Bangalore is fast falling victim to the trend of motorization i.e., the increasing use of personal cars and two wheelers. Lack of decent public transport and Non Motorized Transport (NMT) facilities have forced commuters to shift to using personal motorized vehicles, which occupy more road space, consume more fuel and disturb the city’s environmental and social balance.
Increasing the road space to cater to the use of motorized modes has worsened the mobility situation and reduced the importance of non motorized transport. This has left the commuters to travel in difficult conditions and made exposed to a plethora of transport related negative externalities like bad air quality, road accidents, high noise levels etc.
A shared NMT program including the pedestrian and bicycle network can service the entire CBD area addressing all segments of the population from schools in the area to shops and offices. The bicycles can provide a convenient mode of personal transport which offers maneuverability next to that of pedestrians.
In this regard, Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) has identified roads in the CBD area where NMT corridors (bicycle and pedestrian) are to be built. A DPR has been prepared for Non Motorized Traffic Network design In the Vicinity of MG Road. The report will be published here very soon.
