BENGALURU: Bengaluru may not be able to shrug off the dubious distinction of being the most-congested city despite the expansion of several mass transit systems, if one goes by the recently released Karnataka Economic Survey 2021-2022.
“Even if phases I, II and III of Metro rail are fully completed and operational and BMTC bus fleet is doubled to 15,000, Bengaluru’s public transport share will drop from the present 50% to 30% by 2031,” the report said. At present, Bengaluru witnesses 10 million trips (including public and private transport) per day, which will reach 23 million by 2031. “Hence, the solution is to initiate a major overhaul of BMTC, especially electric buses (10,000 e-buses),” the survey added.
