Saturday, August 27, 2005
Bangalore roads - Q3 Update
Wow its been a good 6 months since I posted. Time just flew by I guess !! I think there's been some good progress the last 6 months. A few highlights :
- roads all the way till Whitefield (with a few patches in between) are now tarred up real thick - thankfully all the rains have'nt made any holes (surprise, surprise) in too many places
- Marathahalli Junction has gotten much better to navigate - dividers, signals with timers - the works. However the cops there need to educate the pedestrians. A good many of them just dart across even if the pedestrian light is red !! I read about "Pelican lights" being installed in other junctions. No good unless you educate the masses.
- SAP labs turnout junction nowadays has a cop manning it all the time. If not the cop there's some hassled private security chap who just about manages to keep the gas-pedal-happy Qualises and Sumo drivers in check.
Life's good ... now only if Basavanagar main road (where I live) gets better (with tar and all) ... Wishful thinking !!
- roads all the way till Whitefield (with a few patches in between) are now tarred up real thick - thankfully all the rains have'nt made any holes (surprise, surprise) in too many places
- Marathahalli Junction has gotten much better to navigate - dividers, signals with timers - the works. However the cops there need to educate the pedestrians. A good many of them just dart across even if the pedestrian light is red !! I read about "Pelican lights" being installed in other junctions. No good unless you educate the masses.
- SAP labs turnout junction nowadays has a cop manning it all the time. If not the cop there's some hassled private security chap who just about manages to keep the gas-pedal-happy Qualises and Sumo drivers in check.
Life's good ... now only if Basavanagar main road (where I live) gets better (with tar and all) ... Wishful thinking !!
