[searacer932]

Originally Posted by m8002?

I was in Chennai last week and the cops have done a good job of streamlining the traffic on OMR.

They have removed signals in many of the choke points like Perungudi, thoraipakkam, Sholinganallur and eliminated the right turns. One has to go ahead straight, take a U turn and then take left. This has kept the traffic flowing even in peak hours.

The following 4 changes have significantly contributed to reduction in congestion on OMR. These changes should continue to exist.

1. Removal of toll plaza in Thoraipakkam & Perungudi
2. Removal of toll plaza in Navalur
3. A round-about style traffic movement in Sholinganallur junction (This is the no#1 change that reduced congestion)
4. A round-about style traffic movement in OMR-Pallavaram road junction (This is another critical change)

All of these together is easily saving me 30 minutes of travel time everyday!

Kudos to whomsoever who thought about items 3 & 4.

[Desmodromic]

Speed camera on Adyar bridge:

I got a SMS with a hyperlink from Parivahaan. On opening the link, it had a photo of my car and driver stating an over speeding offence. It appears that a speed camera(similar to the ones in anna nagar & ecr) has been fit just before the bus lane when traveling from malar hospital to andhra mahila sabha. That stretch is one of the rare spots in chennai where one can accelerate a bit during non peak hours...this is such a kill joy...otherwise one is always pottering around town at 35kmph....

Am yet to truly understand the merits of a speed limit of 50kmph???

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by Desmodromic

Speed camera on Adyar bridge

Oops! I am not very respectful of speed limits crossing when crossing the bridge. Thanks for the warning. I'd better slow down.

[narayans80]

Is the Nemilicherry-Pattabiram bridge open? I saw one way traffic of bikes from Nemilicherry side riding the bridge. Didn't see any cars from that side. If yes it would avoid the detour via Soranjeri to Outer Ring Road.