Busooka!
Fiction becomes fact here.
The much talked about(not as much as Burj Dubai or the World though) air conditioned bus-stops shelters have arrived. And I saw one up close and personal in an almost running state today. A bit late but better late than never!
Waiting for the bus in the scorching sun would not be a reasonable excuse anymore.
Though finding a space inside these could soon become one. Each air-conditioned bus shelter would accomodate 14 people - 8 sitting and 6 standing. And given the way we are, if it is filled only with only Indians, 40 can easily be squished inside!
The shelters would earn revenue for the Road Transport Authority through advertisements inside and outside the shelters along with vending machines. They are also expected to have ATM’s. I have seen a lot of them have 3 different kind of waste bins besides them which look like pin ball machines. I think they might start charging ppl a Dh. or so soon to enter. Who knows!
It would also be insteresting to see a system which has been proposed in Abu Dhabi to track school buses to help worried and concerned parents(which all of them are). A tracking system using mobile towers and SMS would provide information about the location of the bus, thus making it possible for the parents to know that their kid is on his way and where exactly is he starving in the daily afternoon traffic jams.
It would be interesting to see this getting included in the new bus shelters. People could be informed about the expected time of arrival of the next bus. A feedback system can also be incorporated through an automated kiosk. Weather information, pollution levels, etc. could be shown. It would be an interesting place to take public surveys. And given the presence of bus shelters and their proximity to people in the city, several new uses could be thought of.
P.S. My wait for airconditioned footpaths starts hereon.
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we have the bus tracking facility here for some of the public transport buses. i haven’t tried it though.
and those shelters seem perfect for a claustrophobia attack. i wouldn’t want to get into one of them. ac or not :|
You’ll are such a pampered lot! So how are you B .. been ages since I came here. Guess you’re on holidays from NID … or is it NIFT!
Anyway, have fun!
The shelter is a mess. Revenue for transport authority is a fact but imagine the situation having a A.C shelter in Bombay/Delhi. Neither ways wish you a long and happy wait for the a.c footpath. :D
This is a great improvement and I’m sure would prove to be a major relief for the thousands who rely on public transport. Its a good step towards encouraging use of public transport and thereby decongest the roads. I hear they are coming up with a mass transit system. That will be something to really look forward to!
Its not going to happen here, that’s for sure. MMRDA has put up some really fancy chrome bus stops, now they should last.
Chugs - haha! yes! they look like some gas chambers or display boxes! :)
SwB - pampered? naah! we still have to walk in the sun and through the sand all the way to these bus stands you know :P and oye! its NID!
f8 - oh India it would only be preceeded by numerous committees, dharnas, activists screaming, etc etc… iffffff it happens !
Adel - yep it’s an improvement but I am not sure if it would encourage people to use public transport system who don’t currently. You know how much they love their cars here.
Austere - Time to click and send me some pics :)
sigh, in india conditions applied dont include air conditioning :|
neat design , yaar . i remember they wanted to do a/c busstops in pragati maidan just b4 auto expo . they took designs , quotes et al ..as always nothing happened .
and i am back , babe .
howz nid treating you ?
Hey b, (is this what all recon u as?).. well, nice blog.
Was wandering on twitter, and got to your web, and then back here.
Wish our BRTS could do something like this in Ahmedabad.
Ohh, well I like NID campus, and the garba you had there.. ;)
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
Composer, MBA, Consultant (soon to be.. ;) )
Manu - conditions are what they always apply sans logic!
Sanguine - welcome back babes! kahan bhagti rehti ho? NID is great! summer break on. internship about to come to an end. wassup with u?
Ronak - hey there! thanks for visiting! well the BRTS still needs a lotta work to grease up the gears.
so, what do you compose btw?