journey on board the BIA-7A

aloha ppl who dont read my blog!

i have been working for 3 months now (tadaa!!) , and i have been commuting on my bike (a bajaj Wave, now replaced by kristal or something!). anyway, i have spent 4 years in pune commuting up and down all over the city by bike, and i was very much looking forward to the fairly decent public transport in bangalore to come to my rescue, and give me my much desired escape from riding a bike.
however, unfortunately, i had to conclude that BMTC had failed me, since there is no direct bus from my house (domlur) and my office (palace road), and changing buses takes too much time. there is a bus 331-A volvo which goes to shivajinagar, but that bus plies between shivajinagar and ITPL based on the assumption that people travel to ITPL in the mornings and return to shivajinagar in the evenings! since my travel direction is the opposite of this assumption, this bus is not available for me at a convenient time. i am fated to travel by bike everyday...

but now, thanks to the new airport which cannot even be said to be in Bangalore, BMTC has started a volvo bus service for airport passengers - which was recently also opened to 'within the city' travellers. A new route, 7A was introduced, which is convenient for me, since it starts from HSR layout, and goes to the airport via kormangla, ring road, Airport road, trinity circle, cubbon road, raj bhavan, golf course, windsor manor, mekhri circle, hebbal, BIAL.

BIA-7A comes right outside my house (under the flyover) anytime between 9.15 - 9.30, and reaches my workplace in half an hour. another 5 minute walk takes me right to office! i was pleased to learn about this route, but since return is inconvenient i still use the bike :(

however, on some days, such as today i do travel by 7a!!

At 9.30 AM most of the public sitting inside 7A (which isnt much) get off at various points such as trinity circle, ulsoor, cubbon road, golf course (yours truly!). after a brief chat with the conductor i found out that at this time, there arent too many airport travellers, but they come in later in the day. I have begun to see some regulars on this bus, and im glad to see that this new route benefits many others like me!

3 cheers to the Volvo bus revolution in Bangalore!! im so excited that everytime i see something big and red (or even orange and blue these days) on the road, i crane my neck to read the number and route, always hoping that one day some new route and its convenient timings will give me my much-awaited freedom from riding that darn bike!!