Folding bike in metro - learning

I have started commuting using Metro-Bike combination from almost a week. As in last post I have mention experience is good and people are appreciating it however on this Tuesday, I had tough time in explaining security people at IFCO Station in Gurgaon, However I able to manage this, but they said during games you will not able to take bike into metro. I will try if not succeed will leave bike during CWG. One thing I have decided that I will give full cooperation to ensure all safety and other concern are taken care. However, same time I will not give up easily and will give my best shot to make this work. Just to avoid tussle, from yesterday onward I have started using HUDA City Center and skipped IFCO station. At this station, (it looks) security people were very.

In peak hours, metro train is cramped. However I have chosen to travel early hours around 7:30am to avoid rush. As of now, idea is to avoid rush hours and people should start seeing this new concept/culture and formally accept it. Good point is fellow commuters in metro give respectful sight.

In view of common wealth games, there is big rush expected on roads, Metro and most of place and to avoid this, our organization has decided to start early and leave early. From Oct1st onward our office timing has changed and now it will be 8:00 am to 4:30pm, so for that I may need to start from home at 7 am, which, I think will be much easy.

I brought one change, until yesterday I was carrying bike in open, however today I got its new cover made and to my surprise, it came out very well and match to the bike size. This cover will ensure other are not getting disturbed or offended because of bike touching fellow commuter’s cloths.

What you can expect in a traffic jam? Frustration, anger, stress and even some time hungry too. Some time it takes less time to clear or other time more. Recently we have see China’s jam which lasted for more then 9 days, and hope we will able to recall during rain Gurgaon –Delhi jam. Most of time traveling on your own vehicle is not predictable however, with public transport like metro it is. I find Metro is excellent way to commute and adding bike to metro made it perfect combination. With this, you are at your own no cab no auto no parking hassle.

During my Metro ride, few fellow metro riders had given big yes to folding bike and metro combinations, that give me confidence soon or later surly people will join this movement..

One another interesting fact, which I have observed, there is no cigarette butt or spitting or paan peep at the station; we are changing.

I strongly think we Indians are changing our mindset, and Government efforts on creating cycling path and providing public transport such as metro and low floor buses are big steps toward providing excellent infrastructure. Moreover, I believe, using public transport is the way forward. This way we can make a better living and less polluted place, we should encourage use of public transport, and if we can add cycling in our day-to-day work we are done.).