Talk:Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport

photos of new buses

someone with a good camera please take a good photo of the new bus they reek attention as far as the pics posted below yeah they need all those copyrights in order to be used --Atul83 08:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

im just posting a few links with photos to new buses, if someone would like to upload them to the wikipedia server for use on the article that would be great.

http://bombaylives.blogspot.com/2005/10/swanky-new-best-buses.html

Can't be used unless all rights are released by you (assuming you took the image). --Blacksun 21:34, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

removed headings

these are the headings i removed from the main page if anyone wants to put them back in with information

• Transport
• Buses
• Network
• Organisational setup
• Costs
• Concessions
• Future expansions
• Electricity
• Finances

BEST bus fares valid from 26 January, 2005

Distance in km	Adult (Rupees)	Concession fare
3	4.00	2.00
5	4.50	2.00
7	5.00	3.00
10	7.00	3.00
15	9.00	4.00
20	11.00	5.00
25	13.00	6.00
30	14.00	7.00
35	15.00	7.00

about TFA selection

my congrats to all the editors of this page! --hydkat 09:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Oy, I give my thanks to whoever made this the feature article. It just struck me how backwards India still is, when I was just beginning to think that the tech revolution has propelled the country slightly into the 21st century. Honestly, just look at the old, dilapidated buses they're still using (plus trains that haven't got air-conditioning and are jam-packed with people sitting on the roofs and hanging off because there simply aren't enough trains for all the commuters). Thank goodness transport in most Chinese cities isn't in such a state anymore. India's development has really left most of its population behind. Of course, China's rural population (65%) has also been left behind, but its urban population (350 million) is leaps and bounds ahead of India's. And to think, Mumbai is somehow supposed to be India's second-most-developed city after Bangalore. Now, this shows which of the Asian giants is really winning. --Lapin rossignol 12:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Critisism is good because it pushes people to work harder - but a lot of what you just said is based on faulty assumptions. Since when is development a race? And what goal would such a race have? So who is winning what? Vastu 17:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Lapin, it is simply the case of not having pictures with suitable license of the newer buses to be used in this article. But yes, India is not nearly as rich as modern European nations or even China. Thanks for your rather insightful commentary (not). And the images of the buses in the article look clean and efficient to me - yes a lot of them are older but it is not best use of funds to replace buses that are working properly just so that it looks nicer. Toodles. --Blacksun 21:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Precisely, I agree with Blacksun. Talking about China, what's so great about your developement if you still have a communist government. At least in India it is not a crime to openly criticize the government. What's the use of developement without basic freedom of the invidual?

The discussion page is not a message board. Zaorish

A new image of buses is added. I've not got the photohraph of a 'gleaming' bus. Some how i still like the old 'dilapidated' buses. It has a character. Pratheepps 10:51, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

1871 fare

The proposed season ticket price of £30 seems a tad ridiculous. In 1870, GNP per head for the United Kingdom was £30 (actually, £29 18s, but who's counting?). Given that the company was asking for an annual wage for a monthly bus ticket, I'm not surprised that there wasn't too much interest. Could someone please confirm the cost? It is possible that it is intended to be 30d or that it has been adjusted for inflation. Bastin8 17:05, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Undue emphasis

The question has been raised as to whether the creation of this section constitutes undue emphasis on a minor aspect of this organization's history. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:09, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

neutrality of "Terror Attacks" section.

I think there is nothing in this section, which is "not neutral". It merely enumerates the bombings on the BEST buses.
So the NPOV message should be removed.
Please voice your opinions here.
Padalkar.kshitij (talk) 00:16, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Splitting the article

In my opinion, this article should be just be an overview of BEST. How the company came into existence - is longs history ( The B.E.S.T. Company came into existence on 7th August 1905, then the B.E.S.T. Undertaking was formed in 1748, how it got the name , electricity, trams and bus service provided by it. Some services provided by it are on longer in use today like trolley bus , electric tram.

There should be separate article for - this article should be renamed to Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking and two seperate articles on BEST Bus and BEST electricity.

Rait (talk) 05:22, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose Not Needed.

--Rsrikanth05 (talk) 14:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

• BEST Electricity, not Best Electricity :: need to distinguish the firm named "BEST" from the ordinary adjective "best". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:16, 14 April 2010 (UTC)