In 2022, separate bus lanes were created near the Kengeri Satellite Bus Terminal to regulate traffic. The route faces traffic congestion again as the bus lanes have vanished. Traffic congestion has returned to the Kengeri bus terminal area after cones placed to regulate traffic were removed. Plans to construct dividing walls to mark bus routes […]
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Lorry drivers complain that they don’t have proper parking spaces. Illegal parking and loading-unloading activities on the roadside of KR Market lead to traffic jams in the crowded market. Prabhath, a customer who had come to buy flowers at the KR Market said, “Parking here is a daunting challenge, with limited space and bustling crowds […]
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While poor road infrastructure in Bangalore puts pedestrians at risk, experts and officials agree that road safety is the shared responsibility of authorities and pedestrians. Recent data released by the Bangalore Traffic Police revealed a 55 percent increase in pedestrian deaths in the city over the previous years. As of July 2023, 154 pedestrian deaths […]
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Pedestrians find it difficult to cross busy roads during rush hours as most pelican signals installed across the city don’t work. Bengaluru: A bunch of people tried to cross St. Mark’s Road from just outside Bishop Cotton’s Girls’High School. Every few steps they took, they paused for a bike, or a car or some vehicle […]
Continue ReadingBangalore has the third-highest number of pedestrian deaths among the eight metro cities in India. By Arghyadeep Dutta Arterial roads of Bengaluru are still the most dreadful roads to cross, as in 2018, the roads claimed the lives of nearly two-third of the pedestrian crashes. The data was obtained by a Non-Governmental Organization -The Footpath […]
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Although the number of cases booked under the dazzling headlights’ offence has dropped 14 times since 2017, experts say it is still one of the primary reasons for accidents at night. By Shalu Chowrasia Bengaluru: Car-owners continue to use high-beam headlights on city roads, despite it being prohibited under the Motor Vehicles Rules. Experts say […]
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Traffic Signal jumping cases have risen by 45 percent in the first ten months of 2019 as compared to last year By Labani Mahanandy The number of cases registered for traffic signal jumping has shot up in 2019.Traffic Management Centre data shows in 2019 till October, 9,23,468 cases were registered for traffic signal jumping as […]
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Traffic police kiosks across Bangalore have leaky roofs and broken facades. Policemen work in them without lights or fans. By Shalu Chowrasia Traffic policemen continue to work in unmaintained kiosks. They are provided with umbrellas and raincoats to continue working when it rains, as the roofs of the kiosks leak. A traffic policeman on Infantry […]
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Over two lakh cases of fancy number plates were registered by the Bangalore Police till August, 2019. By Bibek Baidya Number plate violation by the citizens of Bangalore continues despite many restrictions by the new Motor Vehicles act of 2019 . The total number of cases registered till August 2019 is 2,14,513. The violation includes […]
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Despite the 2015 ‘no-lorry’ rule, Chickpet and Sultanpet still experience heavy traffic congestion. By Sanchari Ghatak Jalam Singh, a wedding card merchant, has to witness tremendous traffic congestion every day due to trucks and lorries being parked arbitrarily in front of his shop.“Traffic congestion due to huge lorries and trucks being parked in front of […]
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