How do you think you can get rid of the traffic problems?

by **Rajesh** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:21 pm

These days, our city is crowded so much that almost everyone in the city is fed up with it. Accidents, traffic jams, disobeying the rules, auto driver\'s zigzag driving.......you name it, we have it in our city. Would you ever believe that there are more than 75,000 autos in the twin cities? It\'s true!
There are many solutions for thetraffc problems to be solved, but how do you think we can solve this problem?
In my opinion lane driving is the best option we have, you ca also suggest few.....

by **Abhiram** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:26 pm

You are right rajesh. Everyone is fed up with the traffic congestions we have in our city. I feel that all the autos should be busted first in order to get some relief and the traffic police should implement lane driving in our city.

by **Shalini** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:31 pm

Your idea is good but you can\'t just bust all the 75000 autos at once and leave them unemployed so they all should be given some other alternative as maruthi vans, cars in the form of taxis so they cannot zigzag as they wish as it is a 4 wheel vehicle. And I agree to the implementation of lane diving in our city because nowadays the roads are ide enough.

by **Raghu** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:38 pm

Firstly the no parking signs should be strictly implemented by the people, the Traffc Police also should consider it a serious matter, becase half the road is always full with the parked veicles on the road, if no vehicles, then we see road side chat centres.......just on the road. All these may not even happen until ChandraBabu Naidu continues as CM for some more time.

by **lavanya** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:41 pm

You are right Raghu, all this is gonna happen only if Chandrababu Naidu continues as the CM. Our city has developed a lot since he came. I appreciate the Police Department if they start lane driving.

by **Learner** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:17 pm

We should in our own little ways try to follow the traffic regulations, every little effort will count, atleast enjoy the moral satisfaction that you obeyed the laws at the end of the day.

The appreciation of our beloved CMs efforts is very laudable. Wish he has a look at this board. He should be with us for atleast another 10 years. Do we really need someone to tell us what to do, are we not mature enough to act right independently. Cheers - Have a good day.

by **pal** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 12:47 am

I guess no body has never been to bombay or calcutta....Traffic here is 100 times that of hyd....i feel peaceful whenever i come to hyd from bombay...traffic here isnt that big...!!..what r u talking?

by **neeraja** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:49 am

The ideal solution would be to build 3 or 4 tier fly overs (I mean flyovers, and not just over bridges). That would ease the traffic. It\'s not the number of vehicles which is creating the problem - it\'s the road infrastructure that is not planned to hold the traffic. You all mean to say we have more vehicles than the USA?? All this will be only good for a debate in the boards like this. When the govt all over India is not able to provide water facility to our houses and people have to queue up on the roads at odd hours for 2 or 3 pots of water (at least a majority of them), where is the question of improving the other infrastructure? Especially the sophisticated 3-tier flyovers? Can\'t do anything to live with it, unless all the ministers wake up on fine day and realise the pathetic situation of the people... Let\'s hope our next generation at least gets that benefit.

by **Doc** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 12:40 pm

Hi all, The problem of traffic is of 1. No discipline by vehicles in following road rules at all. 2. No respect for RED light. 3. No respect for hazard lights, when some one is backing or taking a \'U\' turn. 4. Not stopping at ZEBRA crossings. There is no reason to blame just auto drivers. The blame is also with 2-wheeler drivers who zip thru where ever there is a gap for putting their front wheel!! Let us all say that we follow the road rules in letter and spirit.

by **bull** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 1:02 am

I love Neeraja\'s comments; guys when we are talking about traffic we are actually talking about space (space for each vehicle) so if the required space is created on the roads it will be great. Also some of us need to start living in the suburbs and use a rapid transit to get to work.

by **cop** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 12:14 am

Shoot the cops...so u\'ll have nobody to point out PROBLEMS..what do they do anyway, these cops...meet their monthly targets that\'s all

by **Doc** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 2:27 pm

Hi COP, There are GOOD cops and BAD cops.

