On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 04:56:53AM +0000, va wrote: > which coupled with the Rail system, few other Indian cities can match > 'that' nice a public transport system :) BUT I cant ever imagine a > BEST driver waiting for the passenger to board/alight the bus.... > perpetual motion, always. Here, the drivers stop the bus when women
BEST drivers do wait for you to board the bus (unless the bus is really packed, where even a sardine wouldn't fit). But then, you can wait for two minutes and take the next bus. > flag it down and they have the patience and courtesy to wait for her > to board/alight. That care never ceases to amaze me and makes me > smile. > > Roads-- Much much cleaner and wider than Bombay will ever be. The rash > driving (been a pedestrian victim), pollution, crazy traffic with no > respect for rules and speeding is something I am learning to trade-off > with pedestrian walk-a-ways, parks (atleast one/km), nice weather, Pedestrain walkways? In Bangalore? Places where your knee is not jarred from stepping off the pavement and onto someone else's driveway? And where you don't have a two-wheeler riding on the pavement (or what passes for one)? > pockets of convenience (read hospitals, markets, school, > entertainment, etc..) ....a slower life in short. > I am perfectly willing to make tradeoffs the other way. Funny how these things work. > I dont particularly care much for elitist snobs anywhere, which even > if plentiful are free to live in their ivory towers. I miss vada-pav, > bhel, panipuri and every street-junk food in Bombay but definitely > dont miss the maddeningly crazy crowds nor the heat, pollution and > dust (which is the story in many major Indian metros today). > I love the heat (yes, I am odd). The polllution is just as bad as it was in Bangalore (My perspective is primarily the Koramangala/MG Road/Airport road triangle) but there are places to run off to for no pollution at all. Devdas Bhagat
