Traffic is major problem when it comes to big cities in India. Here we are facing a terrible situation where people can afford to buy cars and other vehicles but the infrastructure is such that we are unable to bear them on the roads. The problem starts right at the base level. The quality of road construction is really not of the standard to take the huge burden of these vehicles. To add to this the width of most of the roads is so small that vehicles are crammed for space.
Apart from the major highways which follow the western standard of the lane system there is really no structure elsewhere. When I travelled on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway the experience was amazing. Here the roads are wide enough very much like the freeways in US. Four lanes on each side make the driving experience extremely pleasing. However, if you travel via the national highway then you are bound to be disappointed. At some places you get a feeling that the road should have been tagged as one-way. Such routes result in immense traffic congestion and the time taken to move from one place to another literally kills you.
Commuting within the city is the biggest pain. People lack parking sense and parallel parking is not something that most people do flawlessly. This is not US or Europe where we hardly find anyone walking down the streets. Due to high population density the 2 feet wide footpaths give hardly any room for moving people. This results in people walking on the roads leading to bizarre views where cars need to honk to move the people. Traffic kills the incentive to travel by your own vehicle. Not only does it increase the cost of travel by eating up gas but also makes the travel extremely tiresome. I prefer trains when it comes to travelling in Mumbai.
We really need to find some solution to this problem. Road widening is one of the ways of reducing traffic. But that might not be always practical. I feel we must impose the lane system even on smaller roads. Currently Autos and bikes are the real bottlenecks for controlling traffic. You can find an auto rickshaw squeezing past in weird angles to get ahead of the traffic without any lane restriction. Severe penalties must be imposed for any lane violation. This will make it compulsory for each vehicle to respect the process.
People parking their vehicles on the corner of the road should be fined. There must be strict parking rules and guidelines otherwise there is hardly any chance that people will follow the process religiously. The administrators need to take some stern steps to enhance the quality of infrastructure.
How do you think we can reduce the traffic congestion problem in the cities?
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Apart from the major highways which follow the western standard of the lane system there is really no structure elsewhere. When I travelled on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway the experience was amazing. Here the roads are wide enough very much like the freeways in US. Four lanes on each side make the driving experience extremely pleasing. However, if you travel via the national highway then you are bound to be disappointed. At some places you get a feeling that the road should have been tagged as one-way. Such routes result in immense traffic congestion and the time taken to move from one place to another literally kills you.
Commuting within the city is the biggest pain. People lack parking sense and parallel parking is not something that most people do flawlessly. This is not US or Europe where we hardly find anyone walking down the streets. Due to high population density the 2 feet wide footpaths give hardly any room for moving people. This results in people walking on the roads leading to bizarre views where cars need to honk to move the people. Traffic kills the incentive to travel by your own vehicle. Not only does it increase the cost of travel by eating up gas but also makes the travel extremely tiresome. I prefer trains when it comes to travelling in Mumbai.
We really need to find some solution to this problem. Road widening is one of the ways of reducing traffic. But that might not be always practical. I feel we must impose the lane system even on smaller roads. Currently Autos and bikes are the real bottlenecks for controlling traffic. You can find an auto rickshaw squeezing past in weird angles to get ahead of the traffic without any lane restriction. Severe penalties must be imposed for any lane violation. This will make it compulsory for each vehicle to respect the process.
People parking their vehicles on the corner of the road should be fined. There must be strict parking rules and guidelines otherwise there is hardly any chance that people will follow the process religiously. The administrators need to take some stern steps to enhance the quality of infrastructure.
How do you think we can reduce the traffic congestion problem in the cities?
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