A campaign by Bangalorean students, who have decided that they’ve had enough of potholes, smoke in their faces, militant auto-drivers and traffic pile-ups, and that its time to go green on wheels. We’re kick-starting Eco-Pool by attempting to reform our college-mates, but for all we know, it could catch on quicker than we think possible. So here’s what you can do: write in and flood the inbox of greenonwheels@gmail.com with your Bangalore road experiences. We’ll post it under your name, and maybe eventually, Eco-pooling could pave the way for a greener and less-clogged-up Bangalore.

Sunday, 24 January 2010

traffic block saar

On Being Stuck In The Back Of A Rick (With a million others in the same position)

It's bad enough being stuck in traffic but what's worse is being stuck in traffic while everyone else faces the same situation. When late, I usually end up flagging a rick to get to college faster. The worst part of this is that the roads to college are jammed (usually just five minutes away to 9 o'clock) with lots of other people racing to class. This happens almost everyday and so it's a slow, slow rat race trying to get to class on time. What I'm thinking is this: instead of hundreds of students taking individual ricks, it would be so much better (and faster!) if we started sharing transport. And it's not even like having to ride with total strangers since we all are from the same college after all. At any rate, one of these days students from Christ college are going to wake up and realize how awful it is to have the auto driver turn back and say, "Traffic block only, saar!!"

- Ben

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