Saturday, January 10, 2009

BMTC buses - helpful website

Mapunity has started an extremely helpful website for people who wish to travel by BMTC buses. You just need to type in the name of the origin and the destination, and the website would recommend the routes to you, along with a map that charts the intermediate bus-stops. If there is no direct bus, the website also suggests alternate routes where you can change buses. Unfortunately, Bangalore follows a hub-and-spoke model, so buses follow "popular" routes, which are not necessarily the shortest. Unless your office/home is close to to KR Market, Kempegowda Bus Stand or Shivaji Stadium, or is located on one of the popular routes (like Madiwala-Wilson Garden-Bangalore Club), you would need to change buses often.

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