2022 has mostly been chaos & turmoil in Pakistan, but on at least one count, it was the best year for Karachi since 1969: public transport! 🚌 The city’s transit map started lighting up, with the opening of the first Bus Rapid Transit Line, the Green Line, in January 🍾
For many months, it was the lonely line in a transit desert.
In September, after the disastrous monsoons, the second BRT line opened: the Orange Line.
For all the fanfare, it was a bit of an appendage to the Green Line, without the crucial connection to transfer seamlessly to the Green Line at Board Office. To date, there seems to be no headway.
Earlier towards the end of June, the Peoples Bus Service had started, but we all held our breath in fear that this would be a flash in the pan.
The area it s first route R1 serviced was longer than Green & Orange BRT combined. The promise of 9 other routes seemed too good to be true.
All 9 routes of @pbsbrtsindh haven’t started, but 6 are functional, laying down a much needed network of high quality buses across the city. This is #Karachi Transit Map as we close 2022. Lots more to do, but something to cheer as we enter 2023! 🥳🎊
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