India, July 13 -- Sir,
Our city is heading toward a dangerous cautionary tale. The obsession with blindly adding traffic signals has backfired, drastically increasing congestion on roads that used to be perfectly fine.
If we don't change course, we are on the fast track to becoming another Bengaluru - completely paralysed by over-signalled, choked infrastructure.
Why should a straightforward, 5-minute journey to the Railway Station now drag on for a gruelling 20 minutes? The problem isn't a sudden surge of vehicles; it is entirely due to commuters being forced to stack up at unnecessary, unscientific red lights.
These rigid timers act as artificial dams, turning a smooth stream of cars into a massive, idling queue even when the intersec...