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Whitefield TTMC - work in full swing
Written By sanjayv - 16 January, 2010
Bangalore Whitefield BMTC Bus TTMC Citizen Reports Transportation public transport
I passed by the Whitefield TTMC, which is located near the Vaidehi hospital within the EPIP Industrial zone. Construction is ongoing, in full swing. Once again, I cannot help being disappointed at the choice of location of this TTMC. This is in the middle of an Industrial zone. All the residential areas are well removed from here. ITPL itself, the great source of traffic is well beyond an easy walking distance.
So who is going to park and ride from here? Who will use all the extra office space built in there? I have placed a map as well as album link below.
View Whitefield TTMC in a larger map
Timelines ...
Notice the car ramp on extreme left of this pic ...
View all pics here.
COMMENTS
silkboard - 16 January, 2010 - 19:14
Thanks for the report Sanjay, but don't we wish a TTMC like thing at either ends of Whitefield?
Here, at a key interchange point, plus entry to Whitefield area. Can be done right on top of old Airport Road spanning across and over Outer Ring Road and some land BMTC has there.
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Or here, a potential transport hub, with Railway station next door.
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TTMC in other areas of Whitefield "zone"
sanjayv - 17 January, 2010 - 03:17
Absolutely, I think the Kadugodi bus stand could have been a good TTMC location, especially if integrated with a commuter rail plan. There is a railway station nearby also.I don't see what the TTMCs currently add to this from a bus user point of view beyond maybe some additional shelter at times of rain and additional parking. This also would have been a good place to terminate the stage coaches that come into the city and wreak havoc with their indisciplined driving and stopping.
BTW, I completely agree with you that the Marathalli area is a HUGE transit center and needs a well planned bus station / TTMC. There are also a few buses that terminate at this area and they are simply parked by the side of the road. The poor crew can sometimes be seen trying to find some decent refreshments and a place to relieve themselves. Forget passenger comfort, the employees have even less basic facilities.
BTW, there seems to be no way for me to edit my post above... I want to correct the Whitefield spelling at couple of places.
idontspam - 17 January, 2010 - 08:38
I think the Kadugodi bus stand could have been a good TTMC location, especially if integrated with a commuter rail plan. There is a railway station nearby also.I don't see what the TTMCs currently add to this from a bus user point of view beyond maybe some additional shelter at times of rain and additional parking
This is exactly what I wanted to say. A hub has to be more than just one mode of transport converging to enable people to change over without leaving the complex. Otherwise it is a glorified parking lot.
This TTMC has again become a standalone infrastructure with no integration to a larger infrastructure plan (unless we aim to make this another erstwhile majestic/shivajinagar types, which is the model we are getting away from)
This mistake of silo'ed infrastructure has been highlighted in Transforming urban transport
One way to rectify will be to make the Whitefield Metro line to pass thru the complex. I bet they havent planned for that as well
idontspam - 19 January, 2010 - 09:56
Another example of TTMC being a parking lot is in Yeswantpur. It is being built away from the Railway station with no Direct connection to the SWR platforms.
Harebrained planning to say the least. In the map below while the Red marker on the top left on NH4, near Goverdhan theater, is going to the elevated metro station it may have a crossover to the SWR station as a saving grace. Hopefully they wont make people climb down and run across the NH4. But the TTMC is being built in the red dot to the bottom right (depot 26) atleast half a KM away from the metro/SWR station with no direct access to the TTMC from either the metro station or the SWR station. Ideally the TTMC could be on Level one right above the SWR station or on level zero right below the metro station
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Are these bus bays or shopping malls?
naveen_blr - 29 September, 2010 - 05:35
Is Govt trying to build swanky shopping malls in the name of public transport hubs? Is this just a source of income to KSRTC/BMTC, free land money from JNNURM Can we file an RTI to find out the research behind the TTMCs?
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