Next steps - Autos and how do we get people to walk a little

As part of the CNN IBN 'Be the Change' show, our next steps towards traffic improvement in CT junction include solving the problems that the auto drivers and passengers create.

Broadly, the problems are:

• Auto drivers stop their autos wherever they please, even stopping in the middle of the road.
• Passengers get off the autos right in front of Cyber Towers causing vehicles to hold up behind them.
• "Shared autos" keep hovering near the intersection in hopes of getting passengers and take up nearly 2 out of the 3 available lanes causing a bottleneck.
• Passengers oblige these waiting autos by getting in them right at the intersection
• People standing in the middle of the road to catch a bus/auto.

How we want to tackle this:

• Create auto stands 50 meters away from the junction-any parking or auto stands need to be atleast 50 mtrs away from traffic junctions. At least 1 auto stand near Wipro and the other in front of Shilparam.
• Put up boards near the traffic signal that informing people about the auto stands and that they shouldn't catch autos right at the signal.
• Get the auto drivers to start using the auto stands. Same goes for the people intending to catch autos.

It is going to be EXTREMELY difficult,if not impossible; but as Anthony Hopkins says in Mission: Impossible 2 : "Mr. Hunt, this isn't Mission Difficult, it's Mission Impossible. "Difficult" should be a walk in the park for you."

I can use all the help that I get, so please if there are folks out there who would like to be involved in this "Mission", please send me an email at sikhoya [at] gmail [dot] com

We spoke with ADCP Ashok Reddy yesterday and he mentioned that the traffic police is willing to help out. I just went across and met DCP MuniSwamy and Addl DCP Ashok Reddy and handed them the letter requesting for their help. We should get the signed copy of the letter (approval) by Nov 30.

Created a Google Group..

Hello

I had toyed around with the idea of creating a Google Group to reach out to people who are genuinely interested in helping this cause, but do not get the time to visit the blog frequently.

I finally created the group; here's the information:
* Group name: Traffic in Hyderabad
* Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/trafficinhyderabad?hl=en
* Group email address trafficinhyderabad@googlegroups.com

This group is open to all who want to help make the traffic better in Hyderabad. I hope people join it and use it as a platform to discuss ideas, problems and solutions.

You can use the group to reach out to us.

How I would like to start the "Be the Change" episode!!

From the Matrix!

Neo: I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world <original lines edited from here > with rules and controls, with borders and boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.

This is essentially what we're trying to do. We're giving us a chance and where you go from here is a choice we leave to you!! And then I fly away! :)