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Originally Posted by shankar.balan Do please enlighten us onlookers as to the ‘profile’ of these ‘errant’ chaps. Were they of the ‘educated-executive-in-a hurry-because-their-time-is-supremely-valuable’ type? |
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Originally Posted by airguitar One was a cabbie ( looked like a decent fellow caught in a storm by mistake ), another seemed a local duo ( not the IT types ) and the last one I couldn't see much. |
On these regular undivided roads, there is absolutely no hesitation for a lot of people to drive/ride on the wrong side and get ahead. ALL Two-Wheelers do it. Not restricted to by any 'profile'. Techies, Ladies, delivery guys, couples, ladies/gents with kids-Every single one. In some places there are medians on the 2 lane road to prevent this. No effect, most people go on the other side as if the median did not exist. And I am not dissing 2 wheelers here. I am also on a two wheeler and do not claim to be a saint. But one thing I never do is ride in the oncoming lane. So I am stupidly waiting in my lane behind a car and usually the car behind me honks to make me go the same way the others are, so that he/she can inch forward a meter.
In addition to all two wheelers, a lot of autos, cabs and then private cars also happily do it. Again no particular 'Profile' here. The only reason more don't do it is due to the challenge of squeezing in further down.
Everybody does it even with cops present. Cops are fairly helpless because if they stop directing the traffic for 2-3 mins a total grid lock happens. Every small junction in the Sarjapur Road, Carmelaram, Panathur, Harlur Road areas need 2-3 cops to ensure some semblance of normal movement. That is how bad the traffic discipline and volume are.
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Originally Posted by airguitar Now there are various ingresses into that Kadubisanahalli-Panathur road. So it all looks like a bowl of noodles in the end. I'm counting on the Gunjur - New Horizon road to be open fully : will help ease a bit. |
/Rant Start
The noodles reference is perfect. I think the Kadubeesanahalli-Panathur-Balagere-Gunjur-Varthur belt is pretty much the worst among the newer areas that witnessed unplanned, rapid growth. Considering how bad other areas like in the ORR belt are, it is quite a low bar. It is pretty much a bottle neck on all sides and builders did some massive exploitation of the area creating thousands of apartments along these narrow roads. The sad thing is that the construction is not done and new complexes continue to come up with no end in sight. Imagine a gateway to an area where 1-2Lakh people live which is not even wide enough to take 2 way traffic in some sections.
The obvious question is-Why did the buyers in this area not realize it or went ahead with purchases even after seeing this bottleneck? In my understanding there were 2 promises thrown around by the builders.
- A 100 feet road that connects Balagare to Kundanahalli Gate/Old Airport Road- Giving easy access to Whitefield.
- Another 100 Feet Road from Varthur to New Horizon College on ORR
Assuming these roads are there, the thought process is not hard to fathom. I can get to Whitefield and ORR easily, I can get to Varthur Sarjapur belt easily(where all the schools are). Unfortunately, both these promises are half truths. The first one is done in patches, other areas are stuck in land acquisition and most importantly, the area at the Kundanahalli gate is already fully built up. No way a 100 feet wide exit can be done at that end. In addition one already knows the mess around that area.
The 2nd one is also partially done-at New Horizon end and some part at the Varthur Balagere side, but one important part was left off. For this road to be done, a full fledged ROB needs to be built over the railway line which cuts across. As far as I know, this is not even in the scheme of South Western Railway currently-Or it is somewhere on the drawing board.
There is some band aid solutions being done with 'widening of the S Cross', but I don't see a permanent solution to this for a very long time. If you are planning to buy a flat in the area, I would strongly recommend to reconsider.
The below 3 map pictures try to illustrate what I wrote above. The gridlocked area and how the 2 new 100 feet roads were supposed to be the solution and the exit out of this area.
/End of Rant.