Anucheth: Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield Metro connection reduced peak traffic by 17%
M. N. Anucheth · Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath · May 12, 2025 · at 1:01:12
M. N. Anucheth, Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), discusses the impact of expanding mass transit infrastructure on traffic reduction.
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“When the biopinality line got connected to the wild field line, right? Automatically peak our traffic reduced by 17%.”
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