... as Bus day seems to have lost some steam, as visible changes to address things discussed on this and similar posts have stopped happening.

For any successful public transportation system, it is necessary to have good and affordable last mile connectivity. For affordable do not read private cab services(which are providing a great though some, correction, a lot of people would say expensive service) but flag down auto rickshaws and taxis that operate as per set tarriffs (not one and a half times or 50 Rs extra).

The investment in good quality infrastrucuture in terms of modern bus fleets etc., and the cost and environmental benefits of the same get negated when the commute for the last 3 or 4 kms from the bus stand becomes a torture with the auto charging exhorbitant prices, which are at times more than the cost of the entire distance(bus + auto commute) covered in a personal four wheeler. That is to say when they agree to go to the requested destination at all.

I am sure that if reasonable last mile connectivity is available, no one would be inclined to undertake the hassle of driving through rush hour and heavy traffic only to end up struggling for a parking!

I'm not a daily commuter, but use buses infrequently.

Based on my experience, I voted last mile since the nearest two bus terminuses are located about 1.5km away from my home. Only one or two bus routes pass & stop at the bus-stop located closer (0.8km) & thus, the closer bus-stop is inconvenient for use.

I also have some concerns re. reliability & ease of use as scheduling is poor during off-peak times, especially for the one volvo service only for the area (314H). Thus, frequency is poor, though the bus is mostly seen full.

I voted for "Unreliable Service and Schedule"...  Amongst the available options, this is what was the biggest problem I have faced with buses.

I would like to see one more option "Too many routes to understand/remember"..

Take the 201 series for example, there may be over 20 routes in this series. The same holds good with the 210 series.. 500 series, 600 series etc.. So much so, we are now having two letter suffixes on some of these routes (210-IA for example...) We have run out of all options from A-Z.. and hence we have started off two letter suffixes. All these buses ply in the same in similar routes, but you will never understand which road the bus takes in which locality. If only we could get over this nuisance..

We could rather have 2-3 trunk routes within a series. All the rest should become feeder services for these routes. That will help reduce the number of routes we have to be aware of. Not just that, these feeders will be good feeders for other trunk routes as well..

A new thread has been created to continue this interesting discussion since IDS has made a very valid observation.