Hi, I have been wondering for many days about the damage caused to this city by the huge increase in IT businesses located here. Since, many an IT leader, especially from Infosys have been in the forefront of activism on the City's governance and especially traffic management among other issues, I could not help but smile at the irony of it all. How come these gentlemen never thought of what would happen to the City when the influx of all these IT companies was happening? One has written about imagining India.. If a better city could not have been imagined just a few years ago, how could one imagine a better India? All these imaginations would remain pipe dreams!
I was told by a very high official of the Infosys BPO that they spend Rs 1 Crore per month on taxi charges. It would be worth checking as to how many taxis ply for all BPOs here and how many times a day they ply, criscrossing the roads across the CBD every day. Instead of this gimmickry of having a day for bus travel, why don't they relocate their BPO businesses to smaller towns? Why not reduce travel by spreading out the BPO in this City itself and having a number of smaller offices, rather than one central office? This is solution suggested by Ashwin of IIM - B. Another solution is to have as many people as possible to work out of home. Regards, Mathew On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Vinay Baindur <yaniv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did people at Infy have this car free day ? did it actually work there, > > Was there less traffic or not ? > > Is it something other biggies in Blr south might like to try out ? > > I think we could have it once a month and if it is coordinated much better > BMTC and other services might benefit? > > The 10 km flyover is also going to be inaugurated next month > > Infy people were highly supportive of the Hosur road widening in 1992 from > 2-lane to six lanes + service road. > > *THE BEST INAUGURATION FOR THE FLYOVER COULD BE A HUGE NUMBER OF BUSSES > FROM END TO END ON BOTH SIDES* > > > =========================================================== > *Date:12/03/2009* *URL: > http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/03/12/stories/2009031250760400.htm > * > > > > > *Infoscions to observe Bus Day tomorrow * * ECO-DRIVE IN BANGALORE. * > > *Infosys premises *in Bangalore. > > *Shamik Paul * > > Bangalore, March 11 Come Friday, and Bangalore could enjoy a quieter drive > to work! > > No, it’s not a *bandh* or even the slowdown that is going to take the > hustle and bustle away from the city’s busy streets, but an initiative by > Infosys Technologies Ltd to reduce the number of cars on the road. > > The company, as part of its green efforts, has decided to encourage all its > employees in Bangalore to use the Infosys bus network on the 13th of this > month, instead of bringing their personal vehicles to work. > Public transport > > This move, which is a first for the city, could encourage Infosys’ 21,000 > employees in Bangalore to use public transport, somewhat giving a breather > to its usual heavy traffic. > > “To encourage more Infoscions to use public transport and decrease our > collective carbon footprint, we have planned to observe March 13 as Bus Day > at Bangalore,” said Ms Rama NS, Head, Bangalore Development Centre. “The > response till now has been positive; we hope to see active participation.” > > Infosys said the number of buses plying would be marginally higher on the > 13th, especially in areas from where a lot of its employees carpool to reach > office. > > The company has a network of 189 buses, most of which are under casual > contract from the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, to whom the > company pays a monthly fee. It also has some private buses. > > By choosing to come to work by bus, the employees will help reduce the > number of vehicles on the road, resulting in reduced traffic congestion and > better quality of air, the company said. “At night we will have cab services > for both BPO and Infosys Technologies Ltd employees,” it added. > > When asked if it plans to extend the programme, Infosys said it has planned > the campaign only for the day. “It’s basically to make more employees > experience the bus service, and they might be inclined to use them on a > regular basis,” the company said. > Incentives to staff > > Infosys has also been giving incentives to employees who car pool rather > than travel in personal vehicles by reserving space at one of its parking > lots for a certain period of time. > > The number of employees who have chosen to car pool has increased by eight > per cent and the number of cars in the pool by six per cent, which has > translated to a potential reduction of 100 cars off the road, the company > said. The Car Pool campaign in Bangalore was launched in April last year. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citizens' Action Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to citizens-action-forum@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to citizens-action-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citizens-action-forum?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
