CNN IBN in B’lore’s highway to success jammed! says:
[...] Bangalore’s traffic nightmare can be well defined in a few lines.
Bangaloreans say that while in the rest of India drives on the left of the road; they drive on what’s left of the road.
In the rest of India, there’s no flyover with a traffic intersection; in Bangalore, they have a traffic signal and criss-crossing traffic atop a flyover.
In the rest of India, one-way roads mean traffic can only move one way; in Bangalore, there are two ways traffic can move on a one-way road.
Over the years, Bangalore has been criticised for its traffic.
The city that adds 600 to 800 vehicles to its girdle everyday, (that is, nearly two-and-a half lakh vehicles every year) has just 1,800 policemen manning it.
Obviously, something’s just not right. [...]
May I suggest a small correction?
In the rest of the world, there’s no flyover with a traffic intersection; in Bangalore, they have a traffic signal and criss-crossing traffic atop a flyover. Also, the only flyover that closes to traffic at 8:30 PM, as the traffic constable has to go home…! (Entry from Richmond Road)
Will Bangalore’s traffic woes ever end?
Nakul
Nakul Shenoy is The Mind Reader – a leading corporate speaker and entertainer on topics of Persuasion, Influence, and People Behaviour. An occasional blogger at www.nakulshenoy.com, he haunts Twitter as @nakulshenoy
Hah!! those made me laugh (from the security of my 12-lane southern California, jam-packed stop and go freeways…). The concept of closing an intersection at 8:30 pm because the policeman has to go home just made me shake my head in disbelief. Good luck with that!
When we were in Delhi (30 years ago now) there was an intersection with the Dancing Policeman, who was something of a local celebrity for the way he directed traffic. I always thought traffic circles were an improvement over light signals–drunk drivers plowed into the circle, rather than into innocent drivers on Saturday night…