Last month the Annual Survey of Indian Cities (ASICS) released by Janaagraha comparing 11 Indian cities with London and New York saw Bangalore feature near the bottom across most indices of city living including mobility. Another global exercise saw Bangalore race to the bottom 10 on mobility – one gathers even Delhi features low on the global list. The question that arises is whether Bangalore’s mobility situation (particularly public transport) is really that dismal to merit the very low scores in surveys within and outside the country.
First, let’s attempt the local defence mechanism that kicks. . .
