Couple of days back rediff reported that Delhi has outpaced Mumbai in terms of developemt and transport! What a joke...
Mumbai development and traffic are ten times better than Delhi's. The buses are clean and tidy with all the BEST drivers keeping traffic rules in mind. Not only Mumbai's traffic much better desciplined but the cops are also very alert as well, something that is lacking in Delhi. The city of nightmares!!
RE:What a joke
by rajukunji on Oct 18, 2007 04:27 PM Permalink
well said i heard in delhi autos dont travel on meter we have to decide how much rent to pay. the capital is pathetic i hope they had given metro rail to mumbai than delhi. it would have been a beter choic
RE:What a joke
by Pankaj S on Oct 18, 2007 04:43 PM Permalink
One must be an untter idiot to say that Traffic Situation is better in Mumbai when compared to Delhi.
On every count right from cops disciplining to people keeping in lanes, Delhi is far far ahead. I am a Mumbaite now staying in Delhi. This is when Delhi handles 3 times more traffic as Mumbai.
Who talks of discipline? Even on Main Roads (Dadar Station near Kabootarkhana), where even 2 lane traffic is difficult, cabbies park their vehicles, car wallahs follow them and there is a kilometer long queue everyday. From Prabhadevi to Dadar junction, a distance of 3 kms, it takes 35 minutes on any given week day morning and evening..and please do no blame lack of roads for that. It is just a question of how effectively you are able to put controls.
Same is true for junctions such as Suman Nager in Chembur.
Compare that with Delhi. With so many flyovers, traffic is so much more smooth.
Yes, Delhi has its problems of rash drivers but mumbai bike racing is no less dangerous!
RE:What a joke
by Navin Shahane on Oct 18, 2007 04:57 PM Permalink
Pankaj, be sensible and do not overflow with emotions to an extent where they become abusive.
Pankaj how many times have you come across the accidents made by BEST?
Why blame Mumbai traffic, just go to Bandra, Khar, Vile Parle, Andheri, Mantralaya region, nereby express highway (Some nicer areas) and you will get your doubts cleared. Just try to take a left turn withouht having a look at red signal and you will be cought by a traffic cop! There are atleast 2 cops at every signal and cross sections to vigil, it's a different story altogether that you can get away by bribing them, but never the less, you try to behave rationally once you know their presence.
Forget about BEST, do you mind comparing aotos and taxis with Mumbai ones? Look at the delipited conditions in which the passengers have to travel in Delhi.
RE:What a joke
by Pankaj S on Oct 18, 2007 05:14 PM Permalink
Dear Navin,
No offences meant. I have lived in both Mumbai and Delhi and this sense of frustration is more so because nothing seems to be happening in Mumbai.
People in Delhi suffered for 2-3 years but now they have such a great number of flyovers, Metro. In Mumbai, just to join East-West Corridor, it has taken more than 10 years and even now it is incomplete.
BEST, by any standard, is the BEST bus service anywhere in India and there's no point comparing Blueline with that. Delhi Bus Drivers, Autowallahs and Cabbies are rude too!
But condition of Mumbai Cabs is no better. They are indeed rickety!
As for cops, I would tend to disagree with you. I am yet to see a 2-wheeler driver going past a traffic wallah without helmet in Delhi. In Mumbai, it is common sight. No one bothers.
As for cops being vigilant, I think Delhi is much better. You simply receive the non bailable warrants at home if you have committed a traffic offence and challaned.
In nutshell, Mumbaites in general are much more disciplined but there's complete lack of planning for handling of daily chaos forget future! No new flyovers getting built, no MRTS system in offing in near future...
