Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Bangalore Traffic Jams & Resolutions

      Everyone in Bangalore is aware of the current traffic situation. There is jam everywhere. 

     Unlike in other metros, Bangalore does not have peak & non-peak hours of traffic. Traffic jams are there in many places across the day. Below are the cause for traffic jams and possible resolutions.

   1. Traffic Sense: Experts says if vehicle drivers have traffic sense then 90% of the traffic problems can be avoided.

       Traffic sense angles too many views but common one are below

  • Drive in a straight line without blocking the vehicles overtaking you.
  • Slow vehicles should go to extreme left and faster on right. 
  • Show indicator if you are changing lanes. 
  • Keep on the exact side where you are taking 'U' turn else you will block many vehicles and can avoid accidents.

2.       Pooling: Pooling is nothing but sharing something. Here it means sharing your vehicle. Share your vehicle, it can be 2 or 4 wheeler, with a person and he will do the same next day. Suppose if you are coming by 4 wheeler and 4 people stays nearby to your house and goes to almost same places as you go. Then instead of coming by a four 4-wheelers you can come by one 4-wheeler and in a round robin fashion. With this you are not only helping to maintaining the traffic but you are saving you money, avoiding pollution and,ofcourse, building friendship with your fellow travelers J

3.       Traffic control: If there is a jam in a place where there is no traffic signal or police pfficers then god knows when it will get released.

      I saw many times just because somebody left a two-wheeler in a small road the whole road, sometimes untill ½ KM, traffic will be jammed. However, no one from their vehicles step outside and help releasing the jam.

     Friends, take initiative in these kinds of activities, get down from your vehicle and control the traffic. With your little common sense, you can help Bangalore get rid of these kinds of jams.

4.       Rash Cab Drivers: We see lot of call center cabs and medium sized buses drowning over road. We scold him by sitting in our A/C vehicles. You might have seen on almost all corporate vehicles back side the quotes “If I am driving rashly, call *******” Isn't it? But how many of us call those numbers and complaint against driver. I hope very few of us will do that.       

There are many more reasons for traffic. However, they are useful only when we take initiatives to curb this evil of traffic jams that is eating our valuable time and energy. 

     Let's make our Bangalore a happy & pleasant place to live :)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Obama - A Trend Setter In Fashion World

Bangalore is the one of the fastest fashion-acquiring place in the world. Its not even couple of days for Obama to become president of America, his crew cut has taken place in the fashion world.

  Youngsters in Bangalore can be seen with the Obama’s crew cut. Untill that time Aamir’s Ghajini look was a trend.

 There is not much to change from Ghajini’s hairstyle to Obama’s crew cut. Just little more hairs can change one’s personality.

  Days are gone when people wanted to look like their favorite actors or actresses. Now politicians also in the verge of setting trends in fashion world.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Bangalore City

Bangalore – When we hear this word first thing comes into our mind is IT as it is known with its names like IT Capital, Silicon Valley etc.,
    It has/had many other names like Pensioners City, Garden City, City Of Pubs etc.,
    It s known for it’s whether also which is pleasant and welcoming all the nationals and foreigners.It is an ocean of opportunities for people who are in need of job or want to change their job. So many people from India as well as abroad flows here.
    People from almost all religions of the world stays here, either for short period or longer one.
    Bangalore is known for its educational institutions also. It has India’s most reputed institutes like IISc & IIM-B.
    It is flooded with colleges and universities and training institutes. You can find ‘n’ number of websites to find information about jobs, colleges, training institutes or any other information.
    If you are planning to travel in or across Bangalore then come during October as the winter season starts and before February when people start drowning from Bangalore.
    If you are coming for job hunting the don’t come ni the month of December as almost all the companies wont work muc at that time because of Cristmas and New Year which are feasts for Americans & now for Indians too.
    In order to be clear I will write various posts on Bangalore Keep visiting my blog J