Jams N Jammers
The idea of having a flyover as we all would agree is to increase the road space and to reduce traffic. Never the case in bangalore. Take the case of the Jayadeva Hospital flyover which is like 2 minutes walk from my home. The flyover has ruined the place. It has done everything to increase the traffic jam there. Road that was 50-50 on both sides has now become like 80-20 and the side of the road where it has shrunk: right at the place where it begins to narrow down, there is a bus stop. Now, when one single bus stops there, thats it. A queue which can be hardly imagined, develops and people get struck. Take the example of Dairy Circle Flyover or Madiwala flyover. There have been instances where people are stranded on top of it for hours! And our own Jayadeva flyover and the Domlur flyover project are halted in between bcos the contractor now refuses to continue without pay hike. So who gets affected. We the people!
And these people take hell lot of time to complete a flyover. Jayadeva Cardiological Hospital was the worst affected. Many patients found it very difficult to reach the place 'cos the flyover construction made it so. Even doctors who had clinics nearby the flyover construction place had to move their clinic somewhere else! Now with a 'part' of the flyover over and open to public, I could see some relief. But God knows when the rest of it is gonna get over. Domlur Signal Flyover has been going on and on for years now! Who knows when it wud be over! Its hell to cross this signal during peak hours.
The effect: Pedestrians are affected. Two wheelers and sometimes autos too, now ride not on the road, but on the pedestrian footpath which they find it free when its a jam packed road on their right. Nothing is irritating to the pedestrians than the blaring horns we hear from these people when we are walking on the pedestrain path. But, cant blame those guys either. What to do!? Who knows how many of them are in a hurry!? Even am tempted to do the same when I am on a two-wheeler ride.
The main thing about Bangalore roads is that they are very narrow. People in the Garden City would have concentrated more on trees rather on the roads, when they would have constructed roads. I mean, Bangalore was once very cool, calm: was called 'Pensioner's Paradise'. Now, see with the advent of so many IT companies, its become a hell. The vehicle strength: both two and four wheelers is growing at an alarming pace. Now why is that? The number of bachelors in the city is high...Most of the IT companies have now constructed way outside the city and agreed that they have pick up and drop service: but with the timings under which we people operate doesnt match at all with those timings. Bus service as such in Bangalore is pretty bad: You can hardly spot a BMTC bus after 9 in the night.Compare this with Chennai, for example, we have lots of buses in the night, the roads are far wider than that of a bangalore.
Now, know a funny reason for increase in number of two wheelers? This guy, Mr.T, joined the company last year.The first thing he did after getting his first month sal was to get Pulsar 150. What do I see after couple of days? My school junior, shes riding with him sitting on the back. "His bike is too cool ya. It was so nice of him to give me a lift yesterday, u know". She might as well would have said to her colleagues. Are bikes the birthplace of modern day love stories? Hmm. How many couples I would have spotted on bikes, going arm and arm, --- and --- !. Anyway, that was just a thought that Guys want to show their girl friends that they have a bike which they can take their beloved for a jolly ride.. Not exactly, may be!?. In case of our Mr.T, I am sure, he has told me, his house was far far off, so he had no other go, but to get a bike!
So, what helps us the Common Man, then? Bangalore is saved 'cos of these private vehicles: Matador vans, the Tata Sumos and the company buses which operate here. When BMTC deserts you, these are always there to help you. Another thing which I have noticed thats creating jams are the traffic signals.. Many of the places you would find that right at the exit of a traffic signal, there is a bus stop. What happens 'cos of that? You wait for 5 mins to cross a signal. You cross it and again you stop immediately. Jam grows! And next major hindrance to commuters are the potholes. And with Bangalore, where it can rain on any given day of a year, imagine the situation.
Next big jammer for me, would be the people as such. I am talking about the situations where two people fight over an accident that was just averted. I mean, its fine when you block the traffic when there is an accident,that becomes necessary and of course unavoidable, but whats the point in harping on to the same point and trying to prove to the other party that he was the one who made the mistake and u r clear. You wont remember the other person's face in couple of hours and this incident would vanish from your memory forever. So why are you punishing other people for this stupid argumnet of yours!?
