Dedicated bus bays, narrow service roads, nails strewn on Outer Ring Road and a need to follow the rules: these and other issues were raised by readers on Saturday during a web chat on how to ease traffic problems in the city. Urban commute expert Sanjeev Dyamannanavar and traffic expert M. N. Sreehari were part of the discussions. On the lack of bus bays, he said, "Every bus stop should have a dedicated bus bay. On whether it is valid for private buses to use service roads to avoid traffic on main roads, which happens in Marathahalli, Mr. Sreehari responded that it is legal, but bad practice. One of the readers, Vivek, put it aptly: "We really need to change our habits before we start complaining about existing infrastructure.

Source: The Hindu August 21, 2016 09:22 UTC