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If NICE road becomes like this, then we will have Ecospace #2 clogging the whole road and creating jams till the nearest tollbooths ![]() | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I am so fed up with Marathalli bridge now !! At 6:30 AM this morning, I was stuck from Purva Rivera till Marathalli bridge, because of the criss cross on top of the bridge. Now coming at night shift, at 11:45 PM, on the opposite lane, I see a long queue of vehicles from Purva Riviera till Marathalli bridge. Jam at this hour !! Authorities need to immediately close the break in median on top of the bridge ! I believe this was done to stop ORR jam by closing the U-Turn infront of Innovative Multiplex. They have just shifted the jam from that point to the top of the flyover. ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bangalore
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I guess one day BTP shall shift the jam again. Its not their fault though that the roads in this city are such a design marvel. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: KA-01 / TN-22
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We know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another. Likewise with the present infrastructure in Bangalore, jams can be created, shifted from one point to another but not destroyed until and unless we widen the roads, do not allow concentration of tech parks in only one location.... etc. | |
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A day will come when I will do half a day at work and leave early to encounter lesser jams ![]() | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bengaluru
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bangalore
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There's no real incentive to move to the places you've mentioned though ![]() Hence, they could very well be heading to Hyderabad: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle7982008.ece I had the misfortune of riding to work today... Thanks to all the changes in and around Marathahalli bridge, I decided to take my chances and headed towards the bridge rather than use either of a couple of alternate routes. Having reached Marathahalli at around 10AM, I reached work at 10:35. Short of a hail-mary like what the Delhi government has attempted, I don't really see a solution to the mess that is named ORR. Cheers ! Sundar | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Interesting to note that these gigantic traffic jams and overall congestion have already introduced significant inefficiency for whom travelling around the city was commonplace even a couple of years earlier. I have many friends in consulting for whom the work-day is now focused on servicing only one client (or at best two) per day, and that too preferably in the general vicinity of each other. Gone are the days when a supervisor could commit to his/her various teams across BLR that he/she would drop in and review their work. Now, each one of them carefully plan their work week taking traffic (foremost) into account and also building in massive buffers before important meetings. This translates into a substantial amount of idle time and most of them have moved to four wheelers (with chauffeurs), just because they need to work while on the move; also factor in the crackdown by the police on even Bluetooth headsets etc. plus there are definite distraction-related safety issues involved. Even while being driven, there are limitations with working (on laptops etc.) while being driven as many people get headaches, causes increased eye-strain, battery life issues (unless one has bought a car inverter etc.). Inevitably it increases pressure on the individual and potentially, quality of life and work suffers. My worry for Bangalore is that soon someone will collate this idle time, convert into time cost, overlay it on the quality of life and work issues, and ‘BANG’ goes new investment into BLR! Given that our ministers are busy planning multiple ring roads for 10 years or more, it is our precious city that will continue to suffer for years to come. I welcome the idea of business parks with green zones being built far away from current city limits with scalable infrastructure (like in EU and US), and hope that bold corporates will take up such initiatives instead of blaming the government for everything! Apologies for the rant but I am seeing this precious city completely going to the dogs at warp speed :-( Last edited by itwasntme : 13th January 2016 at 11:48. Reason: Clarity |
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| ![]() I stay behind embasy tech park. My wife currently works at Ecospace at her clients office. The commute distance from home to Ecospace is about 3 Kms. The return should be about 4 Km considering the U turn at Bellandur. The commute time to her office ranges from 10 to 15 minutes. The time taken for her to reach home back is a whopping 1 hour 30 minutes. The best commute time was 1 hour 15 minutes . I reach home from JP nagar in about 1 hour with moderate traffic (I travel against the traffic most times). I was shocked to hear about her travel time! Most of the time is spent in getting the car our from parking till the Ecospace exit! |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Bangalore
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* Read that in Japan the employees of weapon factories were all quartered very close to the factory. Because of which casualties were also high during bombing raids. The bombs were meant to hit the weapon factories, but the civilians (family of employees) also got killed in the process. | ||
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Well, these days it's companies quitting Bangalore for traffic reasons, not employees. ![]() A recent survey - believe it was in Cap Gemini - showed average employee time at office going down to 7-7.5 hrs from 9 hrs due to traffic problems. Now that's a massive decrease close to 20%, translating directly to productivity , billing, etc. Beyond a certain point, companies can't take a hit. And finding skilled employees in the market isn't easy either - saying this from experience. A skilled employee leaving a product company, finding a replacement , the replacement learning the product - a loss for the company. Easier said than done. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune-Bangalore
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| ![]() That'll be the turning point, I'd say. Traffic woes were limited to employee discomfort so far (who cares for the sardines as long as the tin reaches the godown, eh?), but it's started to affect productivity (ergo revenue & profits), and that' where most corporates will draw the line. Can't lose money, No Siree! P.S. It's got so bad, I don't remember the last instance my office cab picked me up or reached office on time. Last edited by Chetan_Rao : 13th January 2016 at 14:25. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA
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