In short: Roads in bangalore are bad and narrow. Traffic sense among common people is poor. And most of the people who come to bangalore do not go out without complaining about the traffic. Now I dont know what to do to improve any of these, except that I know am suffering 'cos of it. Atleast i would leave you Jike with a T-Quote. This one saw on a guy near Marathahalli: "Women are like Elephants. Just look at them. Dont owe one"
And these people take hell lot of time to complete a flyover. Jayadeva Cardiological Hospital was the worst affected. Many patients found it very difficult to reach the place 'cos the flyover construction made it so. Even doctors who had clinics nearby the flyover construction place had to move their clinic somewhere else! Now with a 'part' of the flyover over and open to public, I could see some relief. But God knows when the rest of it is gonna get over. Domlur Signal Flyover has been going on and on for years now! Who knows when it wud be over! Its hell to cross this signal during peak hours.
The effect: Pedestrians are affected. Two wheelers and sometimes autos too, now ride not on the road, but on the pedestrian footpath which they find it free when its a jam packed road on their right. Nothing is irritating to the pedestrians than the blaring horns we hear from these people when we are walking on the pedestrain path. But, cant blame those guys either. What to do!? Who knows how many of them are in a hurry!? Even am tempted to do the same when I am on a two-wheeler ride.
The main thing about Bangalore roads is that they are very narrow. People in the Garden City would have concentrated more on trees rather on the roads, when they would have constructed roads. I mean, Bangalore was once very cool, calm: was called 'Pensioner's Paradise'. Now, see with the advent of so many IT companies, its become a hell. The vehicle strength: both two and four wheelers is growing at an alarming pace. Now why is that? The number of bachelors in the city is high...Most of the IT companies have now constructed way outside the city and agreed that they have pick up and drop service: but with the timings under which we people operate doesnt match at all with those timings. Bus service as such in Bangalore is pretty bad: You can hardly spot a BMTC bus after 9 in the night.Compare this with Chennai, for example, we have lots of buses in the night, the roads are far wider than that of a bangalore.
Now, know a funny reason for increase in number of two wheelers? This guy, Mr.T, joined the company last year.The first thing he did after getting his first month sal was to get Pulsar 150. What do I see after couple of days? My school junior, shes riding with him sitting on the back. "His bike is too cool ya. It was so nice of him to give me a lift yesterday, u know". She might as well would have said to her colleagues. Are bikes the birthplace of modern day love stories? Hmm. How many couples I would have spotted on bikes, going arm and arm, --- and --- !. Anyway, that was just a thought that Guys want to show their girl friends that they have a bike which they can take their beloved for a jolly ride.. Not exactly, may be!?. In case of our Mr.T, I am sure, he has told me, his house was far far off, so he had no other go, but to get a bike!
So, what helps us the Common Man, then? Bangalore is saved 'cos of these private vehicles: Matador vans, the Tata Sumos and the company buses which operate here. When BMTC deserts you, these are always there to help you. Another thing which I have noticed thats creating jams are the traffic signals.. Many of the places you would find that right at the exit of a traffic signal, there is a bus stop. What happens 'cos of that? You wait for 5 mins to cross a signal. You cross it and again you stop immediately. Jam grows! And next major hindrance to commuters are the potholes. And with Bangalore, where it can rain on any given day of a year, imagine the situation.
Next big jammer for me, would be the people as such. I am talking about the situations where two people fight over an accident that was just averted. I mean, its fine when you block the traffic when there is an accident,that becomes necessary and of course unavoidable, but whats the point in harping on to the same point and trying to prove to the other party that he was the one who made the mistake and u r clear. You wont remember the other person's face in couple of hours and this incident would vanish from your memory forever. So why are you punishing other people for this stupid argumnet of yours!?
In short: Roads in bangalore are bad and narrow. Traffic sense among common people is poor. And most of the people who come to bangalore do not go out without complaining about the traffic. Now I dont know what to do to improve any of these, except that I know am suffering 'cos of it. Atleast i would leave you Jike with a T-Quote. This one saw on a guy near Marathahalli: "Women are like Elephants. Just look at them. Dont owe one"
1 Comments:
urghhh.. tell me about it.. I make new friends daily on the traffic divider waiting for the vehicles to stop.... :(
Of course the ice-breaker is always how the flyovers all suck
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