Railways India Rail Info is a Busy Junction for Travellers & Rail Enthusiasts. It also hosts a Centralized Database of Indian Railways Trains & Stations, and provides...

indiarailinfo.com

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

4 months

Lies First of all coastal road is a BMC project not a central govt project. Secondly centre has spent a cumulative total of over 13,000 cr in the past 20 yrs on Mumbai suburban railway's 6 phases of MUTP upgrades and expansions. A thread on where that money was spent:- 🧵 1/7

Bhaumik Gowande

@bhaumikgowande

4 months

In 2024 budget FM announced ₹789 crore for the Mumbai Urban Transport Projects (MUTP) upgrades which caters 7.5 million (75 lac) population While, Coastal road project Rs 13,983 crore which will cater to 0.13 million (1.3 lac) trips over next years. #Inequitable development

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

4 months

Notice how countries with some of the largest High Speed Rail networks are either not on the list (Japan, Italy, Spain) or rank much lower than you’d expect them to (China, Germany and France). This is the power of high speed rail, it can make domestic aviation redundant.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

5 months

I don’t understand from what angle is this beautiful ICF/MCF should subcontract the design work to some design bureau like tata excelsi.

Gems of Engineering

@gemsofbabus_

5 months

Vande Metro Looks Beautiful ✨🚇 Rate it out of 10.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

4 months

This is an unfair take. 🧵 1. Friendly reminder that 3 out of those 4 pics are from 2005, when we had 944mm rain in 24h (1.5m in 36h), which you know fully well that no city on earth can handle. 2. The areas that flood every year since then have gone down a lot.

Bhaumik Gowande

@bhaumikgowande

4 months

Don’t wanna dim Dr. Baxi’s spirit of Mumbai but yes Mumbai is a different city in Monsoon. And has been for last 120+ years. Mumbai floods are an Urban Planning man-made disaster!

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

5 months

@RM_Transit now now reece, don't feel so bad remember "what even is a light rail?" it can be anything! 😂 this is all light rail:-

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

5 months

BEST:- scraps boxy buses buys slightly more round topped buses. Mumbai bus fans:-

Suyog Vyawahare

@suyogvyawahare

5 months

Am I the only one who used to prefer pointy bus over roundy bus? @arpan355 @bhataktakavi @haldilal @Sahilinfra2 @marinebharat @RahulChels @ShivamVahia @Amey_Kulkarni05 @akshaywcam1 Borolox @Sidd_MCFC if you ever had travelled like poor guys like us

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 months

I had never thought this would happen. Britain using the pic of an Indian train on a propaganda poster. @rajtoday @RailMinIndia Man @proicfindrlys and @ManiSudhanshu58 sir should be flattered about this. They should make a victory lap about it. 😂

The Labour Party

@UKLabour

2 months

✅ Public ownership ✅ Improved services ✅ Better value for money That’s what Great British Railways will deliver.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

3 months

@Amey_Kulkarni05 I love how every proud Calcuttan in your replies is basically mentioning slums of Mumbai when the comparison is about walkability, land use and transit integration around a railway terminus. 🤣

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

8 months

This is such a stupid take A city with 70% public transport modal share cannot have car dependency it’s traffic is purely a result of too much density, too few roads and no ring roads for outer cordon traffic at all. Don’t lump Mumbai in with other cities, it’s a very unique case

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

5 months

@ShivamVahia Bhai, shivam, trust me, we may never even need our own NCRTC NCR needs RRTS because they have a barely function suburban rail system. Our suburban rail system is light years better than NCR, all it needs is AC EMUs and speed upgrades to 160.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 months

When the same thing happens in India, we call it things like bad infrastructure/bad planning/poor governance/poor maintainance, etc. does japan also have those problems now?

Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸

@mrjeffu

2 months

For the last couple weeks the Tokyo area has had a lot of sunny days that were suddenly hit by heavy downpours of rain. Here is a video showing the impact of such a downpour today on a train platform in Tokorozawa:

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 years

Look at all that greenery @zoru75 , time to declare Delhi Metro a forest.

