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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Cycling all the way in a joy!

Today I am very happy to see this headline in Bangalore Mirror “Cycling corridors in city will soon be a reality”. This helps me to recall the 1980’s good old days in Bangalore where I used to cycle with not much traffic. The cycling lanes will be very helpful in Bangalore as there are many people who would want to go to work in their cycle.

During 1980’s in Bangalore it was very common to find the vendors who were renting cycles on a hourly basis and for an hour I still remember I used to pay Re. 1 to finish of all my work in an hour with the help of cycle. These cycling lanes will be very helpful to students who will travel to schools and colleges.

Bangalore will have Metro trains very soon and there are people who want to travel in Metro but the closest metro station is 2 to 4 kms from their homes, how will these people reach the Metro station?

If I need to travel to office by Metro the closest station from my home is 3 kms, to walk 3 kms it will take me 20 to 30 min. If I have to reach in a cycle with a cycle lane it will take me 10 min, the Government should introduce a system and provide the license to vendors to rent the cycle this will help the passengers of Metro to reach their last mile destinations, this will also create employment and will improve the Health of the person who uses the cycle.

With this small thought I would wish all my friends a very healthy happy new year.