[Resolved]  Madras Transport Corporation — block at the portal

Im a resident of palavakkam working at teynampet. Daily i have to come to thiruvanmiyur to take a bus to teynampet (23C or 29L). The thiruvanmiyur bus terminus has only one entrance both for the busses leaving the terminus and the busses entering the terminus. This creates a lot of problem in clearing the busses at the portal, as most of the time the busses going out spend a long time without moving out quickly. Due to this, the bus at the back of another bus (which is blocking the way without moving out faster) has to wait for a long time till the bus in front moves out. Many times the driver starts the bus, but the conductor is not found around and the driver stops the bus at the portal itself waiting for the conductor to come without giving way to the line of busses standing at its back . This creates a whole lot of problem for public as so much of time is wasted waiting for the clearance. particularly during morning hours. This needs immediate attention by the MTC authorities.
Another great problem is the heavy traffic block at the thiruvanmiyur signal. This is because the jayanthi bus stop is just next to the signal and once the bus takes a turn at the signal it stops there creating a blockage to the vehicles at its back. Due to this the vehicles at the back of these busses standing at the bus stop do not get sufficient space to move out and many vehicles cannot effectively clear the signal. A suggestion is that the jayanthi bus stop should be shifted a little farther near the Adyar Aishwarya Bhavan so that the bus do not stop immediately after turning from the signal. This will give sufficient space for the vehicles at the back of the busses also to move out faster. Inspite of a sign board being placed at a tree outside the jayanthi theatre stating "MTC busses wont stop here" the public stand there and the buss drivers also stop there creating this problem. There is also a bus stop near Adyar Aishwarya Bhavan (this is the old bus stop for jayanthi) but all the time its empty as if it is placed only for show off. If the suggestion given is followed i hope this problem of congestion at the signal will be reduced considerably.