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Pedestrian crossing and 3.5 seconds or less than 5 seconds.

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When you get down in Egmore station and reach dinathanthi signal, the time you were given is about 3.5 or less than 5 seconds. Below given is the all possible way of traffic you have to negotiate when you need to cross the signal, bear in mind this is in morning. I didnt mention about the evening. It is difficult and hard to cross the motorists who stop their vehicles almost on or over or after the zebra crossing/pedestrian crossing. And then you have to be aware of the free left from e.v.k. Sampath road to e.v.r. Periyar road. All to be done in 3.5 seconds and in the evening it will be more worse. There is no proper painting of pedestrian crossing in the road which should be given added brightness and maintained periodically so that it can make the motorists to think back before they stop their vehicles disturbing or almost blocking the pedestrians who were crossing. The traffic signals should not only be placed in the middle of the junction rather it can be placed on either si...

Tambaram to Perungalathur

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Take a ride on any day in 4 wheeler from tambaram to perungalathur. Sometime the traffice will be in standstill from perungalathur to tambaram railway station. Think about the drivers who are behind the wheels. It will take maximum 30 to 40 minutes to cross that stretch. It is the junction where the vehicles are coming from maduravoyal bypass and via tambaram meets. It is also a time keeper place for all long running government buses. Yes we have two separate bus terminals in koyambedu for government buses and private buses, but how far they are utilised? Why all those buses starting from these terminus should stop at perungalathur. Ofcourse, when all the private omni buses are occupied with IT employees working in OMR or in NH45 [mahindra city, guindy, ShriRam IT park] has their task easy, just wait for hours how long it may be and take the seat, either sleep or get into a smartphone with whatsapp or other games or music? All social networking platforms dumped the protesting spir...