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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: KA03
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| ![]() See this booming marketplace? This is what happens if you provide a free area for the public. It used to be Sampige Road. Now it is Sampige Town Center, permanently ( ![]() |
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BHPian Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Delhi
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| ![]() Revamped Church Street made pedestrian-only on weekends for a while in 2021 was fantastic! A shame it's gone back to the traffic-infested mess it was prior. Last edited by Chetan_Rao : 24th May 2022 at 00:20. |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bangalore
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The plan to make Church Street pedestrian only was opposed by the residents of the apartments there. And again, to be fair, imagine if suddenly they decided to make the road in front of our houses pedestrian only. Can be solved by some sort of pass system and that was discussed too, dunno what happened to that. Cubbon park is heaven on weekends without traffic! Again, there what is preventing it from getting closed for traffic on all days (which is the way it was several years ago) is the appeal from the Bangalore Traffic police who fear there will be jams on the other roads on weekdays. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for pedestrian friendly zones! But these are the reasons it doesn't get more widespread. At the heart of it, us Bangaloreans need to be ready to walk a bit to reach the restaurants, shops, malls we want to go to. But I see the majority of people not willing to do that. Last edited by am1m : 24th May 2022 at 09:19. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: KA03
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bangalore
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But commercial street - maybe I'm not seeing it correctly, but apart from MSU all other stores are your run-of-the-mill high street brands that you find in shopping districts everywhere in the country and certainly in malls and Indira Nagar 100ft road etc? It will be very tough to make MG Road pedestrian-only in my opinion. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: BLR / MOHALI
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| ![]() So today, I noticed utter stupidity and bullying from a BMTC bus (non AC). On Hosur road, at Garvebhavipalya signal, buses stop just before the red light since that is where the "designated" bus stop is. Generally, people alight and board the buses while they wait for the signal to turn green. On the rare occasion when the light is green, buses stop at the left just before the zebra crossing much to the inconvenience of the vehicles behind. But this is not their fault and plain foolishness in the design of the bus stop (having it a few metres after the signal isn't really going to affect the walking distance as such). What happened today is the BMTC bus was a couple of car lengths behind the bus stop with people boarding and alighting as always. However, once the signal turned green, the BMTC inched forward and stopped again at the "designated point" . This caused a lot of folks to honk at the bus which clearly infuriated the driver. He stood his ground and moved forward only when the light turned yellow leaving all behind him stranded ![]() I do not understand what was achieved with all this other than sound pollution, wasted fuel and subsequent air pollution. Yes driving in Bangalore is not for the feeble minded, but aren't we all in the same boat? Moreover, I have seen BMTCs regularly flout red lights (especially on Hosur road) without penalization. So in a sense, they have a bit of liberty to play loose and fast with the rules. Note - I do not advertise flouting any sort of rules of the road and am strongly against any such misadventures. My last point was only to share an observation. |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore
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You must remember that BMTC drivers are a frustrated lot with low salary and rarely do they achieve their incentives. They play these games to keep themselves and their crew entertained. but God forbid you foil them, they will hunt you down and can cause you serious damage. Also they have their own grape vine where they share data similar to Cabbies. So if you get in their black books, every driver from that depot will bully you. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: BLR / MOHALI
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![]() ![]() Fortunately, I haven't had any real beef with such guys and don't ever hope to get into any sort of confrontation with them. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Dubai/Bengaluru
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| ![]() Cops are sitting with portable radars at important junctions. Beaming info to the next check point |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Bangalore
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BHPian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: KA03
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Again, apparently, they are allowed to selectively stop speeding vehicles - not everyone speeding will be caught, even if they can, and I'm not talking about installing a new automated system, I'm saying that they will not ticket every speeding vehicle that they observe breaking the speed limit. This is why we say our cops are corrupt and ineffective. | |
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