Bengaluru, globally glorified as a Garden City with salubrious weather with its name Bangalore until not too long ago, attracted numerous people to the city nearly doubling its population in a decade and continuing to increase. Mysuru, also glorified as Heritage City and Pensioners’ Paradise with its earlier identity as Mysore, has already started going Bengaluru way, having attracted people from elsewhere to take residence in the city. The rapid rise in the population of both cities and consequently motorised vehicles on the road serving as their personal transport are leading to massive traffic congestion and sluggish commutation to work and back.
It has been estimated that a whopping 600 million man hours are wasted every year by Bengalureans apart from burning petrol and diesel during stoppage at traffic signals, not to forget increased susceptibility to diseases caused by vehicular pollution of air. Mysureans are currently getting the taste of the plight that Bengaluru’s residents have brought upon them over years. Many steps have been taken to decongest the capital city, such as laying Ring Roads, constructing Flyovers and Bypasses, Metro Rail service and so on but with limited impact.
