{"id":257629,"date":"2025-03-12T16:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/decongest-bengaluru-report-seeks-changes-in-law-to-promote-private-investment-in-public-transport\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:56:13","slug":"decongest-bengaluru-report-seeks-changes-in-law-to-promote-private-investment-in-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/decongest-bengaluru-report-seeks-changes-in-law-to-promote-private-investment-in-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Decongest Bengaluru report seeks changes in law to promote private investment in public transport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A report on decongesting Bengaluru has suggested changes to the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Act<\/a> to end the transport utility BMTC\u2019s monopoly in city transport and allow private investors to invest in city buses and boost the number of buses available for citizens. Bengaluru needs 16,800 buses but faces a 10,000-bus deficit, the report highlighted.<\/p>\n

Providing stage carriage permits to private operators would legalize shuttle services and ridesharing for cabs and autos, thus promoting shared mobility and reducing private vehicles, the report put together by enterprise commute platform MoveInSync<\/a>, said.<\/p>\n

Commuters in Bengaluru, which ranks the third most congested city in the world, lose about two hours daily in traffic and about Rs 20,000 crore a year in economic costs, the report said.<\/p>\n

The report is a broad compilation of ideas that poured in at the Mobility Symposium platform and Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA) jointly organized in Bengaluru in October. The event witnessed diverse stakeholders such as WRI, BPAC, Urban Morph, Bangalore Walks and corporates come together and present ideas to decongest the city.<\/p>\n

The report suggested eight measures to the government to decongest the city including public-private effort with global capability centres (GCCs). The city hosts about 30% of India\u2019s GCCs, but poor public transport, road conditions, and street lighting make commuting difficult, reducing productivity and increasing costs. It added that GCCs should encourage eco-friendly commuting, encourage public transport, provide cycle parking and promote car-free alternatives.<\/p>\n

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State\u2019s IT\/BT Minister Priyank Kharge<\/a> received a copy of the report from MoveInSync cofounder Deepesh Agarwal which highlighted the gross shortage of buses. \u201cThis causes overcrowding and poor coverage, forcing residents to use private vehicles, worsening traffic. BMTC fleet expansion is crucial,\u201d the report said.Minister Kharge said the private sector is an active participant in the government\u2019s efforts to decongest Bengaluru. \u201cThe suggestions will be studied for feasibility and considered.\u201d He thanked participants in the symposium and welcomed more such initiatives.The eight-pointer suggestions also encouraged operationalisation of BMLTA (Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority) to prepare a Comprehensive Mobility Plan and oversee the City Mobility Investment Program.
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A report on decongesting Bengaluru has suggested changes to the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Act to end the transport utility BMTC\u2019s monopoly in city transport and allow private investors to invest in city buses and boost the number of buses available for citizens. Bengaluru needs 16,800 buses but faces a 10,000-bus deficit, the report highlighted. Providing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/118783427.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[3849,23214,198875,190743,198873,382,198874,3444,116584,1665,81877,20130,3560,61,5113,3531],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257631,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257629\/revisions\/257631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}