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In 2004-05, the BEST undertaking had 3,400 buses in its fleet and would ply 45 lakh commuters daily.

Big hurdle: Decreasing commuters

Today, the number of passengers has come down to less than 30 lakh.

26 Oct 2017 7:24 PM

The merger implies that all financial liabilities of the undertaking will be borne by the civic body.

BMC to help revive BEST

Proposal to merge financial budgets passed unanimously in the civic house.

26 Oct 2017 7:21 PM

BEST had never taken such persistent measures.

BEST earns Rs 21 lakh from ticketless travellers in past 4 months...

The BEST has aggressively targeted ticketless travellers and collected Rs 22 lakh from such commuters from January to...

13 Oct 2017 10:04 PM

The experts feel that highways will bring more commuters to BEST and 10-seater buses will be appreciated for helping commuters reach home from the highway. (Representational image)

BEST may go for wet lease buses

The move to procure 600 buses was earlier opposed by the BEST committee.

10 Oct 2017 9:09 PM

File image of a BEST bus plying on a road in the city.

Congress leaders oppose BEST fare hike

Congress leader Ravi Raju demanded BMC shell out Rs 150 crore for BEST.

22 Nov 2017 9:28 PM

The tax was suggested by BEST a year ago.

SoBo residents to receive property tax exemption

TDLR was a tax collected by the undertaking for almost three years from island city residents.

21 Nov 2017 8:39 PM

A BEST bus plying on a busy city road in the monsoon.

Parties play blame game over assets

The state transport corporation has already started it and hence there is nothing wrong if BEST goes that way.

19 Nov 2017 12:44 AM

BEST plans to use its assets to fight financial crisis.

Depot land may help solve financial crisis

The undertaking plans to commercially exploit its assets in the city and the same will be decided soon.

18 Nov 2017 8:09 PM

Referring to the ways being proposed by the BEST undertaking to reduce losses as well as cost, the affidavit said that it was contemplating on hiring of buses from outside contractors .

BMC to rent pvt buses to reduce BEST losses

BMC tells HC it has initiated process of inviting bids.

18 Nov 2017 7:55 PM

The drivers were found to be fainting quite often during work hours due to being dehydrated.

BEST to keep drivers, conductors hydrated

Will provide glucose, energy drinks for on duty staff.

11 Nov 2017 8:29 PM

Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray inaugurated the eco-friendly bus service at Wadala depot. (Photo: ANI)

Mumbai goes green, introduces electric buses to cut down fuel cost,...

4 buses were added to the eco-friendly fleet which are to run on routes around CSTM and Churchgate Station.

11 Nov 2017 5:37 AM

An electric bus can run for 200 km.

Suburbs may also get emission-free buses

Mumbai is the second city in the state to where electric buses run after Nagpur.

10 Nov 2017 8:06 PM