root cause of all of city's traffic problems

text of letter sent to TOI:

I refer to the letter captioned "BMTC's monopoly blocking bnefits of competition" by Smt Malini Rao, published in your columns today.

Everything she says is true, and there is a lot more. If "Indian" is a competent service provider in the airlines services sector today, it is only because of competition. Likewise, BMTC can also become competent and customer friendly only when and if there is effective competition from organised private sector players. Also, efficient bus services have become extremely critical to the organised growth of Indian cities today to be just left in the hanfds of monopoly government agencies. It is high time the government facilitated the entry of the likes of TATAs and TVS into the field.