Pooling cars help techies of Bengalaru to keep 1500 cars off the roads daily

Nearly 3000 employees from various IT companies in southeast Bengaluru have opted for carpooling. The scheme was launched on October 21 after Additional commissioner of police (traffic) had met representatives from 40 IT companies and requested them to go in for carpooling.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 5 November 2015.

As a result of this initiative, it has been possible to keep at least 1,500 cars off the roads. Traffic police are planning to reduce 50,000 vehicles in six months. This could be possible based on the response.
For a start, police are mainly focusing on south Bengaluru where most of the IT-BT employees stay, and also the southeast parts where their workplaces are located.
It is a collective effort and more and more people would be brought into its fold.
Among its advantages are elimination of headaches of driving and negotiating endless traffic jams. The owner of his vehicle takes it out once in a week when it is his turn.

(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)


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