On your way to airport Board the green buses

BMTC Says Colour Coding Helps People Identify The Correct Routes
 

Want to have a cheaper ride Hop on to the orange bus.Heading to the suburbs Then it's bottle green bus.Going to airport Take the green bus.

In a months time,BMTC will operate an all-green fleet of Vayu Vajras to the airport.Presently,its a mix of red and green buses.

Sticking to a particular colour makes it easy for people to understand that green buses are the ones which go to the airport.Also,these buses are environment friendly,therefore the green paint, said CS Anand,chief mechanical engineer (production and transport planning),BMTC.

BMTC has a colour code in place for its fleet of 6,250 buses.Though the choice of the colour is random for most routes,we tend to make it more specific in certain places, said Anand.

While the Big 10 buses come decked with a rectangular and zebra marking in light green and yellow with black stripe,there are the crimson red buses with graphics that run on all city routes.

Then there are the blue JNNURM buses,non air-conditioned but comfortable.The orange and green colour band Atal Sarige buses,with less fare,cater mostly to the lower middle class commuters.

There is a concept of branding wherein we associate specific services with buses running in that route.We mostly go for attractive colours,and consider uppermost the route on which the vehicles run, said Anand.

COLOUR CODE SIMPLIFIED

Vayu Vajra:

all green fleet in another month's time.Service is available round-the-clock,providing seamless connectivity between important areas of the city and the airport.

Vajra:

Hard to miss,as the red,orange and blue buses operate in almost all localities,including arterial and Ring Roads of Bangalore.

BIG10:

A combination of green and bottle green,BIG10 buses operate in 12 major corridors,connecting mostly the surrounding suburbs in the city - Hosur Road,Bannerghatta Road,Sarjapur Road,Kanakapura Road,Mysore Road etc.

Pushpak and Pushpak Plus:

Ivory and raw-silk arrow on the bus's body with the whole body being sand colour

Pushpak Eco Plus:

Mostly white and green buses

READ THE COLOUR: In a months time,BMTC plans to operate an all-green fleet of Vayu Vajras to the airport.Its a mix of red and green buses at present