Cyberabad IT hubs choke as 82 pc commuters drive own vehicles

Hyderabad: Public transport handles barely 2 per cent of commuter movement in Cyberabad’s key Information Technology (IT) hubs, while personal vehicles account for 82 per cent, according to data presented by Cyberabad Police and the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC).

Police now want companies to share the burden of easing the congestion. According to The Hindu, corporates have been advised to use shared transport vehicles for employees and to align hybrid work schedules so that fewer people travel at the same time.

The pressure on the roads is heavy. Across 15 key IT-sector locations, more than 2.5 million vehicles and people move every day.

Cyberabad has around 3.5 million residents spread over approximately 637 sq km. On top of that, a large number of people travel into the area daily from other parts of Hyderabad.

Officials have also announced ‘Cyberabad Moves 2026’, a three-day initiative from November 26 to 28 by the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation, Cyberabad Police and SCSC. Officials said that building roads and flyovers alone would not solve the traffic problem and that the focus would be on moving IT employees to public transport.

The programme will bring together citizens, students, corporate representatives, urban planners, transport agencies and mobility experts through exhibitions, knowledge sessions and a mobility innovation challenge.

Discussions will focus on bus connectivity, junction redesign, pedestrian-friendly streets, safer school transport and corporate commute management programmes to get employees onto buses and Metro.

Officials are also examining dedicated bus lanes that run against the direction of peak traffic flow, and an officer said that proposals emerging from the challenge would be considered for implementation.

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