by **Amar** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 4:51 pm

Neeraja\'s suggestion is good. The main problem is with the infrastructure development that the government has to focus on. I lived in the US for 2 years and am back for my vacation. I feel both happy and disappointed with the way things are right now. Happy for the the change in people\'s attitude and disappointed with the slow paced infrastructure development.
Since this board is about the traffic problems that Hyderabad city face right now let me concentrate on this issue. As soon as I landed here I wondered and am still wondering what would happen to Hyderabad city after 5 years. With the haphazard growth in the city/vehicles and ineffective traffic management I can\'t stop imagining the fate of Hyderabad. Now I don\'t know about other cities but if they are worse than Hyderabad traffic then the question to those cities\' traffic authorities and government is \"What would happen to the cities\' traffic after 5 years?\" One of the recurring deaths and accidents in the country is through traffic/road related accidents. Doesn\'t anyone care for human life? How can people be mum on the growing traffic related accidents? People can\'t be just oblivious unless it comes upon them. One should be prepared and well-equipped instead of crying over the spilt beans. 
It is time to change the people\'s attitude. There should be some kind of harmonious growth. Right now China and India are two countries which are lucrative for investments and have a good scope for economic development. If we are not prepared to provide state if the art facilities there is no way India is ever going to be progressive. Today\'s young minds are tomorrow\'s leaders. People who are succeeding the already corrupted and \"say no to change\" minded people should not follow their predecessors instead should lead the country to new heights. When we have the potential to do so then why aren\'t we doing? 
I have been straying from the original issue, but I believe the problem lies in the root, and unless we expose and get rid of the rotten root and replace it with a strong foundation, the tree won\'t be stable. 
There will be a fairly simple solution for the traffic problem if studied and researched well. The traffic police should take the expertise of the academicians on these kind of issues. If you ask the traffic police department to solve the entire city\'s traffic problem, it would be quite unfair. It starts with identifying the traffic points where the problem is severe and providing alternative methods to decrease the influx of the traffic at those points - and also, the traffic police should be stricter and ethical on traffic rules defaulters.
The people should be educated well about the traffic rules. The License issuing department should be corruption-free first, and should introduce a written test on basic traffic rules before issuing the license. It is quite well known fact on how easy it is to get a license even without going to the license issuing department. This should be curtailed and the government should check the number of auto licenses given per year. 
These are some of the suggestions that the government should be ready to implement immediately instead of getting approval from some minister since it is quite unlikely that the minister is well educated to understand the consequences of effective implementation. 
I myself am a academician who would like to contribute to India\'s growth and welfare. I call one and all to join the movement to make India a progressive state where people live peacefully and risk free.
My motivation is Dr Kalam\'s speech in Hyderabad. 
Alright guys and gals, thank you all for sharing similar views. If there is anyone who\'s interetsed in further discussing this please feel free to contact me.

by **a hyderabadi** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 9:48 pm

yep, we need several flyovers in the \'downtown\' to ease the traffic flow in the main city. we shud migrate into the suburbs and make that into residential localities with good schools and make those places self sufficient with req. facilities.

by **neeraja** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 10:33 am

Hi Mr.Amar,

forget about the Rest of the things, If you all could do something so that each house gets water in their taps,which is the most basic need for any kind of life, rather than the poor people queing up in the road with pots, vessels lined up waiting anxiouysly for the water tanker.... even at odd hours..

by **TROY** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:47 pm

Can someone help me in taking the first step towards helping traffic related problems? Here\'s what I want to do:

1. Write a good traffic rule and driving instructions book - like the ones in the US - especially the New Jersey one - really really good.
2. Get sponsorship from private companies and government organizations to get it printed - make it available online.
3. Have online testing of your driving knowledge at specific internet kiosks and RTAs.
4. Convince governemnt to make this testing mandatory and certificate needing to be renewed every 6 months
5. Link insurance cost to driving performance

by **kavitha** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 5:48 pm

Traffic congestion is not that easy a prob to tackle , causes being so many things.

1. City/roads are not planned propelry before itself.. authorities who give permission to lay roads shloud keep thier minds open about possible future increase in vehicular traffic and then plan for a broader roads. .. which obvisoly will never happen God knows why!!

2. lack of Better roads... we all know how good are roads in the city... with all those holes in the middle of the roads which wud apparently divert the traffic to one side. who are to be blamed???? we..??? who park the vehicles as soon as the road is laid leaving a hole where our sccoter is parked??? and eventually these small holes turn in to bigger and bigger ones...!!! ......or telephone dept who will next day come and dig the road and will never patch up properly..

3. Traffic sense... its very sad and shameful to talk about the fact that none of us (majority of us) lack the traffic sense. evryone is in a hurry to reach their destinations and are therefore irritated by traffic congestions.. no one follows traffic signals.. i observed many a time ... whenver traffic jam occurs.. it will be and can be cleared in few minutes if everyone follows traffic rules... alas!!! no one does .. everyone is in a hurry to go soon... and everyone tries to bypass and go to the right of the road blocking the vehicles coming .. this will create another blockade in already jammed road..

4. auto guys... needless to say ,they are the cause of so many accidents and traffic jams in driving on the city roads... why are they not controlled and asked to drive properly??? Again God alone knows the answer...

5.last but not the least.. there are always some or the other kind of processions on the roads..... some times its darnas by some group of prople protesting, causing traffic jams and sound pollution and sometimes its a marriage party.. groom on a horse happily riding amidst of traffic jams.

so dear hyderabadies ... so traffic problem is not so simple a problem we can tackle just by building an extra flyover or makign a publication of traffic rules ... it needs a sense of resopisblity on the part of every one right from the man who gives permission to lay roads to the auto driver who drives at his best.

by **kavitha** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 5:49 pm

Traffic congestion is not that easy a prob to tackle , causes being so many things.

