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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Where was this ? I know of 3 places where people drive on wrong side in broad daylight even !! 1) Coming from Hoodi side, instead of going towards SAP Labs and taking a U-Turn at Ginger, people drive over to the wrong side to take a gap in median in front of RxDx. Saves about 2-3 kms. 3) Gap in front of Tata Motors / Junction connecting towards Alpine Eco - People take the opposite lane to reach WNS Centennial Park (Shell office), instead of going towards Graphite and taking U-turn at Ginger to come back. This saves a big 4-5 kms. 2) Lakme Salon / Near AECS Layout / Reliance Fresh - People come out of the lane inside AECS layout and drive over wrong side to sneak into the median gap to go towards Kundanahalli junction. Saves about 2 kms. |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bangalore
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Twenty years later, I spent a year in Mumbai earlier in the decade. The roads that were concretized back then were still pretty much intact. Whereas the much-touted interlocking tiles laid elsewhere (junctions, edges when roads were widened, around manholes etc.) were all in tatters. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Chennai
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What will the younger generation learn when the elders commit such bad driving practices ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Beans Town
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mysore / B'lore
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![]() ![]() Yes there will be terrible road noise when driving at speeds but do you think we'll ever cross 40KMPH on these roads with all these traffic? | |
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BANNED Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore
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Really appreciate all the handwork and initiatives taken up by BTP. Kudos to them!! They have a super tough job, how many of us ack that??? | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bangalore
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I did not say what I did to mock BTP. Nor am I undermining what they did. Just that these small oversights can sometimes have bigger ramifications in people not taking the message seriously. It is human nature to not pay attention to something that seems half done. Anyway, if anyone wants to check the emission test history of any vehicle, this link will help: http://www.karnatakapuc.in/ReportingUser/Scgr1.aspx | ||
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Beans Town
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| ![]() Since the past few weeks I've had to stay back for work till about 7/8 p.m, after a couple of weeks of facing 1 km long jams, high-beams, frustrated motorists, dimly lit streets, I decided that peace of mind is more important than driving. In any case driving at an average of < 5 kmph is hardly enjoyable so I've been taking autos for the most part and even though I hate them to no end I'm happier now, zero stress - just kick back and inhale the polluted air for what its worth while he tackles the menacing traffic. This city is too far gone to ever recover. The future of big cities lie only in mass transit or usage of lower polluting vehicles such as autos with their CNG. Its time I start adapting from now. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chennai
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| ![]() After a longish sequence of using zoomcars between bangalore city railway station and whitefield, I hit upon a new idea. Coming in on the morning Chennai Shatabdi, get off at bangalore city (or at cantonment if by some miracle it stops there), and just buy an unreserved ticket to Whitefield station. The Shatabdi arrives at 10:50 and there's an express to Kakinada at around 11:20 that works great, or there's a slower shuttle train (DEMU / MEMU) that goes to some nearby small towns like Bangarpet / Marikuppam and back. 14 trains through the day. I am in Whitefield station in less than an hour, and after that, maybe a fifteen minute ride (at that time, of course) to the office where I have a post lunch meeting + training set up. I finish that, head back to Whitefield station, then catch the next convenient train back to Bangalore city station. Of course the flip side is you will be buying a ticket in an unreserved coach, and the coach I was in was a bit crowded (no more than the average city bus) plus had the usual quota of characters - "blind" beggars, an old drunk who was fast asleep near the rather smelly (yes, within 15 minutes of the train leaving the station) toilets etc. If you are ok with that, then there's nothing at all like a quick train journey to speed you on your way. If you want to get to downtown bangalore, there's locals that will drop you off at Byappanahalli and you can catch the (much nicer!) metro from there. That's a direct line - indira nagar / ulsoor / trinity circle / mg road. onward - http://indiarailinfo.com/search/beng...-wfd/136/0/993 return - http://indiarailinfo.com/search/whit...-sbc/993/0/136 |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bengaluru
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| ![]() For a change there were police personnel near the Graphite India junction at 6:45AM and a cabbie was caught right in front of me going the wrong way (from Graphite towards Kundanahalli side), with the hazards switched on. Good start to the day ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chennai
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By the way, last time I was there, there was a guy I met at the station, who apparently lives near the Hope Farm junction and whose office is in Brigade Metropolis. He was going one stop down the line to KR Puram and catching a company bus from there, preferring it to driving from hope farm to the ITPL main road. ![]() | ||
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: KA-01 / TN-22
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chennai
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It isn't a scheduled stop, yes I agree. But please, please don't tell me that the shatabdi never stops at all there. There's this usual rush to the door of hopeful passengers who live near the cantonment area, if it stops for a minute or two they immediately get down, else return to their seats making disappointed noises. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wellington
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| ![]() Except for Sunday, there are a total of 11 pairs of local passenger trains that can ferry you between Bangalore Cantonment and Whitefield. They are a combination of passengers (Not express), EMU and DMU's. The average time between trains are 50min - 1 Hour. I guess this is about as much they can run on what is a fairly busy main line. |
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