Read this in today's paper.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/30/stories/2009033059820400.htm
"Bangalore: Bangalore will soon have its widest magic box underpass for vehicular movement at K.R. Circle.
The underpass, to be built across the road leading into Cubbon Park at K.R. Circle, will have a width of seven metres. It will connect Ambedkar Veedhi with Nrupatunga Road and make the junction signal-free."
Anyone knows anything more about this grand plan? This is called kicking the can down the road. All the traffic piles up on Nrupathunga Road (near the signal at Hudson Church). Or do they plan another magic box so that this traffic keeps flowing? Imagine Cubbon park; it will become impossible to walk inside as traffic will flow non-stop. And it's not that all this will make car drivers more patient. They take uninterrupted travel as a birthright and BBMP panders to them.
Well managed signals can lead to smoother traffic flow. The problem with our traffic lights is that people don't wait in lines and in the correct lanes and hence traffic jams occur at the signals itself. This small fact seems lost on BBMP and its engineers. Any such structural intervention should follow detailed analysis.
How are pedestrians going to cross? There are colleges and plenty of government offices there. I plan to write to the ACP Traffic police and let's see how he responds.
Srivathsa