All India Radio News

@airnewsalerts

2 years

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation #DMRC says parking facilities will not be available at Metro stations from 6 am on Sunday 14th August, 2022 till 2 pm on Monday 15th August in view of the security measures adopted on the occasion of #IndependenceDay . File Photo

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

3 years

@MickyGupta84 @rajtoday Even before you make a DPR (DPR comes at a much later stage after various feasibility assemenrs are done). The names of some of those assessments are EIA, SIA, SEA, etc.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@Nishant91235767 @Ash18537355 RRTS rake is designed by the Alstom India office. Besides we have designed our own world class trains before too. Be it train 18 or Mumbai metro's BEML rakes, they are all Indian.

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

other construction equipment is fine, but first and foremost we need PLI and other incentives in manufacturing TBMs in India. A huge portion of our construction costs, especially in metro construction, can be reduced by that.

InfraStory

@marinebharat

6 months

Excessive use of Chinese machinery in heavy engineering construction projects in India is a bit concerning We need a PLI scheme for Construction equipment to support Indian manufacturers Pic Source - me 😇

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

11 months

@BhartiyaDefence I guess this doesn’t exist in Mumbai but on the moon.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

7 months

Forget Moscow, if @MumbaiMetro3 can even replicate the architectural aesthetics of @SydneyMetro it would be a huge deal.

arun v

@unraveaero

7 months

I was as the Victoria Cross station Open Day this morning. This section of Sydney Metro is due to open later this year.

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@DesiUrbanist

4 months

People will say why is our drainage system so bad but you tell me how can it be good when there's no precedence for something like this? There is no reference point, no history or benchmark of a city dealing with 634mm of rain within 24 hours anywhere to take inspiration from.

Mumbai Rains

@rushikesh_agre_

4 months

Cherrapunji records 634mm in the last 24 hours. Extremely heavy rains in North East.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@ranjeetnature Something that all supporting Kanjur site over aarey need to know:- (Thread 🧵) 1. The required number of trees at the site are already cut. The rest are being preserved and shouldn’t be a problem.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@ConserveAarey Lets make a bet if all the metro lines in Bombay meet their ridership target after they are completed, will you apologise to all the Mumbaikars who wanted this metro and leave social media forever? himmat hai? cause if you can't and I win, I will sue you for misinformation then.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

Virar bound AC local at Borivali 12 am on a Sunday. @empakshaypatil @akshaywcam1 This video is for people like @zoru75 @FFFIndia @fffmumbai1 who think the AC local trains are going empty. 😂

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@marinebharat Once Fadnavis comes with simultaneous executions of various parallel capable stages the same depot can be built in 8 months too. All we need it is leadership support and intent. God bless within this year #MumbaiMetro aqua line trials can begin. #CarShedWahiBanega #sayyestometro

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

@sandeeprrao1991 @taknevhgoma At 200% BOM-DEL is the among the highest demand routes outstripping capacity. Just say that you're jealous already lmao.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 years

@MickyGupta84 @rajtoday An exploration of alternatives is done by an independent third party surveyor after reviews from the general public and project affected persons are taken. Only after a thorough assessment of alternatives an authority takes all the stakeholders into confidence and then goes ahead

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@DesiUrbanist

5 months

Have you checked how many metros in the US are loss making. Even the NYC subway doesn’t make a profit. Heck, it was broke between 2017-2021 (see:-) But yeah sure, as usual stay ignorant and biased against Indian public transit.

2017–2021 New York City transit crisis - Wikipedia

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nik

@RealNick05

5 months

@protosphinx Most Metro networks in India are not profitable. Yes, US has a problem like you said bt that doesn't take away the fact India has been spending spuriously over projects that cater to a few & sometimes just for vanity/votes without any iota profitability.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 years

@MickyGupta84 @rajtoday Where all the reasons have been given as to why this project is being executed the way it is being executed. I suggest go read a little over there first, because it is your job to remain well read and well informed. You have that blue tick for a reason.

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@DesiUrbanist

4 months

Mumbai skyline looks so beautiful 😍 But I want it to get taller and feature more art deco style buildings. I want it to have the best skyline on earth.

🇮🇳 Amαr

@Amarrrrz

4 months

📍Mumbai Night View ❤️🇮🇳

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@biswadeeprath @marinebharat The citizens did not do this, I’m afraid we have a very powerful hard left lobby that is purposely derailing planned development of the country in the name of environmentalism. They tried it in other states too, but they failed. Environment toh bahana hai, India ko harana hai!

