
Aamchi Mumbai Aamchi BEST
@AamchiBest
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A citizens' platform for safe, publicly owned, accessible and efficient public transport in Mumbai
Mumbai
Joined November 2018
"the state and city governments have emptied the treasury by building energy-guzzling extravagances for private vehicle owners, even as they demand full cost recovery from a sustainable and efficient public service." @myBESTBus @VarshaEGaikwad @mybmc @AUThackeray
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Upton Sinclair once said: "it is difficult to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on not understanding it." Mumbai Mirror today. Read online here: https://t.co/3wVvLe15nA
#MumbaiMetro
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5 lac people use aeroplanes Every day Throughout India 30 lac people use BEST Buses Every day In just Mumbai And Buses are reducing And Airports are going up This is the story of My India
In 2014, there were a total of 74 airports in our country; today, the count has crossed 160 airports. When small cities in India get an airport, the people there get a lot of opportunities, Prime Minister #NarendraModi said during the inauguration of
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This is just an excuse to kill BEST. With Line 3 opening, routes like A-115 & 137 will be freed up - perfect to use as feeder buses! Why jump to private tie-ups before integrating our own public system first? @MumbaiMetro3 @myBESTBus @AamchiBest
#Mumbai With #BEST buses on slow death, Private Buses to provide last mile connectivity to #MumbaiMetro3 stations. #Aqualine
@HT_Mumbai @tweetateeq
https://t.co/zUzNfztsnc
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In 2003, Saturn released a car commercial that ironically made a case for abandoning them. In Mumbai two and four wheelers consume approximately 85% of road space to move 25% of commuters, while buses consume 1.5% of road space to move 20% of commuters.
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The law of the instrument: "Give a boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding." Give planners a TBM and they will invent problems that require excavation. Another absurd car-centric megaproject. We need buses and bus-lanes, not tunnels! @myBESTBus
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Mumbai’s authorities are in a great rush to sell every piece of “family silver”. Some call this land monetization mania the “great Indian land sale”. So, what is going on? Read my column in today's Mumbai Mirror: https://t.co/1UrzR7pYcY
#WakeUpMumbai #Mumbai #LandMonetization
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In 2011 Mumbai had 4385 all-public buses. Today, there 2703 buses, almost all privately operated. BEST can buy its own buses, but it doesn't. Electrification is nothing but a cover for privatization and downsizing BEST. @somitsenTOI @AamchiBest @VarshaEGaikwad
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Today, under the leadership of "Aamchi Mumbai Aamchi BEST," various organizations submitted representations at 27 depots in Mumbai, demanding that bus services be made safe and available at affordable rates. Congratulations to all the activists of these organizations! #SaveBEST
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The BMC has money for 30,000 car users, but none for 3,00,0000 bus commuters. On BEST Divas, the authorities need to remind themselves why we celebrate BEST Divas. See the article in the Mumbai Mirror today @mybmc
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With 37,000 crore (cost of Metro 3) the government can buy 2,125 buses and provide free bus transport to all Mumbaikars for 20 years! See this Mumbai Mirror column, 3rd July 2025
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AMAB will host a meeting (बैठक) on 13 June 5pm to discuss the ongoing worsening condition of BEST's bus system. Urging Mumbaikars to join us in this meeting and in our campaign to save #BEST! #publictransport #bus #amchimumbai #mumbai
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https://t.co/Jw7XAcof75 Interviews of Aamchi Mumbai Aamchi BEST members on BEST
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The cash-strapped Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), still the most reliable mode of transport, is going through a rough patch with reduced fleet, struggling employees, part-privati...
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https://t.co/FK4KkAqD5N The BEST did not diminish itself; it was deliberately done in.
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Should the city have robust, reliable and affordable public bus transport or not is the question facing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the Maharashtra government. The approximately 3.3...
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Over 100 Crore commuters use BEST Bus every year Less than 1 Crore vehicles use Coastal Road every year And, BMC wants Bus users to pay more Whilst providing toll free coastal road for cars My BMC Taxing the poor To provide to the rich
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Statement (in Hindi & Marathi) by AMAB against the increase in bus fares of #BEST by the BEST management #publictransport #bus #Mumbai
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Dear Mumbaikars, It has happened. Despite our strong opposition, the government has nearly doubled BEST bus fares. As I have said before: don't fall for the excuse that this hike is "necessary" or "in BEST’s interest." A steep fare increase will not fix BEST’s problems — it
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Another fatal accident involving a wet lease contract bus...third one in less than a week. It is high time we we prioritise safety of Mumbaikars over the profits of contracted private bus operators. आणखी एक जीवघेणा 'वेट लीज' बस अपघात... आठवड्यातील तिसरा अपघात. खाजगी बस
Frequent accidents, bus maintenance issues, inadequate training of bus drivers, poor quality services, underpaid staff- the wet- leasing model of the BEST has been a total failure. It hasn't worked at all. It has only compounded issues for the BEST. Demanding this again, it is
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