Friday evening saw hundred facility managers from various IT firms interact with transport commissioner Bhaskar Rao, BMTC director (technical) SK Paramesh and Ashwin Mahesh, advisor to the state government on transport.
The Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management (GIREM), a group that organises people to think of ways in which they can solve their transport problems, held a meeting on Friday that showed surprising enthusiasm among employees in techno parks in the city for switching over to public transport. There were suggestions galore for the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC).
Friday evening saw hundred facility managers from various IT firms interact with transport commissioner Bhaskar Rao, BMTC director (technical) SK Paramesh and Ashwin Mahesh, advisor to the state government on transport.
The Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA), the Electronics City Industries Association (ELCIA) and Whitefield Export Promotion Park Industrial Association (WEPPIA) were also part of the initiative.
The bureaucrats faced questions about feeder services, the availability of bus passes and the frequency of services. Ashwin Mahesh said, “The transport department, the BMTC and members of the public need to get on a single platform to chart out rules and regulations in these matters.”
Ashwin Mahesh said that the roads could be flooded with buses, and cycles could be used as a feeder system to the bus service.
The employees expressed the need to make bus passes more easily available. They also managed to extract an assurance from the BMTC that Volvo passes would be available at a concession, so that more people find the bus the most efficient and economical means of transport. The bus pass facility could also be made available at BangaloreOne centres, it was suggested.
Among other issues discussed was the location of bus stops, which should not be close to flyovers, as it makes the place both dangerous and congested. Paramesh, director BMTC (technical), said, “We are currently training conductors. Services will be better in a matter of months.”
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