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@DesiUrbanist

5 months

Oh chutiyon ke sardaar, this is not a reference map, this is a transit diagram. It’s even written on the top as such. And it’s very common for them to be geo inaccurate as their job is neatness and wayfinding not positioning. 2018 NYC subway and tokyo rail maps are the same way.

Bhaumik Gowande

@bhaumikgowande

5 months

@abhirammodak This map is distorted to show SoBo larger & more area covered by metro but in reality the size of Mumbai suburbs is 3x the size of SOBO & metro coverage is limited over there. Classic case of Mercator Projection which made Christian countries larger than Africa & Asia & S.America

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@Rajkuma17314827 @IndicWanderer @DerekJGrossman The ruins of Rakhigarhi have placed the indus valley civilisation to bs the oldest in the world btw. Just sharing facts

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@DesiUrbanist

4 months

This is what a peak transit oriented city looks like Delhi NCR shilling and Mumbai MMR deriding urbanists take note:-

Soumit

@soumitnaik

4 months

One of the prettiest route in Mumbai operated by @myBESTBus :)

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

6 months

And my friends this is why HSR was kept away from railway babudom, including going to the lengths of making it SG. Still imo the most based move by NDA govt in rail sector ngl. I don’t mind defending this till the end.

Ananth Rupanagudi

@Ananth_IRAS

6 months

Personally, I am of the opinion that Boisar and Bilimora don't deserve stoppages. Thereafter, the stoppages at Bharuch and Anand also need to be reviewed. Ideally, it should stop only at Thane, Virar (maybe), Surat, Vadodara and Ahmedabad. #IndianRailways #bullettrain

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@FFFIndia

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@ShivamVahia You are doing great work Shivam but just one advice. Next time when someone says that under MVA infrastructure is doing well in MMR, just ask them what happened to Mumbai Metro lines 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. CST-Panvel Fast Corridor and all other suburban railway projects.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

This picture by my friend @Explorer_Yash clarifies the metro lines 2A and 7 issue, whether trains will need to be changed or not. @AdimulamSweety time to update your newspaper with a clarification. @Kevin_DSouza13 @AlokPatel check this out:-

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@DesiUrbanist

5 months

Hot take:- I think many people are writing the obituary of SDB too early, while it may not be able to take away the industry from BKC, but it might be able to consolidate the diamond trade industry in GJ at Surat. (sorry I had to say this because I've seen this happen too often).

Gems of Engineering

@gemsofbabus_

5 months

The swanky Surat Diamond Bourse — inaugurated last year and marketed as the ‘world’s biggest workplace’ — is struggling to attract diamond traders not only from Mumbai but even from Surat, getting labelled as a “ghost building". (The Indian Express)

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@DesiUrbanist

5 months

Notice how their drive for trees and canals didn’t stop their plan of building more metros? Our real lesson is that.

Joe ن

@americakaran

5 months

As you experience a heatwave, India, planting trees are the most effective way to cool a city. Medellin, Colombia planted 880000 trees in green corridors alongside sidewalks & canals, to circulate cool air. Reduced heat, improved air quality and health. Plant trees, revive canals

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@DesiUrbanist

3 years

@MickyGupta84 @rajtoday Now all the big names that I took, environment impact assessment, social impact assessment, strategic environment assessment, Proposal of alternatives assessments (pre and post discussions with the stakeholders involved) are all present on the MMRC website.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

Can't think of more precious space of real estate that IR is wasting in MMR than the Mahalaxmi workshop. This same workshop can easily exist in someplace like Naigaon or Virar too. At least build some towers on top of it like Hudson yards. 😭

Western Railway

@WesternRly

3 months

A trivia question for the true Mumbai Local commuter. #TriviaTuesday #MumbaiLocals

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

there is a lesson here Mumbai's success as india's economic capital is due to constant change allow bldgs to go taller, build ur way out of a housing and infra crisis, reclaim the sea Mumbai is a product of reclamation, you can't wake up one fine day and say it's not ok anymore

Vishal Bhargava

@VishalBhargava5

3 months

1925: South Bombay before the Reclamation craze. Which structure can you see that’s in existence even today?

