SillyLlama
SillyLlama

How hard is it to commute in blr?

I am recently gonna shift to Kalyan nagar near Manyata tech park with 2 of my college mates. Both of them have their offices in Manyata tech park and I have my office near forum mall, Koramangala. The reason we are shifting from SG Palya, near christ to Kalyan nagar is that they both have their offices 5 days a week while I have to go only twice a week. My commute is gonna be 14km long one way. We searched for flats in cox town, frazer town, Kodihalli, but either the flats were not available for bachelors or were going way over the budget. At the end of a 3 days long hunt, we found a decent place to stay in kalyan nagar’s, T Krisna Reddy layout. What are the multiple ways to make my commute more efficient. People of blr who already have been commuting please share some advice.

17mo ago
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FluffyPanda
FluffyPanda
Swiggy17mo

Its gonna be a 2hr journey and a tiring one esp during rain and peak hours. I use to travel that much with my Thunderbird bike. Crazy exertion happens.! Would advise you to move with someone else. Not feasible in long run.

DancingCoconut
DancingCoconut

2 hour one way or both ways?

WobblyBanana
WobblyBanana

Lmao! U think 2 hours both ways? Hahaha

WobblyBanana
WobblyBanana

Harder than the south pole landing

SparklyKoala
SparklyKoala

Kalyan Nagar to Koramangala?? I wouldn’t suggest it, you’ll spend half the financial year in traffic.

SillyLlama
SillyLlama
Lowe's17mo

It’s only twice a week so I am hoping it should be manageable. The idea of staying alone in 1bhk near my office scares me. Also all the expenses I would have to bear alone.

SparklyKoala
SparklyKoala

If your office actually guarantees only 2 days a week, that’s less troublesome, yeah. Also factor in petrol/cab fare, ‘it’s not that cheap either. I guess you’d have to figure out the best times to leave, and maybe make friends near office so you can crash there/leave later in the night to avoid traffic.

SquishyPancake
SquishyPancake

Stayed in Bangalore on and off for 5 years, sometimes for 2 days sometimes for 30 days. It is very exhausting to travel (coming from someone who lived in Bombay riding trains from Byculla to Thane) as you have no clue whats happening. Google maps will show 35 mins at T1. 20 mins later at T2, it is still 35 minutes. I used to panic as I couldn't commit a time. Sometimes for an 11 am meeting at Whitefield I used to leave Rajajinagar at 7 am. As I had no clue what the road holds for me.

Ever since I moved base to Bombay, not having visited Bang since 6 months life is at peace. One major advantage I have is I live in Sobo, hence travel as an issue is gone, cant say the same for people living in say Virar or Thane. Post coastal road and the metro and Trans harbour link, it should be even better. I am going to explore other cities like Indore and Hyderabad soon. Tl:Dr wasting 3 hours per day in traffic IMO is not worth it, move!

SleepyNarwhal
SleepyNarwhal

Ask your friends for a referral. All 3 go to Manyata together then.

SillyLlama
SillyLlama
Lowe's17mo

That’s the plan sir.

SleepyNarwhal
SleepyNarwhal

Great

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

Bruh that's a long commute. Also unrelated but entry and exit from Manyata tech park is confusing as hell

SillyLlama
SillyLlama
Lowe's17mo

My office is not in Manyata. Mine is in front of the christ, koramangla.

ZippyBiscuit
ZippyBiscuit

Move only if you can afford to uber to and from office.
You can finish a movie a day in cab.

SqueakyQuokka
SqueakyQuokka

I would recommend a commute like this to anyone only if you can afford to commute everyday via cab. Even that can be frustrating.

GroovyCoconut
GroovyCoconut

I live in Cooke town and the commute is pretty chill. Autos are readily available. Get rapido whenever you have to travel to kora. Makes the commute a bit more faster

JazzyBagel
JazzyBagel

Very

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