Bengaluru, one of the fastest-growing cities globally, is projected to achieve a GDP growth rate of 8.5 per cent over the course of the decade. The city’s rise is driven by its core strength of being a renowned innovation hub, with its leading Global Capability Centres, start-ups, biotech and R&D landscape that attract talent and investment from across the world. This growth and dynamism also present a conundrum: jobs, population and vehicles have multiplied faster than the city’s ability to move people, making mobility Bengaluru’s Achilles’ Heel.

So far, the city has grappled with rising congestion in a reactive way, wherein we have not really addressed underlying structural imbalances while continuing to focus on quick fixes. Last year’s Tom Tom Index ranked Bengaluru as the city with t

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