Street Frontier

Bengaluru metro fare hike is an unjustified burden on the public

February 11, 2025

Bengaluru Metro fares have been hiked by 50%, and the public outrage is completely justified. Metro as a transport system is always costlier than buses in any city, but poor decisions over

Electric vehicle·Mobility·Opinion·Policy

India’s urban infrastructure: A major barrier to autonomous vehicle adoption

February 8, 2025

Autonomous vehicles are already making their way into many cities across the world. Companies and researches are working round the clock to integrate sensors, data and AI to make all cars autonomous by default. The autonomous vehicle market is expected to grow exponentially over the next few years. According to a recent research by Precedence Research, the global autonomous vehicle market size was estimated USD 158.31 billion in 2023 and

Opinion·Policy

Indian cities trap its residents. Denmark’s five finger plan shows the solution

December 30, 2024

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As India rapidly urbanizes, it is adding more people to its cities every year. In the last decade alone, its cities added almost 4% of its total population. Urban centers now account for almost 36.5%, up from 32% 10 years ago. While this is a sign of progress, the infrastructure and the growth within the cities has been quite erratic, worsened by some really poor decisions by policy makers. Years of neglect and under investment in urban planning and public

Policy

The rate of migration from North Karnataka to Bengaluru is alarming

December 27, 2024

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North Indians migrating to Bengaluru is often reported in news with both locals and the migrants taking potshots at each other on social media. And while this debate rages on, there is a silent and rising migration happening within the state led by districts from North Karnataka. As the state rapidly urbanizes(led by Bengaluru), people from northern districts of Karnataka are moving to Bengaluru to fulfill their dreams. And, it is not just the poor or the labor class that

Policy

Plotted: Urbanization vs rise in vehicles in India

December 26, 2024

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While I was researching for my next post, I gathered some interesting data and plotted it on a graph. The rise of vehicles in India started its hockey stick growth around 2010. Until then, the rate of urbanization was comparable to rate of rise in vehicles. It seemed to have jumped a bit more post 2015. The per capita income has not caught up with either of these. So, what does this indicate? 1. Vehicle financing and loans has become

Opinion

Why do we Indians litter, skip seat belts, jump signals, or create noise?

December 25, 2024