POWERING INDIA’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Bengaluru is home to some of the world’s biggest names in technology and innovation.
Global companies such as Google and Visa have flocked to the city for its deep talent pool, but that success has created fresh challenges.
In recent years, rapid growth has stretched Bengaluru into an urban sprawl that has outgrown its infrastructure.
Each morning, traffic in the city – the capital of India’s southern Karnataka state – slows to a crawl, with millions of commuters stuck in jams even when there are no roadblocks or accidents in sight.
According to Dutch navigation and digital mapping firm TomTom’s traffic index last year, Bengaluru has the third slowest traffic in the world – drivers spend an average of 34 minutes 10 seconds to cover just 10km.
Only its fellow Indian city of Kolkata and Colombia’s port city of Barranquilla are slower, with drivers taking 34 minutes 33 seconds and 36 minutes 6 seconds respectively to travel the same distance.
In comparison, Singapore ranks 206th out of 501 cities evaluated, with drivers taking an average of 20 minutes and 16 seconds to travel 10km, the index found.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/india-tech-capital-bengaluru-traffic-jam-congestion-5441396
