According to the congestion trends earlier the flyover opened, determination were 24 regular congestion alerts, which decreased to 15 aft a period astatine the Silk Board junction. (Express Photo)
The Bengaluru postulation constabulary person said Silk Board Junction, an country often called the ‘mother of postulation congestion’ successful the city, has recorded a astir 50 per cent simplification successful postulation snarls aft the opening of the double-decker flyover successful July.
According to the information shared by Kuldeep Kumar Jain, Deputy Commissioner of Police East (Traffic), the mean congestion alerts per time and the postulation congestion during greeting and highest hours astatine Silk Board Junction person reduced pursuing the opening up of the double-decker flyover, the archetypal successful the city, which was inaugurated connected July 18.
Jain presented the information arsenic portion of his keynote code during the 25th SAFE Annual Convention organised by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
The information compares congestion levels earlier the opening of the flyover (July 12-17), instantly aft (July 18-23), and a period aboriginal (September 5-10). According to the congestion trends earlier the flyover opened, determination were 24 regular congestion alerts, which decreased to 15 aft a period astatine the Silk Board junction. The mean magnitude of postulation queues was reduced from 19 km to 10 km during the aforesaid play astatine the Silk Board Junction.
“At the Silk Board Junction, aft a period of opening the flyover, determination is simply a 42 per cent simplification successful greeting highest congestion betwixt 8 americium and 12 pm. Further, determination is simply a 45 per cent simplification successful evening highest congestion betwixt 4 p.m. and 11 pm. Meanwhile, beneath the Silk Board flyover betwixt Ragigudda to Silk Board junction determination is simply a 56 per cent simplification arsenic a whole,” said Jain who said postulation is managed accordingly based connected data-driven decisions.
Data shared by the Bengaluru postulation constabulary comes successful the aftermath of galore commuters complaining astir postulation congestion beneath the flyover. It was observed that lone vehicles from Ragigudda were utilizing the flyover, and a important magnitude of postulation from BTM Layout, J P Nagar, and Bannerghatta Road continued to congest the roads below. Commuters reported bottlenecks adjacent BTM Layout and Central Silk Board, which person eased aft the flyover opened.
Built astatine the outgo of Rs 449 crore, the flyover stretches 5.12 km from Ragigudda to Central Silk Board and includes assorted loops and ramps designed to facilitate creaseless postulation flow. The task aims to supply signal-free question from Ragigudda to HSR Layout and Hosur Road, promising to trim question clip by much than 30 per cent for commuters heading towards K R Pura and Hosur Road.