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Written By kbsyed61 - 4 February, 2010
Bangalore BMTC Bus Transportation public transport Bus Day
First of all, my sincere thanks to all the Praja members who worked very hard to publicize this event wide and far. Result is that it has reached more than 40k population in IT companies just by Praja efforts alone. Today's news papers are full with Bus Day buzz and Praja is being given credit for its excellent web presence and information.
Discussed, argued and made suggestions. Result, chance to put our 2 cents. Bus day is one such example of Praja community's journey from discussion to actual city wide events. I am sure Manjari and team would remember the topic of bus day that was discussed in that meeting with BMTC mgmt staff in June 2009 . It took about 7 months to materialize that suggestions, but now it is a reality.
I am sure each one of us would be taking the bus to work today. Today's event need not be a symbolic one. It could be an event that could change the Namma Bengaluru's public transport scenario in coming months and years. That is the promise from BMTC and govt. That is the hope from Praja members. That is the aspiration from commuters who listened to our requests.
Let us continue this journey by one, sharing our today's experiences to the minute details. Please post your experiences here.
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COMMENTS
G.S.MURUGAN - 4 February, 2010 - 05:12
Dear BMTC team
Great job, I enjoyed the Volvo drive. Please make the Bus day weekly instead of Monthly, I will ensure that will not take my car if I travel alone.
Regards
Murugan
Clive VanBuerle - 4 February, 2010 - 07:24
The bus ride was nice...but I will not be trading in a faster and less cumbersome car ride for a bus ride in the future unless I get better connectivity....
I stay in Kamanahalli and had to have someone drop me off to the ring road at Kalyan Nagar (not so convenient but Ok)...waited over 25 minutes for a Volvo and finally came across one that was bursting at its sides, I let it pass...another 20 minutes and another one came along....full but I mananged to get a seat near KR Puram....this again was not a direct bus to ITPL/Hope Farm (GR Tech Park is my work place) and so I had to change at Marathalli...the Connecting bus stops at Marathalli are a KM apart so I had to brave the sun for a 10 minute walk to the stop to catch a bus that would take me in the ITPL direction...many buses came along but most terminate at ITPL which is a good 20 minute walk to GR Tech Park which is about 1.5 KM away....finally managed to get a Volvo going towards Hope Farm and took it reached in 30 min....all and all about 1 hr 45 minutes to reach and alot of waiting and walking....Anyway this is a lesson and hopefully things will get better.
like I said comfortable while in the bus - but the connections and last mile were not to easy on me....wish I could take the bus more often cause i enjoyed reading while journeying to work...if only it was one bus right through....
prabha - 4 February, 2010 - 08:04
hi
there is a volvo bus 500db from hebbal to ITPL.. in that u dont have switch buses in Marathahalli.. the issue is frequency is not much check with the depot.. unfortuantely BMTC website is not updated/ and not user friendly..
srinidhi - 4 February, 2010 - 08:36
last mile connectivity is poor..
work in CV raman ngr..got down from 333p at HAL and had to take a rick..
I had to drop the buses today and take Car
deepudips - 4 February, 2010 - 05:01
I had to drop the buses today and take Car, because of the fact that I do not have Direct buses from Kadubessnahalli to ITPL early in the morning 6.30 AM. I waited for 15 mins and no buses. Then had take the car.
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