Articles by Pranav Jha

It is not easy to realise this - but this little fun thing called cycling can reduce congestion on city roads by as much as 15-20%. This reduction is possible without any large scale infrastructure investments. All we need is a little behaviour change all around the city. The reduction in congestion can come in these three significant ways: Increased reach of public transportation through First and Last Mile adoption Increasing usage of cycling for short distance commutes Cycling for local shopping and errand runs First and Last Mile adoption Improving adoption of cycling will have huge benefits for public…

12 bus days later, why not sit down to share around some notes on the concept. When some folks first talked about it (back in October 2009), it was meant to be a day to promote public transport. PT day, CyBaNa (cycle, bus, nadi as in walk) day were some variants floating around. The reality for Bengaluru is that, today and for next 5-6 years for sure, PT would mostly mean Bus. The modes Cy and Na are mostly going to hinge around the Bus. Read this Citizen Matters article on the initiation of bus day concept. The Bus Day…