https://blog.ramiyer.me/tags/public-transport/Recent content in Public Transport on Ram’s blogHugoen-INWed, 09 Jun 2021 10:13:05 +0530https://blog.ramiyer.me/why-bmtc-is-wrong-again/Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.ramiyer.me/why-bmtc-is-wrong-again/<p>Sometimes, some pieces of news bewilder you to such levels that you feel utterly hopeless about life around you. It happened to me today, when I read:</p> <blockquote> <p>BMTC seeks congestion tax on high-density corridors; bus lane trial run on ORR from Oct 20.</p></blockquote> <p>To anyone who lives in Bangalore and commutes every day (the commute involving using at least five kilometres of the pothole-ridden adventure tracks, commonly known as &ldquo;roads&rdquo; in Bangalore), this is no less than a crude joke. Show this to any Bangalorean, and the response would be, &lsquo;This was the only tax remaining to be imposed. My life is complete.&rsquo;</p>