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    • Bengaluru police plans to bring low-speed e-bikes under Motor Vehicles Act as delivery drivers face scrutiny

      Speaking at Network18 Sadak Suraksha Abhiyan, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said on-campus parking of school vehicles is also on cards to ease congestion and improve safety

    • US immigration lawyer visits India, says it’s hard to walk around in Delhi: ‘Traffic is insane’

      As Daniel Larson's post went viral on X, several users noted that the area he was staying in — home to embassies and government offices — is among Delhi’s calmer zones.

    • Delhi Airport issues advisory amid traffic curbs during India AI Summit; passengers advised to use metro

      Indira Gandhi International Airport issues traffic advisory during India AI Summit at Bharat Mandapam; passengers urged to use Delhi Metro to avoid delays.

    • Bengaluru, world’s second most congested city, to get new mobility plan

      Karnataka’s Directorate of Urban Land Transport has invited bids to appoint a consultant to prepare a revised Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the Bengaluru region, replacing the 2020 plan

    • Hical Technologies launches corporate commute solution with Tummoc under STAMP initiative

      Backed by Toyota Mobility Foundation and WRI India, pilot aims to push metro and bus usage among corporate employees in Bengaluru

    • Bengaluru second most congested city globally in 2025 after Mexico City: TomTom report

      Bengaluru’s average commuting speed stood at 16.6kmph in 2025, with commuters covering an average distance of 4.2km per trip.

    • Bengaluru investor says bike-borne men pretended to be hurt, demanded Rs 10,000: ‘Tried to chase me’

      'I was little worried,' Kiran Rajput shared. 'I had laptop behind the driver’s seat.. I ensured car door is locked. Discussions went on for 10-15 mins. By now I realised it’s a scam, they started to negotiate with me from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000.'

    • Bengaluru creator of viral AI helmet says top cop ‘loved the idea’: ‘My tech could compliment...’

      Pankaj Tanwar said he spent around two hours in a detailed discussion with the Bengaluru police officers about the AI-powered helmets and how it can be integrated into the city's existing traffic management system.

    • Bengaluru techie says moving to Hyderabad was ‘best decision’ of 2025: ‘No more potholes, traffic’

      Uber techie Shreya Prasad said that she had not realised the daily stress Bengaluru imposed, including lack of sunlight and 'how much mental energy was being drained,' until she left the city.

    • Metro vs. Scooty: Two men race to test Bengaluru traffic—guess who won?

      A viral video shows two men racing from Whitefield to MG Road in Bengaluru—one on the Namma Metro, the other on a scooty—highlighting traffic chaos, rain, and commuting challenges.

    • Bengaluru airport, India's third-busiest, to get new ATC tower

      The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked Bangalore International Airport Ltd to construct a new ATC tower as the airport expands to handle 114 million passengers a year

    • In a first, Bengaluru traffic police’s annual fine collection crosses Rs 200 crore

      The surge in fine collection is linked to the 50 percent discount offered from August 23 to September 14, 2025, which led to the settlement of 3.86 lakh pending cases and generated Rs 106 crore in fines

    • Bengaluru’s traffic-free roads surprise commuters during Diwali: 'Reached 14 km in 20 mins'

      Now, with the city emptied out for the long weekend for Deepavali, the usual cacophony of horns and congestion has given way to an almost surreal calm, several commuters noted.

    • Bengaluru traffic is so ‘painful’ that Zepto co-founder says he needs to take flight to reach airport

      Aadit Palicha's remarks come as Bengaluru residents escalate protests over crumbling infrastructure. Earlier this week, the Individual Tax Payers Forum warned chief minister Siddaramaiah that citizens may stop paying property tax if public amenities don’t improve.

    • Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road comes to a halt after BMTC bus breakdown

      At 4:43 pm, Bengaluru Traffic Police issued an advisory on X stating that a vehicle breakdown near Ecospace Junction towards Marathahalli had caused slow-moving traffic at Kadubeesanahalli, Devarabisanahalli, and Bellandur.

    • Bengaluru to get AI-powered mobility digital twin soon, traffic police floats tender

      The project aims to integrate real-time data, AI-driven simulations, and behavioural modelling to shift from reactive policing to predictive traffic management.

    • Bengaluru to get ‘one city-one mobility card’; Karnataka aims to ease congestion by March 2026

      Karnataka unveils Mission ‘Free Traffic-2026’ with a 90-day action plan, aiming to ease congestion, improve roads, and integrate public transport with a single city-wide mobility card in Bengaluru by March 2026.

    • Now showing, your car's pending traffic challans on a billboard in Bengaluru

      The Bengaluru traffic police together with Cars24 has installed a billboard at Trinity Circle, on a pilot basis, that displays pending fines of approaching vehicles in real time.

    • Karnataka CM writes to Azim Premji seeking Wipro campus access to ease ORR traffic

      In his letter dated September 19, Siddaramaiah suggested allowing limited vehicular access through the Wipro campus to ease ORR traffic, citing expert estimates of up to a 30% reduction in congestion during peak hours.

    • After outrage, BlackBuck CEO clarifies: only relocating within Bengaluru

      BlackBuck CEO Rajesh Yabaji’s post on relocating from Outer Ring Road over infrastructure woes sparked outrage in Karnataka; he has now clarified the company is not moving out of Bengaluru and will continue expanding in the city.

    • Bengaluru's ride-hailing and delivery apps asked to integrate no-parking zones on driver apps

      Bengaluru traffic police has created a digital map of all restricted parking zones in the city and asked aggregators to integrate it into driver apps for real-time alerts.

    • Gurgaon rains: Unable to get Ola, Uber, Rapido cab home, employees rent Porter truck. Watch

      While some social media users praised the employees for coming up with the idea, others pointed out that the incident highlighted the sorry state of affairs for corporate employees in the country's tech hub.

    • Karnataka bike taxi ban: 'Give it a serious thought, there are lives at stake,' HC tells govt

      The state government said it will take a 'conscious decision' on whether to make a policy for bike taxis. 

    • 5-year-old Bengaluru girl writes to PM Modi to fix traffic woes: 'Road is very bad. Please help'

      The letter, shared on X by the child's father, quickly went viral, with more than four lakh views. Several X users said they face similar frustrations while commuting daily while some hoped the Prime Minister would take note of it.

    • Easemytrip co-founder 'confident of improving Bengaluru traffic by 25-30%' in a year, lists steps

      Easemytrip co-founder Prashant Pitti has requested data from major mobility service providers like Google, Uber, Ola, and Rapido to enhance the predictive capabilities of Bengaluru's traffic simulators.

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