June Traffic News Today

As two-wheelers rule the roost on Pune’s footpaths, DCP Shashikant Borate says instilling a culture of traffic etiquette right from school is a must.

Podcaster and entrepreneur Omkar Jadhav, however, believes that Pune needs to be more adaptive to different languages and cultures.

According to the mega infrastructure plan, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority is constructing an 881 metre-long double-decker flyover with the elevated Metro rail route on top and a flyover connecting 3 roads with Ganeshkhind Road, while the PMC will construct 4 underpasses.

The city’s biggest problem-traffic congestion-worsened in 2023 but also drove the traffic police to come up with some innovative measures.

Vehicles on emergency services, including fire tenders, ambulances, police and military vehicles, will be exempted from traffic restrictions.

Some commuters stranded on PMPML buses got down and started walking towards Nashik Phata to head to Bhosari.

“We hope that there is action soon and sufficient pedestrian signal timings are calibrated as per the norms,” DCP Magar said.

The traffic park in Aundh is only getting about 600 visits a month from school children as opposed to the intended target of 1,600.

Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for the flyover in 2018.

The first phase of the Adaptive Traffic Management System that aims to ease the traffic chaos in Pune will be commissioned in the next 15 days, Pune Smart City CEO Sanjay Kolte said.