It is nice to know that America isn’t the only country afflicted with selfish car drivers:
The Delhi High Court on Thursday modified its earlier order and directed the Transport Department of the Delhi Government to allow vehicles other than buses to ply in the 5.7-km-long Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand flyover in South Delhi till the petition seeking opening up the corridor for three-wheelers and four-wheelers on a permanent basis was decided.
The petitioner has sought permission for plying of other vehicles in the corridor arguing that while the carriageway along the corridor got jammed in busy hours due to shrinkage of its width due to the carving out of space for the bus corridor, the exclusive stretch for the bus transport always had empty space to accommodate more traffic.
As the NY Times notes, fewer than 20% of Delhi residents travel by private auto.
[…] journal recently published an editorial lauding bicycling’s important role in the economy. Systemic Failure boils down the recent New York Times story about a lawsuit threatening Delhi’s BRT system: […]
This is why BRT is worthless.