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[Hari Krishna]

--- On Mon, 16/2/09, Rajendra Misra <rajendra.misra@ gmail.com> wrote:


Dear Friends,

As you are aware, ABIDe (Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure &
Development) Task Force, with the Chief Minister as Chairman, Mr.
Ananth Kumar (MP-Bangalore South) as Vice Chairman and Mr. Rajeev
Chandrashekar (MP - Rajya Sabha) as Convener, has been constituted to
revive and rebuild Bengaluru through a combination of Comprehensive
planning, improved municipal services and new investments into
infrastructure. ABIDe also owns the task of providing a blue-print for
sustainable and orderly development of Bangalore under Bengaluru
Vision 2020.

I and Ashwin Mahesh (IIM-B), are entrusted with the task of suggesting
solutions to the Traffic and Transport issues of Bangalore - A tough
job indeed :). Please visit http://abidebengalu ru.in/report/ show/7
to read and give suggestions on our recommendations.

The Transportation team at ABIDe has identified public transport as
the most important tool in reducing traffic congestion and chaos on
Bangalore roads. Given that metro rail network is still some years
away, Bus based public transport system is being promoted with a
corridor approach.

To promote public transport and make travel hassle free, 10 major
arterial roads (Big-10) have been identified as high density traffic
corridors which will be made junction/signal free with dedicated point-
to-point Bus Services, both A/C and non-A/C buses, named as Big-10
service.

Priority Bus Lanes, Bus Bays, Paved Footpaths, Safe Pedestrian
Crossings, Cycle Lanes (proposed) will also be introduced on these
Big-10 routes. We have 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 month deadlines to
accomplish all these Road Infrastructure Improvement objectives on all
Big-10 Corridors. Please visit ABIDe website for corridor and other
details. - http://www.abideben galuru.in

However, deployment of Big-10 and Hop-on Hop-Off (HoHo) Bus Services
has already begun.

Out of 10 Corridors Big-10 Bus Service is already in operation on
Hosur Road (Vellara Jn - Electronic City) and HAL Airport Road
(Trinity Jn - Whitefield-Hope Farm jn). This is proving to be
extremely popular. Next week Bannerghatta Road Big-10 Service will
start. In next 2 months all 10 Corridors will have Big-10 Bus Service
with a frequency of 5-10 minutes, both A/C and Non-A/C Service.

This service CONVENIENTLY connects with Central Business District
(CBD) HoHo Service (Kendra Sarige) at Vellara Jn on Hosur Rd and
Trinity Jn on HAL Airport rd respectively. This makes it extremely
convenient for anyone living and commuting on these routes to use this
Big-10 Service in conjunction with CBD HoHo service to reach any point
in the city including all shopping malls and offices, without the need
to take their private vehicles to work or shop.

I have myself used these services and they are extremely convenient
and efficient.

Please encourage all your friends and colleagues to use these BUS
services. Traffic congestion will reduce only if we stop/reduce taking
our cars to work and shop.
No amount of cribbing or road widening is going to help if we keep
adding private cars to our roads. Now we have the comfortable and
convenient public transport in close proximity to our homes and work
places, lets use it and help our city and the environment.

PS: Please send this e-mail to your friends and colleagues with
suitable modifications as you deem fit. We need to popularize public
transport through media, blogs, personal contacts and word of mouth,
to save Bangalore from traffic chaos.

RK