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Written By Ravi_D - 15 September, 2009
Traffic Bangalore Citizen Reports traffic management Traffic jams
Did you notice yesterday's (Monday) traffic mess?
I had to do 6 trips y'day (Mysore Road, Indian Express, BTM, CBD Area). Every single one took almost twice as long as it generally takes. Five others I spoke to had the same experience (travelling in different parts of Bangalore).
Was it Monday madness? It is true that traffic on Monday is generally heavier. But by experience, it generally adds about 10 minutes to an hour's travel. Not twice as much.
Could it be overnight rains? Could be, but my experience is that once rains stop (as it did very early in the morning), only a few stretches experience difficulty. Not most of Bangalore (certainly not in the center of the city as it was y'day).
Did we all start later than usual due to rains after a nice weekend? Possible. But not very convincing.
Could it be those just formed pot holes and ponds on the road? Think so. Almost half the left-lane on many stretches became unusable. And potholes magically form all of a sudden as soon as city gets two spells of rain.
So who is to blame? Your guess is as good as mine. What do you think?
Ravi
COMMENTS
tow tow tow please - victoria road today
srinidhi - 31 January, 2011 - 13:02
It was a 1.5 lane junction where Victoria road meets lower agaram road and there was a broken down BMTC bus stuck at 5 Pm today...causing huge jams all the way into airport road.. cant imagine how the peak hour traffic would have been..
Are we so stupid that we go about cutting trees and widening roads instead of getting a TOW TRUCK!!
SAD..very SAD!!
TOW TOW TOW PLEASE - Old Madras Road TODAY
srinidhi - 1 February, 2011 - 16:45
A BMTC red board bus was broken down on OMR, at Hosmat jn..this one was parked on the right most lane..making matters worse! This was at 5:30PM
Can we not tow these..??
Request folks to report out more such broken down vehicles,,which cause traffic jams..like we are doing with APAD..
Atleast then they will get these tow vehicles..
idontspam - 2 February, 2011 - 03:24
Its not that tow vehicles dont exist but the very fact that nothing happens if you dont use them leads people to stick a twig in the vehicle and abandon it where it broke down.
Happened on Palace cross road yesterday morning. Truck broke down on the left lane right near the U turn junction, Every body had to merge into the right lane and wait for U turning traffic to clear. backed up traffic all the way to BDA jn. The truck driver just stuck a twig & was watching the traffic pile up not bothering to move the vehicle a few feet either side of the junction so he lets traffic flow.
Bheema.Upadhyaya - 2 February, 2011 - 05:22
I tried to call 103 several times during past months to take action (like towing guiding traffic etc) when I saw any breakdowns. But absolutely no one picking up phone. Either comes as busy or no response. Interestingly, when I attended a demo at TMC last time, 103 was working :)
TOW TOW vehicles please traffic Gurus!
srinidhi - 24 January, 2011 - 06:44
We are spending lakhs on traffic management facilities..monitoring etc..but we dont have tow trucks in this city..
Today there were two BMTC busses which broke down, one on Mysore road during morning peak hours and the other on Mission road..these could have easily been towed away and the jam cleared..but no we dont do anything about it!
The Mysore road bus was finally being towed by a tractor..yes a tractor..which apparently was doing some drilling on the drain as part of the road widening project there..all cos of a concerned traffic cop on site!
About the mission road breakdown..this was right after the corporation bus stop..heavy bus traffic slowed all vehicles on this two lane road as they were trying to negotiate the stalled bus..no tow truck in sight!
Very sad that we try to widen roads and cut trees as an answer to our traffic problems..whos solution lies else where all together!
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