There has been good response in Ernakulam district to the Transport department inviting suggestions from members of the public to operate buses in hitherto unconnected or underutilised routes.
Sources said the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) had received suggestions/demands from various associations and members of the public to operate KSRTC or private buses on 25 such routes, mainly in Kochi city and its immediate suburbs. “Most of them are residential and commercial areas located on byroads that take off from arterial roads. Their main demand is for feeder bus services to ferry commuters from such localities to metro stations and to prominent commercial hubs in the city. Their demand is reasonable but for the fact that many byroads have potential traffic bottlenecks due to encroachments, haphazard parking, and electric posts that ought to be relocated,” they added.
As for the city entry of private buses from Goshree isles, the recent notification that fixed a 25-km cap on the total route length must be amended and more distance permitted, the sources said. Suggestions can be mailed to [email protected].
