Why You should use Public Transport !!

We often describe India’s public transport as illmanaged, dirty, irregular and almost all the negative adjectives that can be used for it. Since independece india hasn’t had a reliable , secure and cleaner means of public transportation. In developed world, where they have had metro’s ,trams, buses for last 50 years, we are getting introduced to this concept only now.

Because of this lack of transportation infrastructure we have had the tendency to take travelling into our own hand. Buying private cars,bikes was perhaps the only solution with government not doing much to improve things. And ofcourse with india’s GDP rising and per capita income increasing , private vehicle became a necessacity for every indian. Which in turn led to huge traffic flow on the roads. With need of public transport rising, metros, low floor, high capacity buses, better local trains were introduced in major cities.

Even after the induction of these means, we haven’t realised there benefits. We still conitnue to ply on our own terms.

The use of public transport can actually give you these small benefits :

1.      Economical :  a mid segment car , if you consider the wear and tear caused to it, can cost more then Rs. 10/Km. In case you only calculate the cost of petrol, when you compare with other means, you are mistaken.

2.      Safer : They are definitely safer then you riding a bike or driving a car alone.

3.      No hassle of driving : sit in the comfort of a/c with no mental pressure of cutting through the traffic or crossing a green light in time.

4.      No traffic challans for you.

5.      No parking issues

6.      No accidents

7.      Saves the environment

8.      Less chaos on roads.

In Major world cities like Singapore,London,etc people make minimm use of there vehicles. The general tendency in indian cities like delhi today is  not to use metro/bus. it is taking time  for everyone to realise the dailly benefits of these means. They still want to travel from source to destination in there own comfort.

Try to use public means as much as possible, it helps boost our economy since petrol import bill is the biggest expenditure for our country. Its a win win situation for everyone, for the environment , for the country ,for you.

Think about it, and do your bit !!