Ishwar Sundararaman

We desperately need help! Children and teachers spent as much as 7 hours on the road getting to school and back home today. Sadly, this is not a one-off event We urgently need to invest in mass mobility & public transport, a bigger road network - long term investments for an ever growing #Bengaluru. And meanwhile, there are things we can do now: • Keep heavy vehicles off key roads during school peak hours • Enforce penalties for wrong-side driving & other traffic violations • Incentivise school buses & shared transport over individual vehicles • Collect real mobility data and use simulation / “what-if” analysis to determine optimal school & office timings • Fix potholes, blocked drains & other bottlenecks urgently This area is home to some of Bengaluru’s and India’s best schools. Their parents & educators have built Brand Blr. And these thousands of children will power the future of our city & country Surely we can do better for them & for the teachers, parents, staff & citizens who are losing hours of their lives on our roads every day. This needs both immediate action and long-term planning I believe all stakeholders want what’s right for our citizens & city. So here’s hoping, praying … working collaboratively towards effective solutions