All of us must have read dozens of articles about how BRT has been a nightmare. For a change I saw a different view in Times of India. The author is absolutely right. May be the government needs to go another step in discouraging people from using cars. Anyways the rate at which we are adding cars in Delhi, it is pretty clear any number of expressways and 8 lane highways will not solve the problem. Swaran jayanti expressway is a testimony to this.
I have been to San Franciso,New york and Washington, nowwhere does government encourage people to bring there own cars in main downtown, public transport is efficient and is the preffered mode of transport.
If government sticks to BRT soon people will realize the time they save by travelling in bus. Government has already taken a decision to add more international style city buses. I believe soon it will be as good as Metro. Remember people cursed metro big time all along its construction period.
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For a moment i scratched hard to figure out what is BRT..??
Agreed, in Europe too people of every race prefer to use public transport..
But in India, security is a big bottleneck for BRT, especially for the girls!
Come on !! ...learn some kick boxing and you should be fine.
Jokes apart, you are absolutely right, not just for girls it is unsafe for everyone at times, but I guess same holds true for metro also. I mean they don't have security personal inside the train, still people prefer metro over anything else.
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