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Bangalore Road Transport - A Nightmare

Bangalore is one of the fastest growing metropolis in India. The speed with which travel demand and costs have grown in the cities in developing countries has often overwhelmed the institutions responsible for transport.
The increase in population is phenomenal and the two wheelers and other personalized vehicle population have posed serious problems for transportation. But despite serious implications, demand for road use has been allowed to grow virtually unrestrained.

One general approach so far has been to concentrate first on making better use of the existing transport infrastructure.

Tit-Bits About Road Facts

The facts about Bangalore roads are: -

Bangalore has a -
1. Network of 4300 Km of roads
2. Network of 250 Km of Arterial roads
3. East Sector: 81km
4. West Sector: 76km
5. South Sector: 95km
6. National and State Highways entering the city add another 100 km to the arterial roads
7. The arterial roads carry most of the vehicular traffic

Past & Present

Five decades ago, one could not have thought of a better place than Bangalore to live in. The area of Bangalore is 450 sq. km. In 1950, the population of the City was 7,64,000. Today, it is in excess of 60 lakhs. The human population of the city has grown enormously and the society is struggling to adopt the change. Some of the statistics about the human population are: -

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* Contributed by -
Ferosh Babu Abu & Saurabh Chandra Joshi,
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies,
Yantrapur, Harihar.