The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Total grid system by November 1

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Monday, Apr 03, 2006

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Total grid system by November 1

Staff Reporter

BMTC has introduced the system on 25 routes

BANGALORE: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is expected to completely switch over to a direction-based grid-based system by November 1.

But the feeder bus services to link places not part of the grid would have to be in place by that date.

BMTC has introduced the system on 25 grid routesand announced plans to increase the number of buses on these routes. The system was conceived in 2002 to provide uninterrupted public transport facility to various points in the city without covering the central business district.

Routes

According to the grid system, the bus routes will run parallel from North to South and South to North, East to West and back, North-East to South-West and back, South-East to North-West and back. The current destination-based service will be eventually discarded in favour of this direction-based system.

The grid system is considered as best suited for a "radial city" such as Bangalore. Paris, another `radial city", had first introduced the grid scheme with great success.

Better connectivity, lesser congestion, lesser travel time and less confusion are the advantages of the grid-based system.

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