Driving your car once in two days?

direstraits88 · Post by **direstraits88** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:25 am

One more thing to consider while scheduling activities if this gets implemented....

Driving your car once in two days?

BANGALORE: The Traffic Police are thinking of introducing an ?alternate day run? system for private vehicles wherein vehicles ending with even and odd registration numbers will be allowed to ply on alternate days on the city roads.
A proposal is being sent to the Government for final approval, according to a senior traffic police official. This proposal was one among the several made by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) to decongest the city roads of private vehicles and provide an efficient public transport system.
If the Government accepts the proposal, vehicles ending with odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and even numbers 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 will be allowed to ply on alternate days during the weekdays.
The restriction will not be in place on Sunday. The rule, however, will not be applicable to public transport (buses, goods carriers, autorickshaws and taxis), government and emergency service vehicles.
The enforcement of this rule, the official said, is likely to reduce the volume of traffic on city roads at least by 30 per cent. He said the rule by discouraging private vehicles coming onto the roads, will give a fillip to public transport which is severely affected by a large number of private vehicles.
The regulator as well as the public transport service provider have been forced to conceive this idea following the phenomenal growth of vehicles in the city, crossing the three-million mark.

TMUS · Post by **TMUS** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:40 pm

I am not sure how this works - as there are lot of non-Bangalore vehicles. How will people from other places come in? It will be another method of harassment by the cops.

Solution - buy 2 Nanos. :)

sftrade · Post by **sftrade** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:56 pm

so now ppl need to buy 2 cars with even/odd registrations :) one being the Nano

smariner · Post by **smariner** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:24 pm

desipardesi;72150One more thing to consider while scheduling activities if this gets implemented....

Driving your car once in two days?

BANGALORE: The Traffic Police are thinking of introducing an ?alternate day run? system for private vehicles wherein vehicles ending with even and odd registration numbers will be allowed to ply on alternate days on the city roads.
A proposal is being sent to the Government for final approval, according to a senior traffic police official. This proposal was one among the several made by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) to decongest the city roads of private vehicles and provide an efficient public transport system.
If the Government accepts the proposal, vehicles ending with odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and even numbers 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 will be allowed to ply on alternate days during the weekdays.
The restriction will not be in place on Sunday. The rule, however, will not be applicable to public transport (buses, goods carriers, autorickshaws and taxis), government and emergency service vehicles.
The enforcement of this rule, the official said, is likely to reduce the volume of traffic on city roads at least by 30 per cent. He said the rule by discouraging private vehicles coming onto the roads, will give a fillip to public transport which is severely affected by a large number of private vehicles.
The regulator as well as the public transport service provider have been forced to conceive this idea following the phenomenal growth of vehicles in the city, crossing the three-million mark.[/quote]

Is this some kind of a joke?

DosaiLvr · Post by **DosaiLvr** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:35 pm

I don't know where the OP cut & paste the article from, but ToI did run this story w/ in the last couple of days.

Needless to say, the idea won't fly...

taan ta taan · Post by **taan ta taan** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:29 pm

I think this may be for private vehicles like Lorries/tempos/vans (carrying sand n other stuff) etc. and vehicles coming from outside the city... Not for cars. if that's the case police may try to make it work! my understanding may be wrong though!!!:emcrook:

dragon4109 · Post by **dragon4109** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:46 pm

I read somewhere in chinese newspapers a while ago, they are planning to implement odd/even driving pattern in beijing, especially during olympics, to reduce the traffic congession and to bring down the pollution.

direstraits88 · Post by **direstraits88** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:06 pm

I saw the article on hindu's website...

Irrespective of whether this gets mplemented or practical, there's atleast some acceptance of the current traffic situation and the chaos in the near future...

Due to political pressure, this will not be implemented...

The alternative would be to "live" in your car.

I remember an article about people in Thailand taking dinner takeout on their way home in the evening since they expected to spend 3 hours in traffic.

cnu · Post by **cnu** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:23 pm

sftrade;72195so now ppl need to buy 2 cars with even/odd registrations :) one being the Nano[/quote]

Bribe the official, and buy 2 number plates ;)

dreamland · Post by **dreamland** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:24 am

Not surprised.. the same rule is already in place at Singapore.. :). And yeah.. ppl do use 2 license plates as opposed to 2 cars..