Hate me for not riding a bus!

After the start of Odd-Even season-2, I must admit that I have not taken a single bus ride in last 10 days.  Please don’t blame me for this blasphemous act.  One can hate me for not riding a bus.

At least for seven days, I will drive my car, with two Sundays coming in between.  

My office also understands that Odd-Even is an issue and it shall pass. So coming late is taken with a frown.

What worries me like millions of office-goers is unbearable heat.

April is usually hot in Delhi but this year temperature is hovering around 40 degrees plus for most of the week.

What option, I have but to take a taxi, metro, auto or buses.

Off course, buses will be my last option to choose from as travelling in buses is not at all comfortable. I admit I have not taken a single bus ride.  Not because I have become an elite?

Truth is, reaching bus stand is cumbersome.

In the summers, you can’t walk one and a half kilometre in scorching 40-degree temperature.

It is unbearable and risky. I will not advise anybody to walk in this kind of heat.

Connecting to bus stand and metro from working place was and is an issue. Delhi government can’t ignore this for long.

I want to commute in the bus and I mean it. I want comfortable buses. I want premium, AC buses.  For those working in the government office, corporate, Delhi needs to provide them with an alternate way of transportation or they will go for the second-hand car. 

People like me fall in this category.

Delhi government has not thought about how office goers will commute.

Shuttle service could  be a big plus to connect working places like Nehru Place, CP, NOIDA, Okhla, Gurgaon and other hubs. Shuttle APPs are a big hit, of late.

We know for sure that traffic congestions have not reduced, this time, a study by School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) has found that compared to the first round of Odd-Even, number of cars are higher this time.

The number of autos, taxis are higher on roads  with yellow number plates are a common sight.

 AAP ruled Delhi has been able to hog limelight but it has not been able to mitigate the issue of pollution.

I am not sure if car sharing has increased in Delhi among the community.

I booked my taxi under car pooling scheme for three-four days but there was no co-passenger from Modi Mill to Vasundhara Enclave.

Drivers admitted that 80% of the time, people do not prefer car sharing. People of Delhi are clever and they prefer to convert petrol into CNG car.

Central Pollution Control Board in its report submitted that Odd-Even hasn’t had any impact on air quality.

Delhi government and the Centre must devise a long-term plan to enhance and improve mass transport system as Odd-Even has proved to be insufficient to solve Delhi’s massive traffic issue.