Thursday, October 12, 2006

Who planned the traffic flow at the new Airport Road flyover?

I really would like to know this because he should be given an award for the bang up job he has done. I am, of course being extremely sarcastic. Anyone who has been driving up and down Airport Road in the last few days since the ramp to Koramangala opened will agree with me.

If you haven’t noticed this problem, allow me to explain with the aid of the map alongside – the traffic from Koramangala towards Airport goes over the flyover across Airport Road and takes the exit ramp and joins the traffic coming from MG Road or Domlur direction, while traffic going to Koramangala from MG Road and Domlur goes under the flyover and takes the entry ramp to the flyover. Now, it is safe to assume that the biggest share of traffic coming from Koramangala will not be going back there and will be heading towards Airport side and the larger section of traffic going to Koramangala will be coming from MG Road and Domlur side, so as a result all of this traffic has to cross each other causing utter confusion and mayhem.

This now is a permanent problem and as traffic volumes rise daily this can only get worse. It is good to know that the laws of nature haven’t changed and a little ineptitude can still cause years of damage to a city.

So if anyone knows the person or persons responsible for this pat them on the back and say thank you on behalf of Bangalore’s residents for the many years of chaos they have ensured will haunt our city in the future.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kichu,

For a moment there I despaired that this blog was going to drown in nostalgia. Good to see that anger at traffic flow managed to sneak its way in...

Welcome back to Bangalore...

Govind

Anonymous said...

Who planned...? The same bunch of politicians who are more interested in renaming the city to its 'Glorious Past' than planning for its future. Its cheaper to rename than plan and build. Welcome to Bengalooru.

Nithyanand