Citizens speak out

Citizens speak out
The Times of India

1
Install traffic signals across Greater Bangalore on all arterial and secondary roads, interlink and synchronise them through trafficbased dynamically programmed software, including rerouting of traffic. The entire system should have power back-up for 12 hours. This can reduce congestion by 20%. — P J Mohanram, Vidyaranyapura.

2
Don’t allow right turns for stretches of 1-2 km on most roads. Rules should be enforced on traffic coming out of residential layouts as well. When right turns are allowed, do so at junctions with traffic lights. Prevent parking on roads with high-density traffic.
— Ravindra Shet, Bangalore.

3
Introduce luxury buses from different locations in the city to cover all important business hubs and residential areas and encourage car owners to travel in them. Fares could be between Rs 30 and Rs 50. If 25 executives go by one bus, 25 cars will be off the road.
— Col S G Apte, Hoyasalanagar.

4
Have bus bays at bus-stops so that they don’t obstruct normal flow of traffic. Improve driving and customer service skills of drivers and conductors. Clear footpaths of building materials, parked vehicles
and vendors. — G Padmanabhan, Basavanagudi.

5
All road and sewerage maintenance, pipe laying, road digging, telecom works should be taken up only in the night. This has been implemented in Mumbai and works like a charm. All flyover work should continue in the night. All high-density traffic junctions should be converted into underpasses so that traffic lights can be avoided. — Gaurav Jain.