DELHI PUBLIC TRANSPORT

It is amazing , now Delhi public transport is questionized ... I thought it is excellent at least if compared to Gurgaon , where there is none beside some lready criminally overfilled autoriksha carrieing up to 16 people on smalles surface.

WELL IT IS AS IT SHOULD BE NO ELECTRICITY, NO WATER, NO WASTE WATER REMOVAL, NO TOILET PAPER< NO TOILETS, NO MONEY, NO TRANSPORT, NO FOOD, but there is always some space for an additional baby.


Megha Suri | TNN



New Delhi: Think of public transport in Delhi and the images that come to your mind are ‘‘killer’’ Bluelines, overcharging autos, non-existent taxis and a Metro system which covers just a fraction of the city. For a majority of Delhi residents, an efficient, reliable and comfortable public transport system still remains a distant dream.
In the absence of a proper transportation policy, the capital’s vehicular population has crossed the 50 lakh mark and over 1,000 vehicles are being added to Delhi roads daily. Congestion and traffic jams are commonplace and for those in areas where Delhi Metro has not reached, residents are still at the mercy of rickety Bluelines, autos and taxis, all of which seem to be out of government’s control.
Transportation is an issue which concerns every Delhiite, and even as it finds some mention in the election promises of our politicians, no one really has an action plan to sort out the mess. Admitting the poor condition of transport in city, BJP candidate from New Delhi Vijay Goel said: ‘‘Public transport is in a shabby condition as the government has failed to define a policy on how people of the city should commute. Autos overcharge, the Bluelines are still here and even the new low floor DTC buses are uncomfortable and hot. And with Nano coming now, there will absolutely be no space left on the roads.’’
What he will do to improve the situation if he comes to power? ‘‘It’s simple. One needs to take into account population of the city, see how people are commuting and accordingly formulate a policy on transport. One also needs to promote cycling as it is an eco-friendly mode,’’ he said. Even as he drove a Blueline bus to register his protest against the Congress government last year, that doesn’t find a mention in his future plans.
Former Delhi transport minister and Congress candidate from New Delhi Ajay Maken claims transport has been an important point during his interaction with his electorate, especially in areas like GK. ‘‘For the first time, the issue of urban transport has been dealt with in the Master Plan. Also, I was the only one who tried to discipline autos in my tenure as transport minister of Delhi. I got electronic meters fitted and also started a complaint center. The action was so stiff that auto drivers staged demonstrations against me at least half-a-dozen times. For the future, I have proposed multi-model transport systems with seamless integration, BRT on sensibly chosen routes and new modes like monorail and light rail transit with sufficient feeders,’’ Maken said.
Representing one of the most congested parts of the city, BJP candidate from East Delhi, Chetan Chauhan, has also been talking about the growing congestion on Delhi roads.

Crackdown on Bluelines

Five days after on 11 year old boy died under the wheels of one of the Blueline buses, the Delhi governement (Mrs Dikshit..... this name I would try to get it changed because in the combination of Dutch and English it is not a real nice family name) has decided to put an end to the terror of the buses. The move cpmes after the outcry of seveal casualities provoked by buses. Till july 2 2007 the killer fleet has caused already 59 fatal accidents, while the figure was 45 for the corresponding period in 2006 And only now the police started reacting and 2000 Blueline drivers have been prosecuted for trafic offences in the last 2 days.
It is difficult to understand why now these buses should be eliminated. In NDTV with hidden camera, observing one driver, without showing his licence and his name , he took up a racr with 3 other buses, did not stop at bus stops because of the risk of losing the race. After this fun he started talking on his mobile phone during driving. All this can be omitted by simple disiplinarry mesaures and there is no need to eliminate the bus operation. What is worse and what is in direct responsabilty of this irresponsable governement is the deplorable status of the buses and there is one attitude and this is typical for India in total, the bus never stop on the bus stop but more or less in the middle of the street, provoking that the passengers standing in the middle of the street and all the trafic has to go around it. I had already 2 nearly accidents with my bicycle trying to curve around these jams. Also here simple discipline measures would help a lot.
The pictures shows the sad condition of the buses, most of the pictures come from the buses in Pune , but in Delhi the situation is not better and Gurgaon , they dont have this problem because of the lack of public transport.... made Delhi is looking for this solution.