[amitwlele]

For the last couple of days have been coming in early and touching Wakad at around 8.15 AM so cannot really comment on the efficacy of the solution.

But i still fail to understand the point of blocking one lane of the flyover. How is it helping in reducing the flow of traffic on the flyover? I could see barricades put up on the flyover in Hinjewadi > Wakad direction and vehicles coming from Hinjewadi were being asked to go under the flyover.

[_raVan_]

I come by bus at around 8:20, and today it was a breeze till shell petrol pump. After that it was moving, so yeah a bit of improvement is noticeable.

Side note, did you guys hear about the bus rage in Swargate?

[selfdrive]

Originally Posted by _raVan_

Side note, did you guys hear about the bus rage in Swargate?

Its being discussed here and on the Accidents in India thread
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/street...-rants-59.html

Quite a surreal day at office. A number of guys have come in from there and its a numb scenario. Much quieter than usual, and definitely sombre

[vinod332002]

I dont think that the re-routing is really being enforced. Last evening, on my drive home, i could see plenty of vehicles on the flyover cogoing towards HJW. Even this morning, i could see company buses use the HJW flyover. In any case, I do not think that making the flyover a 1-way will help much.
The other rerouting of moving the buses from Mezza9 and Shivaji Chowk seem to be more useful, but wonder what the jam at Bhumkar Chowk will be like

[ninjatalli]

Originally Posted by vinod332002

I dont think that the re-routing is really being enforced. Last evening, on my drive home, i could see plenty of vehicles on the flyover cogoing towards HJW. Even this morning, i could see company buses use the HJW flyover. In any case, I do not think that making the flyover a 1-way will help much.
The other rerouting of moving the buses from Mezza9 and Shivaji Chowk seem to be more useful, but wonder what the jam at Bhumkar Chowk will be like

It is not so bad. Today morning I had to visit the VW workshop so had to come via that underpass. What probably helped was the lesser number of 2-wheelers & the six-seaters. Yes, there were long slow queues, but overall well-managed by the cops at the underpass. However if you are a 4-wheerler, I would not advise you to opt for this route in the evening.

As for the flyover rule, what is a bit amusing is that most of the cars still maintain a 2 lane approach keeping the other two lanes for the opposite traffic, however the bikes & 6 seaters overtake the cars by crossing the lanes as usual.

[advaitlele]

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

As for the flyover rule, what is a bit amusing is that most of the cars still maintain a 2 lane approach keeping the other two lanes for the opposite traffic, however the bikes & 6 seaters overtake the cars by crossing the lanes as usual.

Completely agree.
What was shocking / annoying / amusing - all at the same time was - I was riding on my RE Thunderbird on left most lane on the flyover yesterday and the car wala was not able to go past me - another question where would he have gone as ahead of me was a company bus
Anyways, he asked me to go to right on the otherside of the flyover and cut across the traffic.
Most of the times I have observed the drivers who chose to create 3rd / 4th lane end up piling up at the end and the left most lane is more efficient in terms of going faster than rest of the folks.

[sajo]

Has the orange route been repaved ? I heard from someone that it was being repaired last week.
How is the crowd on the Bridge route while going back post the new rules implementation ?

[ninjatalli]

Originally Posted by sajo

Has the orange route been repaved ? I heard from someone that it was being repaired last week.
How is the crowd on the Bridge route while going back post the new rules implementation ?

Marginally better in the morning hours. Honestly speaking, most of us hardly encounter the buses as they generally reach office by 9 and during the rest of the hours, they form a minority of the traffic. Its in the evening when the difference is seen, as the traffic flow is far better.

OT : I doubt if this is a great idea. What the administration have done is give car & bike owners an additional fresh breath of air. What will happen is people who might have migrated from cars/bikes to company buses will start thinking to get back on their personal vehicles, only increasing the traffic. I haven't really spoken to company bus travellers, but I am pretty sure the detour has increased their travel time.

At the risk of having a negative approach to myself and most of the junta on this forum, I would recommend an approach that supports & public transport than the individual drivers, maybe at the risk of penalising the latter.

Still on a self-contradictory note, unless there is a better alternative, I relish the new rules & enjoy the benefits of it till it lasts.

[Hurrycane12]

This morning at 8:20 AM when I turned in from the highway towards HJW, I did see a quite a number of buses on the flyover and also on the road towards the chowk. I thought the ban for buses on this route was implemented between 8AM-10AM. :(

Need one more input; on the way back from HJW towards Wakad how was the traffic situation on 25th Jan, as I was on leave am not aware of the scenario.

[sajo]

Actually, buses are banned on the flyover only between 6 and 8 pm. Morning time has no such restriction apart from the fact that you cannot go from HJW to Wakad from the flyover.
So while going back, say at 6.30-7, is there a significant reduction in congestion on the bridge ? I use the bus and get stuck on the Mezza9 route, so I have no way of knowing...

[anilisanil]

Originally Posted by sajo

Actually, buses are banned on the flyover only between 6 and 8 pm. Morning time has no such restriction apart from the fact that you cannot go from HJW to Wakad from the flyover.
So while going back, say at 6.30-7, is there a significant reduction in congestion on the bridge ? I use the bus and get stuck on the Mezza9 route, so I have no way of knowing...

I cannot compare with how it was just before applying this rule because I use the Orange route and tried the Wakad bridge route and it was as bad, there were still hiccups at the octroi naka, traffic was as slow as it used to be (may be a tiny winy bit better) and taking the u-turn and turning right was as stressful as ever, I would return to the orange route for its predictability, repairs or no repairs.

[sajo]

Months of travelling in the bus have made me go soft! I feel like I no longer have the stomach to face the HJW logjam in the evenings.. Wish I could park the car at the Wakad octroi post and catch bus to and fro.

[sajo]

I have my reservations about the current traffic restrictions for Wakad Bridge.
Since vehicles now cannot come from Wakad towards HJW from 6-8 PM, this is how it currently looks like :



This relatively frees up the congestion on the bridge, but then creates a bottleneck at the foot of the flyover. Since they are already not allowing vehicles to go towards the bridge, why not make it something like this, ie, allow a U-turn much before the existing road puncture :



That way, traffic going towards Wakad/Aundh goes unhindered, and those taking the U-turn for NH4 also dont have to wait for the oncoming traffic to thin.

PS : Please forgive me for the crude MS Paint representations. Explains my scores in engineering drawing.

[C300]

Originally Posted by sajo

why not make it something like this, ie, allow a U-turn much before the existing road puncture :

Nice work Sajo. Possible reason is to discourage Baner/Pashan/highway bound traffic from taking this route.
In any case, I dont think the current arrangment will add any value. It will cause a bottleneck at the foot of the flyover because 4 lanes are suddenly merged into 2.

[BBT]

Turned in towards HJW from NH4 at around 8:30 am today. Was surprised at the number of buses that were on the road. Although the traffic was moving (albeit slowly), I was surprised to see buses occupying all lanes. Plus, at Shivaji chowk, there was a PMPL bus coming from Ph 1 trying to turn towards Wakad flyover. A policeman had stopped him and a was trying to explain to him that he can't cross from the flyover and should go ahead towards Kalakhadak. Unfortunately, the only ones suffering throughout all this was all lanes of traffic that the bus had stopped. Despite the buses, the incidents and the usual melee, was able to reach Ph 2 (Wipro Chowk) at about 8:50.