Struggling to connect and streamline its multiple mobility modes, can Bengaluru learn from transport innovations designed and enforced with much care in many cities worldwide? From seamless inter-modal connectivity to common ticketing to tech-based predictability of public transport, the best practices are not rocket science but doable without mammoth investments.
Yes, many First World cities are leagues ahead of Bengaluru in terms of public infrastructure. Decades of sound investment in well-designed roads, footpaths, safe intersections, crossings were preceded by futuristic town-planning that judiciously earmarked space for walkers, buses, cyclists and strictly regulated motorways.
