Bus bunching problem for the Chennai commuters - Whats happening now?
Posted on: 16/Dec/2023 9:22:39 AM
If you are a regular Metropolitan Transport Corporation or MTC bus traveller in Chennai, then you would have come across bus bunching for sure!!
While waiting at the bus stop for MTC bus in Chennai, the passengers witness 2 or more buses arriving together. This is bus bunching and is common for many MTC commuters in the city. With the help of IT enabled transit system solutions, MTC would be addressing this bus bunching issue. The metro phase-2 works are going on now in Chennai (causing heavy traffic congestion) and the MTC bus passengers find themselves stranded for a minimum of half hour to one hour.
A MTC bus commuter spoke about how every day he travels by 28 bus route and how 2 buses ply one after another. It was later revealed by an MTC officer that soon they would be able to provide tech based solution for the bus bunching issue in Chennai. The MTC bus passengers could get several components like passenger information system, automatic vehicle location system etc through CITS or Chennai Intelligent Transport System. Point is that a highly accurate GPS would be installed in the MTC fleet and it would be able to provide accurate real time location of the MTC buses.
