Suggestion #10
Pavan said...
Hello! Very nice initiative. So here is my first suggestion.
Please please make constant lane/road widths. I almost don't find any road that is of constant width for more that 1/2 km. Take the example of the stretch from Okalipuram to Rajajinagar entrance underpass. This is one of the newly constructed roads and I'm surprised at the variation on the width of this road. The auto-lane created exemplifies this. What intrigues me most is the thought that somebody(some engineer) probably "designed" this on paper? Or, don't tell me this whole stretch was not designed but just constructed.
Why is it important? As is very common with us, we like to fill every little space on the road. So wherever there is even a slightly wider stretch, the density increases and very soon the traffic slows down at the next narrower stretch. The same applies for traffic signals which seem to be made wider on purpose. Packing/unpacking takes time - be it travel bags or files on your PC(zip/unzip). So we have a traffic signal with packed vehicles and the moment the signal turns green, you need to unpack. Precious signal time is lost in unpacking. Observe and you will know. Of course, not filling every nook and corner at a signal is another option but a constant road width also enforces this.
So what do you do of any extra space on the road? Please give it to the poor pedestrians. Uneven width footpaths are any day better(in terms of looks at least) than uneven width roads.
1 comment:
I have two observations:
1. Whenever Traffic is jammed due to some reason, it is a common sight to see that more commonly Auto's and Call centre vans Jump the centre median and obstruct the opposite side traffic and worsening the jam Further.
My questions is why can't the Traffic cop just walk and issue a Challan for Fine to all those violators? Does the Traffic police do not have powers to do this simple task? If it is going to add an additional trouble for communters, we can bear it. After all any Major wound can't be healed without a surgical repair. This will bring back respectability to the Traffic Cops.
2. I have noticed that temporary Traffic Wardens create more confusion than solving the problem. First they are not trained and next they donot have any powers to control the violators. Just today morning instead of asking the drivers to proceed onwards and take a U Turn, the warden showed his hand stopping traffic on the main road allowed right Turn causing a mile long traffic pile up on the Airport Road.
Jagan
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