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While Bangalore struggles with traffic congestion, Bogota, a city shares similar demographics, has successfully settled the issue by giving priority to public transport. Its population density is 4,310 people per sq km (it is 4,370 km for Bengaluru), it is the economic center of Colombia with high manufacturing industries (like IT sector in Bengaluru), and both cities are home to a big house There are informal workforces. There is a clear difference in their approach to solve the traffic congestion.
Bogota is a two -time recipient of the ‘Sustainable Transport Award’ in both 2005 and 2022. Its strong public transport system prefer people and places to manufacture more roads. Bogota’s public transport system includes a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, feeder buses and zonal buses, each of which are different roles.
BRT buses, known as transmylneio, include high -capacity articulated buses that work on lanes dedicated to fast and efficient travel with major corridors of the city. Feeder buses connect transmillainio bus stations in residential areas, which ensure first and final-meal connectivity without dedicated lanes. Zonal buses act like a traditional bus network with standardized fare and routes.
This strong system working with other measures to solve traffic congestion is showing results.
With the same lines, Bengaluru is expected to receive 7,000 e-buses in the next three years under the PM E-Drive Scheme. This may require an hour. Dedicated lanes with major corridors with a carefully planned passage map and strong enforcement, yet, the necessary conditions when the government of Karnataka receives these buses. The move has a dual effect; Electrification of public transport, and a high probability of first and final-meal connectivity.
Solving traffic congestion is a long -term challenge that demands strong government commitment. On the spectrum of urban dynamics development, the car-focused approach of Bangalore remains in its early stages, while Bogota’s public transport-first strategy has reached a more advanced phase, which demonstrates the effectiveness of preferring permanent transit solutions Is.
Commuter behavior will change with only repeated buses and better first and final-meal connectivity-recently a study of a study Biondian Institute of Science (IISC) showed that 60 percent of 60 percent are ready to be transferred to public transport if they are ready to be transferred to public transport Buses are improved to meet their needs. Bangalore needs to apply a people-first urban dynamics model instead of eliminating a cycle of congestion and disability through road extension.
(Ganesh R Kulkarni is a student of political science and economics in Mahe-BRR. This is an opinion. The idea expressed above is his own. Quint Neither endors nor responsible for them.)
