We now have renders for all the stations on Stretch I, Phase I of Bangalore metro- MG Road, Trinity Circle, Halsoor, CMH Road and Old Madras Road. Only the terminal at Byapanahalli and oh, I forgot the new station KR Puram remain. :)
Is BMRC spending money on glitz which could otherwise have been used to lay more metro lines? or is glitz necessary to overcome public perception about public transport? If they come out as designed will these stations showcase brand bangalore?
Image Source: BMRC's pdf
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Glitz ... I think its needed
Well, a couple of things to point out. I have noticed not in one but many many forums, that people have made it a point to be critical of bangalore .
Not that it is wrong, because constructive criticism always enhances the development of a city but let us be a little circumspect in doing so.
First let me quickly point at the Bangalore airport. Hardly have I seen anyone praising it. To put it more frankly
The new airport is not as bad as it is made out to be . Sure it could have been better but remember this is a start to what is to be expanded as a massive aerotropolis. So lets not start bashing even before things are completed.
Now coming to the metro. The gentleman above has indicated that it has too much glitz. Again absolutely nothing wrong at all in having such good looking stations. Who ever said airport is the only point of contact to the outside world. Even today people appreciate the london metro (yes agreed because of its higher connectivity) instead of the Heathrow. So if we do have such futuristic looking stations it certainly is only going to do good. I personally feel in such mega projects, even if the progress is a little slow , we need to think of designs that are not outdated 10-15 years down the line..Well thats my opinion really...
And are we complaining of traffic in Bangalore.. hey I have stayed in various cities in India.. Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and ofcourse my home town bangalore.
Forget the other big cities.. Just as a case in point I will take pune as an example. To cover a distance of 10 Km when it took me around 45 minutes in bangalore in peak traffic conditions , it took me 50 minutes for the same distance in pune (This was just done for academic interest).
So my friends lets not be always critical of our city just for the heck of it . Every city has problems and worse than what we have(ask me about it). Let us all encourage if the government is trying to do something nice to resolve traffic conditions( which exists in every city). So much hue and cry for the Hyderabad airport being opened first but not a word about them lagging behind in the metro project.
halasuru station construction starting
http://www.deccanherald.com./Content/Apr162008/city2008041662949.asp
time for a reality check..if the artist who drew up the above pictures was just a very creative person or we really are implementing the way it was projected..I am sure the above set of fotos created news in the world of infrastructure all over the world..
need to see how it comes up!
btwn Halsuru was so named cos of lot of halasu(jackfruit) trees there..how about reviving this by planting halasu trees in parks and streets..
Stations designs seems to be too Optimistic
Colonial buildings too...
Traditional touch to the stations
what is local architecture?
land
private vs govt
BMRC is making public transport attractive
haha
Metro Stations, Byappanahalli Depot
nothing bad with glitz