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Tried drawing out the possible dream to chase. Radial lines aren't aligning perfectly with the actual routes (Big10, or Metro), as I did a quick one to convey the concept/possibility.

• Trunk routes are radial (to fit with city's road shape. We all know a north-south east-west set of trunk routes would be idea, but our trunk roads are not like that
• Radial trunk route = mostly Big10, Metro as well (OMR, South Line) when it is ready
• Focus on city's future - the zones between Outer Ring Road and Peripheral Ring Road
• Mark out zones with trunk routes as boundaries. Focus local routes inside the "zones"
• Trunk routes to have very few but key stops at:
  • Designated points to serve as transfers to local zones
  • Intersections with other trunk routes

Will try a better aligned version of this if needed. Is this where we should or would be headed with Big10 and Circles?

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I have noticed BIG Blue BMTC Buses,they are just like our BIG 10 Route but the color of the bus is Blue in Color. The Route I have noticed is B2 from Electronics City to Peenya via Cantt. Station.  Do any of you have an update of this new BIG Blue route's. BIG 10  should be termed as BIG 12 as I have noticed BMTC is running BIG 12 route from Corporation Office to Hedgenagar. This bus belogs to Depot No. 30 of Puttenhalli. I went thru the BMTC site to check on these new routes but the site is not updated yet. At Hebbal I have Noticed BIG Circle Route C-2 from Hebbal to Banshankari.

Lot of new colors to the BMTC fleet.

If BMTC can make a press release to the convience of the public it wouldbe great.

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Here is what I know

• Green routes - The G1 to G12 (yes, it should be caled Big12, there are 12 routes now, but lets just stick to Big10 as the code-name for this routing reform) are radial routes
• Blue routes - These go through the city, "diameter routes" if you will, for lack of a better term.
• Colorful/White routes - Circles

The idea about converting Big10 to Big5 was discussed here in past (search "Big5"), but frankly, I am not clear on why the city will need both radial (G1- G-12) as well as through/diameter (B-1, B-2 etc) routes right now.

• The positive?
  • No need to change the bus if you are going through the city. Think operational efficiencies for BMTC, along with some convenience for commuters who would want to go through the city.
  • Perhaps, clear directional routing in the strict sense of the word. I mean, "going all the way east" sounds clearer than "going to the CBD".
• The negative?  (Esp right now)
  • Longer routes + crowded roads would cause too much bunching.
  • If the G1-G12 are going to exist along with Blue routes, confusion would be another negative

What else? How else do you look at this? Perhaps Ashwin Mahesh himself can clarify.

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I hope Ashwin will clarify.

What about BMTC responding to our suggestions on this and other problems?

May I request Manjari/Rithesh to try for an early meeting/joint visit to Jngr TTMC with BMTC to follow up our efforts and take them to their logical conclusion?

K.V.Pathy

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