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@DesiUrbanist

1 year

The line became a source of railfanning at a time when RPF strictly curbed railfans from clicking suburban railway pics and videos. The trains combined with the towering buildings made for awesome photography.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

@ShivamVahia And despite doing everything for the country, some people are salty that we celebrated for something that makes "no contributing factor to the country". binge watching, shopping, drinking, clubbing, partying, relationships all these also don't contribute, yet people do it na?

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@DesiUrbanist

1 year

Despite added pressure from Red and Yellow line, Blue line has managed to achieve near 100% punctuality. Happy Birthday @MumbaiMetro01 (Just don't remain crowded on sunday mornings please 😅)

Mumbai Metro MRS-0 series (MMOPL RS-1), CRRC (MELCO IGBT VVVF) - Blue...

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

If there's one similarity between Gujarat and NJ it's the approach toward buses. A Thriving bus service compensating for dwindling train services, the affinity for large bus terminals (GJ imho doing it better than NJ as they're heavily commercialized) and just good buses overall.

The Index of Gujarat

@IndexofGujarat

3 months

Bharuch Busport, Gujarat 😍

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@DesiUrbanist

1 year

Never having it easy from day one, the 11 km line with 12 stations connected Andheri and Ghatkopar, two among the busier suburban railway stations with various office districts around Gundavali, Marol Naka and Saki Naka. It began carrying more passengers than capacity.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

8 months

While this development is good, BEST should remember that suburban depots like Charkop, Poisar and Malvani exists. These depots have no electric buses, they can definitely send a few Olectra X2s to run on 277, 276, etc.

Sahil P

@Sahilinfra2

8 months

Brand new Olectra ebuses at Tardeo bus depot name mentioned but will allocated to Mumbai Central depot as it has getting all the new buses.

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

7 months

NMIA airport update:

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@DesiUrbanist

1 year

@the_transit_guy It is fine to criticize this Hayden but you need to remember 2 things:- 1. Mumbai is also building 450 km of metro lines, 337 of which will all open before 2030. The rest before 2040. 2. This is a part of a ring road plan, we can criticise the method but can't deny it's need.

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@DesiUrbanist

4 months

@Amey_Kulkarni05 He’s talking about pot calling the kettle black it seems. Which would be true because those who delayed the metro shouldn’t talk about metro delays or local train crowding. Hypocrisy is not good for a journalist and it should be called out.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

Few people would know that this area of grant road doesn't flood anymore overtime Mumbai's stormwater management has improved, unfortunately climate change throws away some of the improvements you would otherwise observe

Mumbai Heritage

@mumbaiheritage

3 months

1980: #MumbaiRains

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@marinebharat Best Tier 1 cities in India🇮🇳 My ranking:- 1️⃣ Bengaluru 2️⃣ Mumbai 3️⃣ Amdavad 4️⃣ Delhi 5️⃣ Chennai 6️⃣ Pune 7️⃣ Hyderabad 8️⃣ Kolkata ^Ranking based on variety of factors + my own personal observations + public opinion extracted from off the record casual interaction. Don’t blame me

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

I am an Indian planner and I am not having a heart attack bro, rather I want this. But au contraire you’ll have a heart attack seeing how wide those roads actually are. 😂

karthik ✨

@karthi9003

6 months

Indian planners will have an heart attack seeing two 200m + towers built this close. that's what i call density

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

4 months

I feel like reposting this every time I see elon talk about his elon tunnels 🤣

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

4 months

It’s a real thing that you can try today

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

4 months

This is why MMR needed NMI airport yesterday still some so called planner(s) wanted to abandon it's construction in situ because of some flamingoes which didn't exist when the airport was planned (almost 2 decades back). They also wanted to close CSIA airport for the same reason.

Hirav

@hiravaero

4 months

Very Close call today at VABB. @IndiGo6E tries to land while an aircraft is still on the roll on RW27. #AvGeek

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Desi Planner 🇮🇳

@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@zoru75 As if the entirety of MMR only travels between Dahisar and Andheri 🤣 I told you this before also and I will tell you this again no matter who says what, once all the lines are built only then will you see large scale the decongestion take place on highways.

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

This must be the 1000th time I am answering this criticism. So this will be the last time. MAHSR has 12 prosperous and industrialized tier 1/2/3 cities on a flat terrain, it is India's 1st conurbation belt, aptly named Golden Corridor. There is no route better than this for HSR.

