Coimbatore: The city has undergone major changes in recent years with better road infrastructure and several flyovers that reduce traffic congestion.
But for the common people what is most important is access to public transportation, especially the bus.
And the authorities fail to overcome their needs by entering more bus stops that are in accordance with the changed road infrastructure.
Most of the bus stop, activists said, planned and regulated many years ago based on the term requirements.
According to them, a study to determine the location of the stop and the new requirements have been late for a long time.
Activists said places such as the city train intersection, Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), SantanLurur Bus Terminal Signal and Sidhapudur Junction have turned into a large traffic choke point, because of the bus stop in the wrong places.
Indicates that the bus shelter was founded in many places, activists said most of them were proven to waste money because the bus did not stop there or passengers did not wait there.
“Many places do not have a bus shelter to protect passengers from rain and sun.
Most people use trees as nuances in such places.” B Parinaman, a passenger, said the bus stop must shift a little far from CMC, Who stopped there for passengers to go up and down, block another road, creating traffic.
“The road is narrow on this stretch.
Vehicles can move freely, if the bus stops a few meters away.
Likewise, something needs to be done at the city train intersection, where the bus also creates traffic jams.” L Devika, a resident of Sungam, said while many People take a bus near the flyover sungam in Trichy Road, the area still doesn’t have a bus shelter.
“Bus shelter was established in places where they did not serve any purpose.
And in places where the bus shelter is needed, no.” K Kathirmathiyon, a member of the District Road Safety Committee, said the high time that department officials Transportation reviews the location of the bus stop in the city.
District administration, he said, has not mapped the bus stop in the city.
“This is the first step that needs to be taken to bring change.
There are many bus shelter places in the city, the bus where the bus does not stop.
The distance between the existing bus stop must be studied before planning a new one.” Traffic police, posted on Sarunction, said The bus stopped close to the intersection for breaking the direction not to do it.
“It’s hard for us to watch buses all the time.” King’s corporate commissioner King Gopal Sunkara said comprehensive studies were underway to sort out traffic related problems in the city.
“It will also include the placement of the bus stop.”