NGO's recommendation for city transport system transformation

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: As the State Assembly elections approach, Greenpeace India has submitted a manifesto recommendation to political parties to address Bengaluru's worsening traffic owing to a doubling in car ownership.

The NGO has suggested 10 recommendations that prioritise public transport, cycle lanes, and pedestrian lanes, which can transform the city's transport system into one with affordable, reliable, end-to-end public and non-motorised transport-led networks that prioritise people over vehicles.

Some demands

Amruta SN, a Climate and Energy campaigner said, “Most people do not prefer public transport because it is not very reliable and time consuming, even though it is very economic.”

To improve the several issues that travellers face every day such as first and last-mile connectivity, the mobility action plan proposes 11 dedicated bus lanes for faster mobility of buses, free and safe bicycle parking facilities to encourage the use of cycles, the deployment of more buses from the current 6,798 to 14,000 to increase the frequency and connectivity, intermediate public transport modes such as bicycles, e-scooters, and shared taxis as a means of first and last mile connectivity with suburban trains, metro and BRTS systems