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CM has gone ahead and approved two elevated roads and one on them is this. The plan to build a elevated road btw kundalahalli and kodihalli was probably set when HAL was still operational..I do not think this is a necessity at this point.

All that is needed is junction redesign and better traffic management..lets not waste resources on unnecessary plans!

Also this will turn out like the BETL ..which based on discussions here on praja itself does not have one positive feature! Lets stop building this all because of a neo rich IT moron stuck in a jam in his swanky car and blaming every one and everything under the sun apart from himself for the jam..please give him a monorail or a train!

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The Elevated roads seems to be a good idea. It goes back to an earlier proposal we had about having 2 non stop corridors across the city. Except I would be interested to find the route map for these corridors, to see how it goes through the CBD. Maybe this can lead up to the Silkboard flyover? This way it benefits the BETL.

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It will first create an absolute mess in the short term.  If executed well it might make everyone feel happy in the medium term.  In the long term it will only add more cars.  It will also preclude any possibility of a mass transit system on these stretches.  We will then be wondering whether to dig or add one more tier.

All this assumes that petrol will be still reasonably affordable 4-5 years from now.  Instead of investing in MRTs we are again going car friendly.  When I read blogs in the US, you can sense some frustration that people are now stuck with long commutes and no choice to take public transport, because that has been neglected.  They are paying the price now.

We never seem to learn.

Srivathsa

 

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I am positive based on a small note present in TOI coverage of this that tell me that public transport angle is present - there is talk of making this as a rail cum road corridor. But then, how would this elevated rail system be different from Metro? Or would this itself be Metro Phase 2 or 3. (see this picture from CTTP)

This could either kill or form part of the proposed Core Inner ring Road idea. Just a ring around CBD was not a very good idea, N-S and E-W corridors are better long term solutions. Corridors or expressways through the city only do the job of

1. Carrying long distance traffic across the city
2. Emptying people into few designated public transit or park and ride systems inside the CBD. The North South (Madivala - Hebbal) one could sure do that.

I think in a way, this almost kills the BIAL expressway idea. The main problem, I am sure (and do hope) all elected or non elected representatives have realized by now was to get people quickly to Hebbal, or in the case of 'planned' BIAL expressway - to get to the starting point (ORR-Hennur). This N-S corridor should do that, get to Hebbal using a bus, rail or car, and switch to a BIAL bus or train. I am thinking checkin counters at Hebbal now(!).

A train on this N-S corridor with an extension till Devenahalli would provide us with good and lasting connectivity to the airport.

Still trying to understand the Kundalahalli to Kodihalli one. This should have scope to extend to Murphy Road, that would give us a networked corridor. Even otherwise, this would be a boon for Whitefield suburban area. But again, a rail on top of this elevated section - would it be a separate commuter rail system or part of Metro Phase 2/3? Where will the rail head to after Kodihalli? Will there be a BMTC TTMC nearby so that I can take the rail or drive up, and then take a Bus to CBD?

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Well if Naveen is reading, he was suggesting BRTS on BETL. Same thing needs to be done on these new corridors and should be included in the design stage itself.

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