Ajinkya Parulekar

@Ajinkya_027

6 months

@DesiUrbanist It's too far away there's no work going on for the rest of the route. Ahmedabad - Mumbai itself was the wrong route in the first place. Also upgrading existing track will be of more benefit to the existing users, a bullet train ticket price will be too expensive for them

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@rupspp @zoru75 Knowledge doesn't die just because you did something someone considers illicit. Tomorrow if sachin tendulkar joins the SS bandwagon he won't lose his position as the god of cricket. Same for Sreedharan's position as a technocrat. He will always remain the metro man of India.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@rebelgod01 Well so is this, but unlike the NYC subway trains these new Mumbai Metro trains are also much quieter.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

@aamodpotdar @mybmc @mid_day the whole signage methodology is only wrong! the signs are supposed to indicate which exit will take you in which direction (eg:- <- sewri, -> worli) instead they're indicating which road intersections you will end up on. 🤦‍♂️ @mybmc can't even get one thing right! 🤦‍♂️

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@Izharsher22 @NidhiJhaIndia @GabbbarSingh Okay now I know I should’ve not take you seriously earlier 😂 You don’t even have 1/3 of the required PT capacity or modal share compared to the two cities Ur housing is worse, services an absolute hell and your economics and governance down the drain I realised my mistake🤣.

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@DesiUrbanist

1 year

Over time, Blue line would cause out of it's stations like Azad Nagar, DN Nagar, Versova and Gundavali, stations like Marol Naka, Chakala would become a great spot to put hotels, colleges and offices.

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

By any chance, did you forget that MAHSR is being built? And that Diamond Quadrilateral is next?

Bhaumik Gowande

@bhaumikgowande

6 months

We have a chance to build these trains🚆across India if you choose your leaders and make demand wisely. We simply CANNOT be a country whose infrastructure is dependent on cars 🚘 when ONLY 7.5% of the population drives.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@richapintoi @pallavict @Dev_Fadnavis @Kevin_DSouza13 @AparBharat @anarchytect_ @CAPratikKarpe @AshwiniBhide @impuni @keshda @Sahilinfra2 @akshaywcam1 @sssaaagar I am your avid reader ma’am, I don’t need to go through it again. All I can say is you will have to make the facts clear in sheer words. Else these save Aarey people will use your video as validation fuel for their cause damaging the hopes and dreams of Mumbaikars even more.

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@DesiUrbanist

5 months

Lmao we Mumbaikars do this everyday Show of hands from all Mumbaikars who have done this 🙋🏻‍♂️

moonbus tourist

@dancvg

5 months

Everyone heard of a cross-platform transfer, but have you heard of a cross-train transfer? At Jurong East MRT, it’s possible to transfer from a NSL train at Platform A to a WB EWL train at Platform F when timed perfectly, without having to go though the concourse level.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@TandonRaveena Raveena mam that is the problem. You have only travelled in car since 1991. And you get to travel by car comfortably since 1991 because more than 70% of the city’s masses chose public transport. Nagpurwale ko chhodo aap unse jyada lucky ho. 1/2

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@DesiUrbanist

1 year

Running trains at 3 to 4 minute frequencies for over 18 hours a day carrying over 45,000 passengers per hour during peak with just 4 car rakes, compare this to Red and Yellow line, that combined, carry 40,000 passengers per hour during peak time with 6 car rakes.

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

No thank you, we don’t need Delhi shills ignoring it’s Ls doing our urban planning. 🤦‍♂️ Mumbai’s all problems aside it’s land use/land cover is such that it’s still far more transit centric than Delhi, the modal share alone says it all.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

@RoadsOfMumbai You’re usually right bro but look at this video again, it’s the VW Polo driver’s fault. VW Polo’s are as popular with street racing enjoyer types as Cretas are with chhapris.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 years

@rajtoday @Ananth_IRAS @marinebharat first hand experience of the success of mission raftaar. 12902 Gujarat Mail doing 130 kmph, when i was a kid, this train wpuld barely touch 100. Great job @RailMinIndia @AshwiniVaishnaw @PiyushGoyal @WesternRly wish yo see it doing 160 soon.🇮🇳

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@DiwakarSharmaa @mid_day @patel_bhupen Also I agree with the other comments here. Koi bhi peak time local train mein yeh nautanki karne ka try karo public dhakka maar kar ke nikaal phenkegi.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@RoyalTiger97 @marinebharat the years here is a probability metric, it doesn't mean that it will remain functional for 10,000 years, it just means that it's likelihood of failing is very less. there are complex calculations involved here, samajh mein nahi aata toh comment bhi mat karo na. 🤣

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

I never thought this day would come 🥹

Tom Forth

@thomasforth

6 months

That Indian railway electrification number seems to check out. Coloured = electrified. Black = not electrified.

