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Finding Our Way Through Bengaluru: Driving Uptake Of Public Transport The ‘Silicon Valley of India’, Bengaluru, with its sprawling tech parks, leafy gardens and metropolitan culture has a lot to offer to tourists, job-seekers and natives alike. However, their experience in the city is often marred by infamous traffic jams and broken footpaths. The traffic jams in Bengaluru, which the city’s residents have come to woefully accept, are primarily a result of poor uptake of public transport.
Meet these BITS Pilani students who are making a hyperloop-like travelpod prototype which can travel at 1,200 km/hour Taking a leaf from the ground-breaking "Hyperloop" travel idea of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the students are planning to build a "pod" that will be able to reach 1,200 km/hour within a vacuum tube.
Meet Bengaluru’s Mobility Champions! These are 12 passionate residents of the city who will work over 45 days to build support for mobility solutions among policymakers and get #BengaluruMoving. @WRIIndia @ylacofficial and @LetMeBreathe_in pic.twitter.com/KfEqTTmUAN
— WRI Cities India (@WRICitiesIndia) July 26, 2020