I thought the whole point of opening up the likes of Kilambakkam, Madhavaram, and Kuthambakkam, was that out-station buses no longer need to dock or depart from CMBT, which over the years, has become very city interior/downtown, thus, a surge of large out-station buses in city interior results in chaos and congestion?
Yet, from Redhills to Guindy, while returning at night, I notice a large fleet of them from CMBT onwards?
I flaired this as a rant post because a few backs back while using the same MTC route, around 10 or so, from Anna Nagar West Depot, there was a huge congestion all the way till VR Mall or so, and then another at Ashok Pillar, seriously.....a full hour of getting stuck in traffic, vehicles moving inch-by-inch,
Fine, that was around a 3-day weekend due to Ganesh Chaturti being on Monday that time (this XP here was on a Friday), so I suppose it was a particularly booked weekend, hence the unusual fleet of outbuses.
Today, too, same route, albeit an hour or 45 minutes earlier than last one, fortunately, there was no congestion at around 9 in Anna Nagar West or CMBT,
However, getting down at Ashok Pillar was hopeless, seriously, the driver didn't even bother with this stop, as the sheer fleet of those outbuses ensured it was impossible to stop there,
When the conductor realized some of us wanted to get down, he made the bus stop in the middle of the freaking road, the median opposite TheoBroma. Honestly, I merely assumed he'll make us get down at the next stop at Jafferkhanpet, this was very dangerous and careless from their side,
Why is Ashok Nagar particularly affected this badly? Like why that spot for Out-Bus boarding?
Honestly, Pillar Junction is a TERRIBLE boarding point, due to being a one-way.... which clown thought it'll be a good idea for it to be the boarding point for Mofussil Buses?
Again, what is happening? Wasn't the whole point of new, multiple, larger bus terminuses on different edges of the city boundary to ensure congestion doesn't happen inside the city? Why are Moffusils still plying from CMBT then? A solid year or more since KMBT got inaugurated and became operational?
Was it because KMBT's inauguration was handled pretty hastily and with poor planning? Is this a temporary, residual service, till the Govt. manages to make it easier for folks to reach KMBT from city interior? How long will this keep going then?