Bus service in your City.

Oh, how I long for a decent public transport system! You might have probably known that the bus transport service of my city Pune is one of the worst in the country. I had gone to Mumbai last month and was overwhelmed by the services of BEST, Mumbai.

Come to Pune for a nightmarish ride! Noisy, smoky buses with many broken windows and faulty brakes; irritating honking horns; faulty scheduling, disinterested drivers, conductors and employees. Buses are ill-maintained and move too slow. Many a times they breakdown in the midst of the road; giving rise to traffic jams. Unclean buses are a common phenomenon. Even most of the stations are filthy. The waiting areas aren't that spacious mostly. Add to all the mess, they executed the most idiotic project on earth a few years ago- The BRT. Total failure in Pune!

For most parts I would blame the citizens than the Government. They many a times act quite uncivilized. I seldom travel in buses, because of that.

One of the few silver linings is that the cost is reasonably economical and the trips cover a large area of the city and suburbs.

However, thankfully these days the officials have started taking note of the pathetic condition. (finally) But there efforts, dunno how effective they are going to be!

Hi Ramesh,

In New Delhi, the bus service is also good enough . However, it is a big headache in using the public transport in going from Delhi to and from neigbouring areas- like Noida, Gurgaon etc .

Bus service is irregular for these places - and number of buses is lesser,causing many people to use their private two-wheelers, cars etc instead of these Buses.

Things seem to be improving;yet slowly .

If the capital city has such conditions;imagine the plight of smaller cities.
In fact, I have heard that no one even gives even a minor attention to the public transport .

Regards

well i am from the capital of india and that is delhi here i feel sorry to say but bus services are very bad or i can say have been bad over the years til the reign of blue line buses can be dated back to!!but now atleast the ocndition is gettin to some betterment since the green low floor automatic buses have been put on service!!it is atleast a bit of a relief to the corwds o f delhi and also the metro!!but the blue lines are realy horrible!!the bus is packed full and still the ocnductor tries to push in more people!!the drivers do rash driving talk on cel phone while tlakin and also smoke!!hault the bus in any path and keep it running!!it is very bad condition in here!!

Its not only chennai, but all of Tamilnadu has the best bus services,
I have been to many places and travelled by bus, of all the trips tamilnadu services are best, while BANGALORE has the best busses, Maharastra has the worst buses.

The bus service in my city, I should say, BAD!
yeah, the bus routes are increasing annually. I'm living in a city with around 10 million people. For some major routes, the intervial time is ok, but for some minor routes, you have to wait over 15 minutes. And such buses finish work early, at around 19.00. Very few bus routes are 24-hour running.

The buese are very crowded all day long exept the few hours when people are at work.
Bus service and drivers' attitude is seldom satisfactory.
The only reason I still commute to work is it is economic compared to taxies and private cars. You only spend less than 1.00 yuan to go very far. The fare is normally settled, not based on distance. And you don't need to pay high patking fees. If I drive to work, my colleauge says the parking fee would be 500 yuan one month not including the petrol.

its not the case in my city...well from the city there are buses to the nearby villages..but within the city the service started just now...and that too is also not too good...not following proper time table....even the roads are not so well developed...earlier before marriage i was in Maharashtra...it had very very good transportation facilities...but not in M.P.

I have nothing to say but there are too many people...the bus service here is also very good and convenient at working time when people will not take bus,and it's the only time that I can sit on the bus here...
People are everywhere at the bus station and on the bus,on one can easily get on the bus and find a seat.I think 10 minutes a bus is not enough,but too much on the road will make the traffic worse...
I hope one day I have no need to rush the buses...

beeduzhe

Hi Ramesh,
I would like to comment on your discussion and i totally disagree with the points which you have mentioned.. You may have mentioned those points because it may be your state and patriotism. But i would like to tell you that just to collect information about the best bus services and according to a survey Mumbai and Bangalore the 2 top metropolitan cities has the best bus service with hi-tech buses Volvo, and others in INDIA. I can send you a link through message so that click on that and go through it. I have been to Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi staying in Bangalore. I can tel you only one thing no one can beat B M T C in Bangalore who is the best service provider with weekly, monthly passes and yearly passes with discounts. BMTC serves over six million people a day with less cost.

In our city, bus transportation has greatly changed these years. Firstly, the number of buses and bus lines has increased, leading to far and wide of the city, esp. the newly developped residence regions. The bus conditions are much better, both for eqipment and cleaning. Besides, the service is improved, including on time arrival, politeness, etc.

Recently, a surprising news is a large number of young girls have taken the position of conductors. They are getting prepared in the hope of being hired for the 2010 world expo in shanghai.

Our bus service is average. To reach my place, one has to take a bus which scheduled for every hour. If you miss it, you can wait for another until 6.30 p.m. It's not a hi tech but only the one with basic facilities. There's a few that equipped with air conditioner. But if you want to use buses as your transportation to school or work, it's advisable not to rely on it too much. It's not really that reliable.