MTC buses will no longer use Porur flyover
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:9.9.19
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses plying through Guindy and Tambaram via Porur will no longer use the flyover at Porur. Instead, they will travel on the service roads along the flyover.
The move comes days after AAP-SVS transport union complained about MTC losing out on passengers to share autorickshaws along the stretch. On an average, MTC buses make more than 500 trips along the stretch. Buses of all categories on routes 54 (Poonamallee to Madras High Court), 597 (T Nagar to Tiruvallur) and 154 (Sunguvarchatram to T Nagar) use the flyover.
Hundreds of passengers, waiting at the bus stop under the bridge, were left in the lurch because of this. They had to walk 200-300 metres on either side of the traffic signal to board an MTC bus. Share autorickshaws were making the most of it. MTC did a study and found that more than 300 share autorickshaws transported passengers to and from the bus stop everyday. Realising the potential, ordinary buses were told to use the service road. As patronage increased, all types of buses have been asked skip the flyover.
MTC drivers, however, aren’t happy with the move as they have to move along narrow service lanes instead of taking the bridge which would cut travel time and fuel cost.
The move comes days after AAP-SVS transport union complained about MTC losing out on passengers to share autorickshaws along the stretch
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:9.9.19
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses plying through Guindy and Tambaram via Porur will no longer use the flyover at Porur. Instead, they will travel on the service roads along the flyover.
The move comes days after AAP-SVS transport union complained about MTC losing out on passengers to share autorickshaws along the stretch. On an average, MTC buses make more than 500 trips along the stretch. Buses of all categories on routes 54 (Poonamallee to Madras High Court), 597 (T Nagar to Tiruvallur) and 154 (Sunguvarchatram to T Nagar) use the flyover.
Hundreds of passengers, waiting at the bus stop under the bridge, were left in the lurch because of this. They had to walk 200-300 metres on either side of the traffic signal to board an MTC bus. Share autorickshaws were making the most of it. MTC did a study and found that more than 300 share autorickshaws transported passengers to and from the bus stop everyday. Realising the potential, ordinary buses were told to use the service road. As patronage increased, all types of buses have been asked skip the flyover.
MTC drivers, however, aren’t happy with the move as they have to move along narrow service lanes instead of taking the bridge which would cut travel time and fuel cost.
The move comes days after AAP-SVS transport union complained about MTC losing out on passengers to share autorickshaws along the stretch
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