1. City/roads are not planned propelry before itself.. authorities who give permission to lay roads shloud keep thier minds open about possible future increase in vehicular traffic and then plan for a broader roads. .. which obvisoly will never happen God knows why!!

2. lack of Better roads... we all know how good are roads in the city... with all those holes in the middle of the roads which wud apparently divert the traffic to one side. who are to be blamed???? we..??? who park the vehicles as soon as the road is laid leaving a hole where our sccoter is parked??? and eventually these small holes turn in to bigger and bigger ones...!!! ......or telephone dept who will next day come and dig the road and will never patch up properly..

3. Traffic sense... its very sad and shameful to talk about the fact that none of us (majority of us) lack the traffic sense. evryone is in a hurry to reach their destinations and are therefore irritated by traffic congestions.. no one follows traffic signals.. i observed many a time ... whenver traffic jam occurs.. it will be and can be cleared in few minutes if everyone follows traffic rules... alas!!! no one does .. everyone is in a hurry to go soon... and everyone tries to bypass and go to the right of the road blocking the vehicles coming .. this will create another blockade in already jammed road..

4. auto guys... needless to say ,they are the cause of so many accidents and traffic jams in driving on the city roads... why are they not controlled and asked to drive properly??? Again God alone knows the answer...

5.last but not the least.. there are always some or the other kind of processions on the roads..... some times its darnas by some group of prople protesting, causing traffic jams and sound pollution and sometimes its a marriage party.. groom on a horse happily riding amidst of traffic jams.

so dear hyderabadies ... so traffic problem is not so simple a problem we can tackle just by building an extra flyover or makign a publication of traffic rules ... it needs a sense of resopisblity on the part of every one right from the man who gives permission to lay roads to the auto driver who drives at his best.

by **kavitha** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 5:49 pm

Traffic congestion is not that easy a prob to tackle , causes being so many things.

1. City/roads are not planned propelry before itself.. authorities who give permission to lay roads shloud keep thier minds open about possible future increase in vehicular traffic and then plan for a broader roads. .. which obvisoly will never happen God knows why!!

2. lack of Better roads... we all know how good are roads in the city... with all those holes in the middle of the roads which wud apparently divert the traffic to one side. who are to be blamed???? we..??? who park the vehicles as soon as the road is laid leaving a hole where our sccoter is parked??? and eventually these small holes turn in to bigger and bigger ones...!!! ......or telephone dept who will next day come and dig the road and will never patch up properly..

3. Traffic sense... its very sad and shameful to talk about the fact that none of us (majority of us) lack the traffic sense. evryone is in a hurry to reach their destinations and are therefore irritated by traffic congestions.. no one follows traffic signals.. i observed many a time ... whenver traffic jam occurs.. it will be and can be cleared in few minutes if everyone follows traffic rules... alas!!! no one does .. everyone is in a hurry to go soon... and everyone tries to bypass and go to the right of the road blocking the vehicles coming .. this will create another blockade in already jammed road..

4. auto guys... needless to say ,they are the cause of so many accidents and traffic jams in driving on the city roads... why are they not controlled and asked to drive properly??? Again God alone knows the answer...

5.last but not the least.. there are always some or the other kind of processions on the roads..... some times its darnas by some group of prople protesting, causing traffic jams and sound pollution and sometimes its a marriage party.. groom on a horse happily riding amidst of traffic jams.

so dear fellow hyderabadies ... so traffic problem is not so simple a problem we can tackle just by building an extra flyover or makign a publication of traffic rules ... it needs a sense of resopisblity on the part of every one right from the man who gives permission to lay roads to the auto driver who drives at his best.

by **TROY** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 5:56 pm

lets Try to find solutions rather than just get frustrated with problems - we can always do something to make the probelem easier to handle. read my previous post.

by **kavitha** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:11 pm

yes Troy, just publications wont help.. we already have enough of literature about traffic rules!!! Did you take a proper driving test before getting licence??

by **TROY** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:15 pm

I hope you dont mean those symbols and what-they-mean-sheet - I dont want it - but if it is really a driving instruction manual for indian roads - Can you send me one of those printed sheets please - yes i did take a test - but not really tough one - nobody really cares. I firmly believe educating people about following rules will solve major probelems.

by **Guru** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:31 am

Hi All, Interesting question. One I have to truly admit is IMPOSSIBLE to solve. Name one city in the world without traffic problems (no, dont start quoting obscure scottish highlands countryside that sees 5 cars in three months). Education. Yes, thats the key. I am not asking you to yank all auto drivers to school. But a training centre for better driving. Possibly even talking to the auto unions to make them more productive and pro-active. For e.g. introduce a subsidy for uniforms, give them training on driving ettiquete, passenger ettiquete and cleanliness protocols. The unions basically are morons who dont do anything except do strikes and morchas whenever required. Maybe someone ought to talk some sense into them to do this. I cant as I am about 3954 miles from Hyderabad. :-)

Cheers!

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