Bengaluru Traffic

Traffic Woes: How Bengaluru's vehicular congestion has led to a loss of nearly Rs 20,000 crore

Bengaluru has lost a whopping Rs 19,725 crore annually because of traffic delays, congestion, signal stops, time loss, fuel waste, and other issues, according to new report. This is due to the city's exceptional 14.5 million-person population growth and over 1.5 billion cars that are plying on roads

'Frozen in time': Zolo co-founder Nikhil Sikri shares his plight in Bengaluru traffic

In a post on LinkedIn, Sikri shared how Google Maps had been displaying the same ‘estimated arrival time’ upon checking every five minutes. This, as he wrote, eventually extended beyond the destination’s arrival time

Massive traffic jam leaves Bangaloreans stuck for hours; Twitter flooded with reactions

Bengaluru citizens took to social media and vented their frustration and anger over the administration and the civic apathy 

Stuck in Bengaluru traffic, woman balances laptop and starts working on Rapido bike

On Tuesday, social media platforms were flooded with posts from angry citizens, sharing their experiences of spending hours stuck in traffic jams. One person narrated spending a whopping three hours on the road before giving up and returning home in despair

Karnataka bandh: Stones pelted at Tirupati-Mangaluru bus in Farangipet; Ola, auto services set to be hit in Bengaluru, public services unaffected

Stones were pelted at a Tirupati-Mangaluru bus in Farangipet as the 12-hour Karnataka bandh call by several pro-Kannada organisations under the banner of Karnataka Sanghatanegala Okkoota began on Thursday.

Sustainable traffic solutions missing in campaign discourse as Bengaluru eyes one crore vehicles

Despite poll promises, transport policy and investment remains resolutely oriented towards road building and private vehicles, particularly in Bengaluru, as evidenced by the controversial elevated corridor project championed by the Chief Minister

Bengaluru steel flyover project scrapped: Activists claim victory but govt decision largely political

Bengaluru can breathe easy. Their 812 trees are safe. That many were to be sacrificed at the altar of the steel flyover, a work of monstrosity that was to connect Basaveshwara Circle to Hebbal to improve connectivity to the Bengaluru international airport. The government has decided to scrap the project that would have cost Rs 1,791 crore.

Bengaluru flyover furore: Double decker suspension bridge a possible solution

Bengaluru, thanks to all this, is now already building the biggest airport in India beating the likes of Mumbai and New Delhi by a huge margin

Bengaluru zooms on information highway but stands still on clogged roads

The onus is on the Bengaluru Traffic Police, which faces the daily challenge of managing traffic snarls on the city roads.