Around the world and even across India, public transport systems may not be readily associated with the elite. India’s Silicon Valley, Bangalore, has managed to turn the dictum on its head: one perhaps needs to be a part of the elite -- the other 1 per cent, in American terminology -- if they are to use the city’s public transport on a regular basis. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) must be India's only public transport system to hike its fares five times in the last two years, the hike amounting to a whopping 15 per cent the last time. To gain a sense of how the hike is intently managing to put easier commutes out of the reach of the common man, here are some figures: · 1) The minimum fare is Rs6; those for second and third stages of the trip are Rs12 and Rs14 respectively · 2) A stage may involve two-three stops, spaced not more than a couple of kilometres apart (A t...
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