In Bangalore we have Bus Day. Now what is Bus Day? Bus Day is that day where the people are encouraged to use public transport (mainly buses) and less of private vehicles. I have seen it happen since 2010 when I used to work in my previous company.
But it is a sham. What am I talking about. Well just in the name of bus day, the BMTC which is the official Govt. owned operator running buses in Bangalore, runs hundreds of additional buses and these buses also make hundreds of additional trips.
Just in the name of so called 'environment friendly bus day', thousands of liters of diesel are burned additionally. Tell me when there is so much additional fuel wastage in a single day, what is the benefit of bus day.
Bus day is only a 'show' to make the people who are not using buses feel guilty. Trust me people, I was there in my previous company and that company used to take about 2000 rupees per month, deducted from salary, for using company buses. But when bus day was launched, it used to announce in big way through banners and emails and it used to make that day use in bus "free of charge". Thus people not using buses were encouraged to try using buses for one day at least.
And in my case when I used for one day, I felt it was better. Basically, someone else is driving the bus and you do not face the tension of traffic navigation. Thus I took monthly pass or half-monthly pass or daily pass and a combination of that. I also began to leave my bike overnight at my office at Electronics City. And then used to go by bus. If I took daily pass then it used to be that sometimes I went by car also while my bike used to be at office. I tried all.
Thus the aim of bus day is only to "attract people not using buses to use buses". And certainly not encourage people to stop using private vehicles. Certainly it is not environment friendly as in a single day much more fuel will get burnt than other days.
But it is a sham. What am I talking about. Well just in the name of bus day, the BMTC which is the official Govt. owned operator running buses in Bangalore, runs hundreds of additional buses and these buses also make hundreds of additional trips.
Just in the name of so called 'environment friendly bus day', thousands of liters of diesel are burned additionally. Tell me when there is so much additional fuel wastage in a single day, what is the benefit of bus day.
Bus day is only a 'show' to make the people who are not using buses feel guilty. Trust me people, I was there in my previous company and that company used to take about 2000 rupees per month, deducted from salary, for using company buses. But when bus day was launched, it used to announce in big way through banners and emails and it used to make that day use in bus "free of charge". Thus people not using buses were encouraged to try using buses for one day at least.
And in my case when I used for one day, I felt it was better. Basically, someone else is driving the bus and you do not face the tension of traffic navigation. Thus I took monthly pass or half-monthly pass or daily pass and a combination of that. I also began to leave my bike overnight at my office at Electronics City. And then used to go by bus. If I took daily pass then it used to be that sometimes I went by car also while my bike used to be at office. I tried all.
Thus the aim of bus day is only to "attract people not using buses to use buses". And certainly not encourage people to stop using private vehicles. Certainly it is not environment friendly as in a single day much more fuel will get burnt than other days.
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