LOVE of Z: August 2015

CarFreeThursday has moved at least a few car users to buses. Most of them not regular public transport riders. We thank them for taking the bus ! Now know them, love them and celebrate public transport.

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10 COMMANDMENTS OF TRANSIT

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Apart from the commandments, through this post we will bring you a story from our own Hyderabad ! Did you ever see an organised group waiting for bus getting in to it in a line ? Sounds a bit different and impossible right ! The127J/K Association in Dilsukhnagar had done this for 3 straight years. Every working day a group of about 20 men and at least 15 women used to stand in a line to get in to their own bus , serving the route which took them to their work and study destinations. What made the group take this decision ? Quoting the members of group,

" We were no different from any other group of people waiting for buses , just like the one odd 217 originating from Dilsukhnagar, this was the only 127 originating here during peak office hours. People used to run for the bus even before the driver could aim to get it in to the bay . The change came in when we got organized as a group . When there were plans to extend our service to NGO's colony we made repeated requests to not do so. Finally our word was heard and the service was restored. This made us strong as a group and then one day disaster struck us when we got the news of one of our friend getting badly injured trying to get in to the bus. We were shattered. The nest day was no different - people were still running for the bus . But what the driver and conductor did today was different. They would not let us inside bus until we give them word we board the bus in a more civilized way. It started the very next day. We would stand under the foot over bridge and quitely get in to the bus. It was safe for us , Easy for the crew too . This went on for three straight years until our group got disintegrated. But I still feel those days were the best "

the line and the frenzy

Boarding or Alighting a bus in motion is not new to any one who is used to take the bus in Hyderabad, Either to catch the seat or to look cool or reach their destination just a few minutes early, people resort to such dangerous acts . It is tough to convince the youth who think they are cool to get off the foot board . It is tough to get in to a bus during peak hours . Foot boarding and boarding a bus in motion , both either out of compulsion or choice are dangerous .