Experiments with using Public Transport

Being a IT industry Manager affording a CAR wasn't a big deal and I was quickly contributing to the Bangalore Traffic congestion and sound pollution. Being a truthful citizen I blamed the System and inefficient Bangalore Transport Systems. I used to travel around 34kms daily to work & back and Guzzle up 2.5 ltr of Diesel, most importantly spend 2 to 3 hours of my Day in the Traffic behind the wheel.

Few politicians made jolly trips to Singapore and realized Bangalore needed a Metro and this was a avenue to gobble up few Millions Rupee at Minimum. Several discussions and washing of Dirty Linen by Politicians in Public led to formation of a Metro Company 'BMRCL' to setup a Metro system aimed at improving the efficiency of Bangalore Transport. Years later the Phase 1 of Metro gets ready and operates from Byappanahalli to MG Road.

Fed up with the Road Chaos and the cries of my Knee & Ankle I chose to experiment with the Public Transport. Its been close to 90 days and I find this is heaven. The Public Transport system is Excellent and helps bring down the stress. It is a matter of just putting your EGO in a box and start using the Public Transport. On regular use I find it is a matter of getting used and the people not following the rule. It is indeed a good option to use the Public Transport and enjoy the benefits a) Reduce Traffic Congestion b) Reduce personal stress level c) Reduce Emission in the environment. and d) make up for the increasing inflation.

There is scope for improvement in terms of the Buses needing to be stream lined so that we do not have multiple instances of same route number buses plying in sets of four.

Calling all Professionals and Bangaloreans to use Public Transport more often..