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Table 3.4 Growth in registration of motorized two-wheeler and hiring vehicles in Bengaluru (2010–
2019)
Year
Motorized
two-wheeler
vehicles registered
Hiring motorized
two-wheeler
vehicles registered
Four-wheeler
vehicles registered
Hiring four-wheeler
vehicles registered
2010 1,493,884
44,438
347,424
41,052
2011 1,921,370
44,576
370,334
44,760
2012 2,067,302
34,136
389,410
49,620
2013 2,140,180
34,418
358,728
41,112
2014 2,433,130
34,946
358,728
44,492
2015 2,118,974
38,045
375,992
80,416
2016 2,515,298
41,480
409,756
96,072
2017 2,438,822
44,476
400,824
87,010
2018 2,538,370
52,470
372,018
57,130
2019 2,238,566
68,138
357,106
47,400
Source RTO Office, Bengaluru
were identified and buses were run on the direction where commuter takes the next
bus [24].
3.4.3 Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
(BMTC)
BMTC is a renowned public sector transport undertaking owned by Karnataka state
and is governed by the Board of Directors appointed by the State. BMTC, founded
in 1940, was originally called Bangalore Transport Company. It was catering to the
whole city by a fleet of 98 buses. In 1956, the Government of Mysore took over
the city transport from the company and named it Bangalore Transport Services. On
August 15, 1997, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation was incorporated.
Presently, BMTC is providing services both in the city center and suburban areas of
Bengaluru in a radius of about 40.4 km. In view of Greater Bengaluru, the services
were expanded from 3527 to 5130 km
2 . During the FY 2018, total 6143 schedules
were being operated. BMTC makes it a point to curtail low earning schedules and
scrap off aged vehicles from its fleet along with adding better schedules and adding
new buses to its fleet. Presently, BBMP is operating a fleet of 6466 buses. The
corporation had a staff strength of 34,114 in 2018 consisting of both regular and
temporary/ trainee employees. The total staff ratio for the FY 2017–18 stood at
5.6. BMTC also has a Control Command Centre at Central Office to increase the
efficiency of its depots and schedules using Intelligent Transport System. To carry this
out, the operations are supervised in six zones, i.e., North, South, North-east, East,
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Table 3.4 Growth in registration of motorized two-wheeler and hiring vehicles in Bengaluru (2010–
2019)
Year
Motorized
two-wheeler
vehicles registered
Hiring motorized
two-wheeler
vehicles registered
Four-wheeler
vehicles registered
Hiring four-wheeler
vehicles registered
2010 1,493,884
44,438
347,424
41,052
2011 1,921,370
44,576
370,334
44,760
2012 2,067,302
34,136
389,410
49,620
2013 2,140,180
34,418
358,728
41,112
2014 2,433,130
34,946
358,728
44,492
2015 2,118,974
38,045
375,992
80,416
2016 2,515,298
41,480
409,756
96,072
2017 2,438,822
44,476
400,824
87,010
2018 2,538,370
52,470
372,018
57,130
2019 2,238,566
68,138
357,106
47,400
Source RTO Office, Bengaluru
were identified and buses were run on the direction where commuter takes the next
bus [24].
3.4.3 Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
(BMTC)
BMTC is a renowned public sector transport undertaking owned by Karnataka state
and is governed by the Board of Directors appointed by the State. BMTC, founded
in 1940, was originally called Bangalore Transport Company. It was catering to the
whole city by a fleet of 98 buses. In 1956, the Government of Mysore took over
the city transport from the company and named it Bangalore Transport Services. On
August 15, 1997, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation was incorporated.
Presently, BMTC is providing services both in the city center and suburban areas of
Bengaluru in a radius of about 40.4 km. In view of Greater Bengaluru, the services
were expanded from 3527 to 5130 km
2 . During the FY 2018, total 6143 schedules
were being operated. BMTC makes it a point to curtail low earning schedules and
scrap off aged vehicles from its fleet along with adding better schedules and adding
new buses to its fleet. Presently, BBMP is operating a fleet of 6466 buses. The
corporation had a staff strength of 34,114 in 2018 consisting of both regular and
temporary/ trainee employees. The total staff ratio for the FY 2017–18 stood at
5.6. BMTC also has a Control Command Centre at Central Office to increase the
efficiency of its depots and schedules using Intelligent Transport System. To carry this
out, the operations are supervised in six zones, i.e., North, South, North-east, East,