Ideas to solve Bangalore’s

Traffic & related issues.

( Need of enhancing / re-designing
public transport especially BMTC
Volvo buses , and ways to do that.)

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A comparison of 8 year back
situation to current one to
gauge change.

• 8 years before we could reach electronic

city from any part of BTM/JP Nagar in 10-
15 minutes. Now it takes minimum 1 hour
A comparison of 8 year back
situation to current one to
gauge change.

• 8 years before an ambulance could

reach St.Johns Hospital from JP Nagar in
less than 5 minutes and now it is
minimum 30 minutes.
Why we have such a huge
change ??

• IT revolution combined with Off shoring,

with no administrative planning in terms
of Infrastructure or traffic ( They did have
vision of extending city around electronic
city and ITPL)
Why we have such a huge
change ??(Contd..)

• Unlike Few Central Government

companies or Reliance for certain extent,
IT companies have difficulties in planning
for housing colonies convenient to their
work place.
Why we have such a huge
change ??(Contd..)
 90% of people have their home in 10 –25
km distance from their work place.
 In 90% of the cases , IT employees can
not commute comfortably between home
and office by a single bus.
Why we have such a huge
change ??(Contd..)
 Since Public Transport administration
could not assess new requirements due
to IT revolution, People had no choice
but to buy & use private vehicles.
 Huge increase on private vehicles
especially cars contributed heavily to
traffic woes.
Current Efforts : Benefits &
short comings.
 Fly over : This created good impact in
many places. But at the same time in
good number of cases, it just shifted the
problem to next junction.
Current Efforts : Benefits &
short comings ( Contd..)
 Metro rail : Bangaloreans dream this could be a
solution to all of their traffic issues.
 Looking at the current plan how many people
can travel home to office only depending on
metro rail ??.
 This again force 99% IT guys to travel on
personal vehicles.
Current Efforts : Benefits &
short comings( Contd..).
 IT Company Bus transportation : IT
company buses are scheduled to their
office timings ( e.g 8.30 am – 5.30 pm ).
 But most of the employees ( 75%+ )
follow different timings ( e.g 10 am-7pm ).
 There are few cases where in only 15
people uses a 50 seat company bus.
Related facts : Banglore’s
spending on vehicle fuel

• Bangalore’s IT employee strength is

around 400000.
• And around 60000 people are using own
car and rest of the people ( around
340000) are two wheeler users( Figures based
on very logical assumptions )
Related facts : Banglore’s
spending on vehicle fuel
( Contd..)
• A car user spends around
Rs.3500/month.Monthly spending of
60000 people is around Rs. 210,000,000.
• A bike user spends around
Rs.1000/month. Monthly spending of
340000 people is around Rs.
340,000,000.
Related facts : Banglore’s
spending on vehicle fuel
( Contd.. )
• Total IT employee spending in Bangalore only
for 1 month becomes Rs. 210,000,000 + Rs.
340,000,000 = Rs. 550,000,000.
• Yearly spending would be Rs.6,600,000,000
• Don’t you think this is a huge spending ???.
• If we can avoid this situation, wouldn’t it be
huge saving for Personal wealth / Nation’s
wealth and ultimately for fuel resources for
future generation???
Related facts : Non-monitory
disadvantage of using private
vehicles.
• Increase density of traffic.
• Pollutes air and in turn it affect individual
health.
• It damages atmosphere and results in
issues like Global warming.
Related facts : Non-monitory
disadvantage of using private
vehicles(Contd..)
• Oil reservoirs in this world is drying.
Future generation will blame us for
un-ethical exploitation of existing fuel.
• When you are in traffic, you are
experiencing lot of stress without your
conscious and it damages heavily
mental & physical health ( back pain
has direct relation to mental stress. )
Related facts : How our Off
shoring competitor on this
• Chinese cities are comparable to European or
American cities
• In Chinese cities private vehicles are highly
taxed and only few very rich people can use
personal vehicle in the city.
• They have peaceful travel due to highly efficient
public transport.
General Solutions

 Optimize BMTC Volvo bus service to

maximize usage of it, targeting minimal
usage of private vehicles.
Steps to achieve this

• Data for plan : Companies should collect

Office Home Locations of it’s employees
and provide it to Government / BMTC
• ( If you require a ( .net ) intranet application for this purpose, please contact
bangalore.win@gmail.com for details. If you do not have genuine interest,
please do not send mails to this id. )
Solutions

• Connect all IT Parks to all residential places by

BMTC Volvo buses ( If this is not possible
completely, BMTC should make minor
deviations in their route during 8.30 – 11.30 and
17.00 – 21.30 to pass through nearest IT parks)
• Display Volvo bus timings in all public places
( Notice board/lift lobbies/ canteen ) of IT
companies and IT parks
• Provide monthly passes to major IT institutions
( Please exempt tax for these monthly passes )
How this can be practical ?

• This presentation should be circulated

extensively in bangalore through e-mails.
• Right people ( with Power Influence &
interest ) should be contacted for this.
People who can help

• 1) Chief Minister/Transport Minister & Officials

in Transport Department (phone numbers are
available in http://rto.kar.nic.in/phone.htm)
• 2) BMTC Head & other top executives( Phone
Number / e-mail ids are available in
http://www.bmtcinfo.com/english/contact.htm )
• 3) Location managers in IT organizations ( Your
manager / HR will be able to help you to find
correct person.)
People who can help ( Contd..)

• 4) MLAs / MPs in Banglore ( Could not find any

weblink. Please refer BSNL Telephone
directory. )
• 5) Media ( Success of this heavily depends on
media campaign )
• 5.1) Times of India
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/)
• 5.2) Decan Hearald (www.deccanherald.com )
People who can help ( Contd..)

• TV Channels & Other popular internet news

sites.
• Radio (http://www.radiocity.in/contactus.aspx )

• 6) Top Government Officials ( E-mail ids

are available in
http://www.karnataka.gov.in/mail_directory.html
)
Benefits

• Few Benefits
– Freedom from Traffic Hell
– Faster transportation.
– Fuel resources are saved for future
generation
– Pollution free world and better health.
– Money saving for the individual and for nation.
Expected Actions

• We need to popularize this message

– Need to dream about benefits.
– People should volunteer to contact right
people
– Companies should spend some time to
create employee home and travel location
information. Bangalore.win@gmail.com can collect and
present this data to government or BMTC. ( Only responsible
people with right role please contact on this mail )
Schedule Information of BMTC
Volvo buses

• For detailed schedule of volvo buses ,

click on the “Route No” links from
http://www.bmtcinfo.com/english/volv
o.htm
Some Very Good Sites

• http://www.btis.in/live.htm
• http://www.commuteeasy.com/
Let us make a smart move
together.