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What's this about? Government-mandated to reduce emissions? Switching to electric, or just "better" ICE cars?
AFAIK pollution is a serious problem in India's cities - but people like this guy are going to defend their "personal freedoms" (cleverly masked as economical concern) tooth and nail.
edit: I stand corrected. This is someone being upset about bad policy. Still, the "wife" and "1km", both suggesting this is a secondary vehicle, triggers me. Standard upper middleclass griping.
On the surface, yes. In reality they're just offloading environmental responsibility on to citizens (and making them buy "better" ICE cars so the auto industry gets the profits) instead of improving and expanding public transit to make it easier to get around without a car.
To be fair, buses don't solve last-mile situations like this one, unless you expect the route to become walkable by reduction in car numbers. Even then, I wouldn't begrudge the busy housewife avoiding a long walk with a kid in tow.
Depends on the bus system. Some primarily operate within a square mile, and therefore primarily solve the last mile situation. They don't solve the first/last 50m probably that isn't really a problem anyways.