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

One is the true cathedral of south asian rail travel the other is a chaotic disaster. You can figure out which is which.

Amey Kulkarni

@Amey_Kulkarni05

3 months

Real life walking tour #Mumbai CSMT vs #Howrah Kolkata Date - Aug 2023 vs Dec 2023 Just observe the stark difference in the surroundings of Mumbai CSMT area and Howrah Kolkata. (1/n) PC- TheSilentTraveller and DuckTravel (🌎World Tourist Channel)

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@DesiUrbanist

2 months

I probably won’t be active on Twitter or discord for a few days as I’ve been in an accident. I was rear ended by a car guy, fortunately it was a low speed collision. My right hand and upper right chest area hurt too much to keep typing, but I will share more once I feel better.

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

Man Maharashtra really is like mini India in more ways than one.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@ok_gooners @Noahpinion You think it's only from the Indian hindus? Ask Indian Muslims how much they hate the pakistani deep state too. When a nation wages wars on you several times, the hatred runs deep across religious lines.

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@DesiUrbanist

4 months

From what it seems like, Mumbai Metro Purple L13 seems to have fallen through the cracks at MMRDA. The last we heard about it was a year back when it was said that the line was in DPR stage.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@Abishto0 @thekaipullai Remember the activa story? That scooter became Honda’s best selling by word of mouth. And it still took them years to become a bestseller. 20 years down the line, they don’t even work on providing good features anymore, let alone publicity. But it still gets sold.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@Kun_Srivastav This is stupid, any HSR built between Mumbai and Nagpur today will be extended to Kolkata tomorrow and act as a high speed version of the golden/diamond diagonal relieving the conventional Mumbai-Howrah diagonal route significantly. This is a horrible downgrade!!

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

The quality of the interior of AC 3E coaches should be there in all reserved coaches. Also high time we replace all AC 3A with AC 3E coaches.

Abhishek

@MSDianAbhiii

2 years

Indian railways>>>>>

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

#MumbaiMetro L2B update:- i feel Mankhurd to Kurla section of L2B will start before Andheri-BKC one at this rate not that I have a problem with it, but the missing middle is gonna break the heart of most commuters.

RCookie

@RCookie18

2 years

Shivaji chowk metro station platform coming along fast.

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@DesiUrbanist

1 month

This is a really hypocritical L take If that is the case then why do countries with these rank higher than India in the same index?

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

Mumbai is often compared with Shanghai, however it isn't objective. Mumbai has more things in common with Hong Kong, in fact so many things are common that both cities would be ideal candidates to be twin or sister cities. Here are some of those things:- (Thread🧵): - 1/n

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@DesiUrbanist

3 months

maximum designed capacity of a grade separated urban rail line (metro/suburban) = 1.8 lakh pphd (can be more) guess the capacity of a bus priority lane? there's no free lunch in planning either, bus lanes have lower costs because they also have significantly lower max capacity.

Srinivas Alavilli

@srinualavilli

3 months

Cost of Metro construction per km = Rs 776 Crores. Guess the cost per km for a Bus Priority Lane?

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@DesiUrbanist

6 months

*Laughs in Mumbai skyline*

प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म

@blankfaces_

6 months

Bengaluru vertical growth looking not bad. Not bad at all. Location: orion mall, rajajinagar PC: self

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@zoru75 Zoru if the line starts on time in December 2023 I will personally come to your house to make you apologise to Mumbaikars for rumourmongering. And @AshwiniBhide abhi aap isko complete kar ke dikha do. also make sure when the line opens he doesn’t get to ride it.

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@DesiUrbanist

2 years

@TandonRaveena @ShraddhaKapoor it’s great that you got time from ur busy lives to talk about metro n leopards. But you see leopards are seen more frequent in Film City than Aarey Carshed site you are against:-

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