Previous

Page - 7

There has been growth not only in terms of population, but also in terms of vehicular traffic. The Motor Transport Department, Government of India estimates that the vehicular population of Bangalore is 9.72 lakhs, out of which two-wheelers constitute 7.08 lakhs, three-wheelers around 61,000, buses 14,000, trucks 27,000, jeeps 6,000 and cars nearly 1.4 lakhs. Unfortunately, infrastructure has not kept pace with this development. Two wheelers constitute seventy percent of the total vehicular population in the city. Poor public transport accounts for this percentage. Almost nearly, 900 vehicles are getting registered every day.

The current status of transport is as follows: -

Table 1.2

Next

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