Comments on: Walk Around Cubbon Park http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35 Gord's continuing adventures in India Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Gord http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35&cpage=1#comment-12 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:09:50 +0000 http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35#comment-12 In fact a lot of the streets are one-way, and while that made navigation confusing from the backseat of the car at first, it does make it easier to walk. Crossing the street, I only have to wait for one direction to lighten up for a few seconds, and then, instead of dodging two directions of traffic at once, I only have to focus on one.

]]> By: fred http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35&cpage=1#comment-11 Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35#comment-11 Sounds a lot like Boston. Ever try getting from Cambridge to Dorchester in under 2 hours? Bangalore even sounds a bit more advanced– I’ll bet they don’t have one-way streets there, at least.

And of course your brother would be interested in a cheap Indian chess board.

NOT.

]]> By: Andy E http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35&cpage=1#comment-10 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:02:45 +0000 http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35#comment-10 Yeesh. That’s worse than driving in Montreal! At least they wouldn’t torch the bus.

]]> By: Gord http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35&cpage=1#comment-9 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:43:28 +0000 http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35#comment-9 That video is pretty much standard traffic in Bangalore too. Even though I’m only about 1 km from the office, the company I’m visiting insists on sending a car so I don’t have to risk crossing the street.

I was reading in the Times of India this morning that the Bangalore public transit system had 77 fatal accidents in 2005, and it’s not hard to imagine how, with traffic like that. Yesterday a bus here ran over a 16-year-old kid, and an angry mob beat the driver and torched the bus. Talk about road rage!

]]> By: Steve Armstrong http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35&cpage=1#comment-8 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:09:24 +0000 http://www.phlonx.com/blog/gord/?p=35#comment-8 Hi Gord,

Based on your explanations of the traffic issues, I thought you might appreciate the following video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2725894821806745000&q=traffic

If Bangalore is anything like Hyderabad, I can definitely see why you’re taking detours to find safe places to cross.

Cheers,
-Steve

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