BRTS was an ill-conceived socialist project, copied from cities such as Bogota and pasted on Indian cities. Congestion worsened, car owners fumed over the new Lane Raj. Yet it kept expanding to new cities. Protests are growing. After Delhi, Jaipur and Pune are dismantling their failed corridors, ThePrint report shows.
BRTS was always an ill-conceived socialist project doomed to fail
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