Working for modern, safe and affordable mobility in India.
Chennai
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India Transit retweeted
Two popular textile showrooms in #Madurai have parking on the #Vaigai riverbed!
Once flourishing, then a dumping ground, Vaigai now hosts cars even as a ₹79.26 crore riverfront project is tendered.
Worse, @Mdu_CityPolice appear to facilitate it.
MP @SuVe4Madurai flagged this.
India Transit retweeted
Karnataka govt is showing unusually high urgency for Hebbal short tunnel project. Wish Metro & suburban rail projects had received even 10% of this urgency.
After yesterday's rains, behold the state of the #HebbalShortTunnel this morning. 🌧️
#VeterinaryCollege #Hebbal
India Transit retweeted
The footpaths of 12th Main, Indiranagar are a mess.
- Piles of rubble rivalling conflict zones
- Trees doubling as dustbins
- Missing/broken slabs
- Inexplicable craters
Billions in venture capital have been deployed in this part of town. The footpaths could use some love too.
A national malaise in urban India. In spite of Supreme Court orders establishing primary right of pedestrians. @fpjindia @vsudarshan @MumbaiPolice @CMOTamilnadu @walkingproject @walkingindia @IFPedestrians
India Transit retweeted
I was talking to my friend Amit today. He is a Scale 3 Manager at SBI.
During our conversation, he suddenly said
"Friend, the job stress is already too much, and I am exhausted from driving every day too. I am seriously thinking of hiring a driver."
Amit is 32 and earns around ₹35 LPA gross.
But his biggest problem is not his salary or his job.
India Transit retweeted
After intensively walking Istanbul, Berlin, Paris and parts of Germany, I am convinced Indian infrastructure is totally hostile to humans, friendly only to cars, bikes. Our public transport can scale up quickly under literate leaders. But our walking infra is in the stone age
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Active mobility (walk+public transport) helps me touch 15000 steps a day in Berlin. But in Chennai, I struggle to get to 5000, forced on to road without footpaths, dodging vehicles, obstacles, trash everywhere. @CMDA_Official @WorldBankIndia @WRIIndia @CumtaOfficial @chennaicorp
India Transit retweeted
We are a morally dead nation!
All the bravado about being Vishwaguru but cannot handle a six year old child executing his constitutional rights.
During Bihar protests yesterday, the police arrested a SIX year old child!
A child!!
A child!!
Just for holding a poster, demanding resignation of the Prime Minister 🙏🏽👌🏽
India Transit retweeted
Chennai needs focused footpath creation & clearance drive. For too long, decline of walking space is tolerated as welfare to aid only hawking. Law is clear. Vending is lower priority than walking. We don't need gentrification! @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ @chennaicorp @Tambaram_Corp
India Transit retweeted
Karnataka has banned manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation and sale of analogue/non-dairy paneer sold as 'Paneer' across the state for one year from August 17, 2026.
Food Safety Department said paneer must be made from milk & non-dairy ingredients cannot replace milk fat or solids. The ban does not cover standardised products such as frozen desserts, processed cheese and mixed fat spread. @DHFWKA
India Transit retweeted
Post-modern Transport Art: Newer German infra like this U Bahn Metro station in Berlin, Museuminsel, is beautiful. New trains are excellent, transport info sharp. Some delays, yes, but tells us, we don't have the last word! @CumtaOfficial @CMOTamilnadu @PMOIndia @cmrlofficial
India Transit retweeted
It's a rocket launcher...
it's a slope worth of a wall of death ...
It is NOT a ramp!
This needs to be demolished as it is not code-compliant @chennaicorp .
Do raise a ticket for rectification and check page 98-106 of your own Inclusive Design manual.
chennaicorporation.gov.in/gc…
Yet NO development ! 6 Steps🪜 & Steep Ramp👩🦽 how long can a @MtcChennai Bus🚌 wait till a Passenger gets down from the bus stop & comes All The Way. When are We going to get Step Free Level Boarding @chennaicorp @CumtaOfficial @rdc_south @sameerangs @CMOTamilnadu @BussyAnand ?
India Transit retweeted
Saidapet Court already has multiple ghost bus shelters - Chennai has many - buses no longer stop, or stop some distance away.
Stainless steel bus shelters can be moved instead of demolished. (Then again maybe learning will happen only when you scrap & redo for compliant infra!)
Yet NO development ! 6 Steps🪜 & Steep Ramp👩🦽 how long can a @MtcChennai Bus🚌 wait till a Passenger gets down from the bus stop & comes All The Way. When are We going to get Step Free Level Boarding @chennaicorp @CumtaOfficial @rdc_south @sameerangs @CMOTamilnadu @BussyAnand ?
India Transit retweeted
The busiest entry point of India’s star tourist destination- Goa.
Kadamba bus stand, Panaji smart city.
The cost to permanently fix this and create usable infrastructure for tens of thousands of daily commuters is peanuts.
India Transit retweeted
First Accessible Buses (Low Floor Bus) for All, Now it needs Universally Accessible Bus Stops for All ! Because a Low Floor Accessible Bus is just the first step !
It is not just a Wheelchair User who needs Accessibility but there are also other People with Reduced Mobility
India Transit retweeted
Salary : ₹14.65 lakh
Tax Paid : ₹98,600
Heart Surgery Expense: ₹4.5 lakh
❌ No deduction under the New Tax Regime.
❌ No Ayushman Bharat benefit due to income criteria.
Then what's the reward for being an honest middle class taxpayer?
India Transit retweeted
This needs to happen in every corner of the country for few years. Khakhis most be schooled until they behave.
यह हाल हो गया आज दिल्ली पुलिस का यह छवि हो गयी दिल्ली पुलिस की लोगो की नजरों में जो अब लोग
गली गली में दिल्ली पुलिस को पकड़ कर पूछ रहे हैं कैसे तुम पुरुष होकर महिलाओं को पीटा लाठीचार्ज किया सोचो कितनी नफ़रत हो गयी दिल्ली पुलिस के प्रति लोगो की।।
@DelhiPolice इस बात का संज्ञान जरूर ले दिल्ली पुलिस आम जनता का गुस्सा हैं आपकी छवि पर अपने पुलिस वालों को अकेले न जाने दिया जाए और ऐसी आंदोलन में कुछ ऐसा करके दिखाए दिल्ली पुलिस
जो आम जनता में नफरत हुई है दिल्ली पुलिस के खिलाफ यह खत्म हो वरना दिल्ली पुलिस का बाहर निकलना मुश्किल कर देगी यह जनता
India Transit retweeted
While I was reporting for @Article14live on Facial Recognition Technology used by Delhi police, I found myself on their monitor. Delhi police was caught on camera surveilling a journalist on duty. When I confronted them, this is what they had to say.