Bangalore Transport 2020 plan - Flawed in fundamentals
I have always appreciated the efforts of Shri Rajeev Chandrashekar towards development of Bengaluru. With all due respect, i find the fundamentals of his plan for Bengaluru transportation quite ridiculous and very short term in sight. Here is why: The Plan's basic assumptions are: * Have Signal Free Roads on "Arterial Roads" * Increase the number of Buses But the flaws are that not having signals adequately itself is a big problem. In Bengaluru, we have Vehicle Actuated Signals; More on that here: http://praja.in/node/249/subscribe The point is quite simple - Adequate signalling and queing leads to better capacity utilisation, read in simple man terms - better flow of traffic. A junction or circle needs to be used by traffic flowing from all directions and even pedestrians (It is another matter that this category is forgotten in Bengaluru!) Second - Increasing the number of buses. Buses in Bengaluru are literally the lifeline of this city. If it was not for BMTC buses, ...