BMTC-improving the services/facilities- relying on Public Transport

Hi Prajas,

A question that I often ask is 'Did Bangalore really need a metro'? Could we not have efffectively managed the BMTC/KSRTC bus-services.

We have private vehicles ( buses,autos, cars, company vehicles, two wheelers) plying on the road--- Having all these vehicular movement on the road, was metro a necessity?

There would be yes and no to this question.

What I would like to convey here is if the BMTC authorities effectively managed the transport system, ensuring connectivity to every point then the problem of one taking two wheeler/four wheeler would have reduced, if not occured.

Let us take one area - for example Vijayanagar and a bus route # 75.

This Route#75 plies from Malleswaram 18th cross-Vijayanagar Bus stand.

When this area was still under developing stage, introducing a bus till this termiums was a sigh of relief. Now the adjoining areas of vijayanagar have been developed and many more buses have been introduced to these places -RPC Layout, Chandra layout, etc. My question is why are BMTC personnels not revised the route plan for those routes whose terminus ends in vijayangar. - this creates traffic congestion when the bus halts at the bus-stops or at bus-bays.

Similarly the chandralayout depot - all the routes 61As; 176C end at Chandralayout depot- whislt the adjoining areas of Chandralayout, nagarabhavi, ambedkar college,malathahalli have been improved, but the connectivity at larger segment is still missing. Again there is congestion at the Chadralayout depot( buses plying to and fro) at this juctiion. A bus-depot should not be start-end terminus points instead, as and when the adjoining areas develop, the routes should be extended thereby helping the common and pubilc to utilize the services effectively.

I have just considered Vijayanagar/Chadralayout/Nagarabhavi/Amdbekar college/Malathahalli as an example.

If one happens to see Nagarabhavi circle during peak hours, it is in such chaotic situation that even the fly-over that has been constructed has rendendered useless if not confusing.

Still i find that many routes 238 series, have the terminus point till Nagarabhavi circle when it is not required. The surrounding areas where people stay need buses , accordingly extend there services, or run shuttle services if this is cauisng costly.

The autos here have become a nuisance adding woe to the pubilc, petty shops too are also nuisance.

So it not only helps in de-congestion but also improves the connectivity of reaching different destinations.

Opinions are welcome!

Neeyathi