Hehe.. Sounds very weird but true.. Traffic in Hyderabad follows the Bernoulli's principle and I discovered it today. I happened to start around 7:30pm from my office today. The reason for starting so early :P being my Sony Ericsson mobile which has become a touch phone to touch - me - not phone! Basically there is something wrong with the touch screen and it wont recognize the "touch". I maybe responsible partly for the stuff - my guess is I slept on the phone which causes the touch screen to probably get overloaded with pressure and it broke! Whatever, it caused me to push off from office early today.
So I was with one of my team mates and we both were trying to find a Sony Ericsson service center.. Believe me they have got some reputation around… I have been warned by at least two people including the team mate who came with me that these people cheat a lot… Anyway, I am still covered under the warranty and I hope they wont charge me anything extra… Let see… I have asked Dad to give to the service center at Sec'bad, and they apparently are open from 9:00am - 5:30pm which is out of my range.
So me and the team mate who came with me were travelling back home via the Sony Ericsson service center and we had to take the busiest route in Hyderabad.
Hitech City ---> Jubilee Hills Check post ---> KBR Park ---> Banjara Hills Road No.2 ---> Punjagutta Flyover ---> Begumpet Railway Station flyover ---> HPS (B) ---> Shoppers Stop Flyover ---> 2 more flyovers ---> St.Ann's High School ---> Rail Nilayam ---> Mettuguda ---> Tarnaka.
And the traffic was very sweet and jamy… I had just around 4 jams and 2 jellies on the way, and by the time I reached home, hunger was dead, thanks to those jams and jellies, plus as a bonus offer I had countless potholes as cookies. I don’t exercise - doesn’t mean my bike also doesn’t. Anyway thanks to the digital speedometer on bike I could quickly calculate the average speed at various places on the route. And this led me to the famous Bernoulli's principle.
I had no idea there was so much traffic during Bernoulli's time as well. If he would not have come up with the principle - surely it was my turn today. So with due respects to Bernoulli and his principle I hereby state the Principle of Hyderabad Traffic - (Background music - the one played in old mythological Hindi serials like Mahabharata when kings enter the court.. Peeweeeweeweeeweeweepeee.. I don’t know how to spell that enchanting piece of music...)
"The average speed of traffic in Hyderabad increases in narrow stretches of Main Roads and decreases as the width of the Main Road increases."
OR
"The average speed of traffic is inversely proportional to the width of the road on main roads in Hyderabad"
Well Bernoulli's principle states that - the velocity of a fluid increases as the area of cross section of the flow decreases and vice - versa.. So consider each of the molecule of fluid to be a vehicle (Ignore the size difference between a Luna and a Volvo for the moment), now that’s how the traffic was flowing today. Let me throw some examples around -
1. While the average speed of my bike near H.P.S (Begumpet) was around 7kmph, it was almost 14kmph near that Musi channel (all drains in Hyderabad are by default considered tributaries of Musi), where the road narrows down to almost a third of the width it has at H.P.S (B). As soon as the drain was crossed, which was about say 20-30m in width, the speed drastically fell to 6kmph.
2. It’s the same at Shopper's Stop - While I found that before Shopper's Stop the average speed was the same as around 5-6kmph, it rose to a whooping 20kmph when the road suddenly narrowed down to half of the original width and then again fell to around 8-10kmph before rising again to 30kmph, the credit for which goes to the respectable and humble narrow flyover over there.
3. Same thing occurred near the junction which turns towards Minister's Road - although I suspect the Traffic Signal had a role in playing mischief with the traffic.
4. And once again I saw the same phenomenon near Mettiguda. The road is pathetic there and so everyone goes slow. However, the average speed once again at the widest portion was around 25kmph and at the narrowest point was around 30kmph, maybe.
So my suggestion to the guys who take care of the roads - is it Road Development Authority (or something like that) or the HMDA or the MCH (I am almost sure its not MCH)? Anyway, my suggestion is - Immediately stop work on all Road-widening activities. Its only going to slow down traffic. If possible give permissions to build temples, mosques and what not in the middle of the roads. Also give tax benefits to those who illegally extend their properties onto the main roads successfully narrowing them down. If possible dig all wide roads in the name of road-widening or underground pipe-laying works, etc and never ever get the carpeting done. I am sure one day we will all be zooming across the city soon as the traffic flows at a higher average speed and I will be left hungry by the time I reach home, as I wont have jams and jellied to eat on the way!
For now I guess one principle will do. Next time I will research more and get hold of a new concept to share with everyone. Its just past midnight and I better get sleeping… If I miss the bus tomorrow, I will be eating more jams and jellies, and this time I am sure I will land with indigestion or diarrhea.
So I was with one of my team mates and we both were trying to find a Sony Ericsson service center.. Believe me they have got some reputation around… I have been warned by at least two people including the team mate who came with me that these people cheat a lot… Anyway, I am still covered under the warranty and I hope they wont charge me anything extra… Let see… I have asked Dad to give to the service center at Sec'bad, and they apparently are open from 9:00am - 5:30pm which is out of my range.
So me and the team mate who came with me were travelling back home via the Sony Ericsson service center and we had to take the busiest route in Hyderabad.
Hitech City ---> Jubilee Hills Check post ---> KBR Park ---> Banjara Hills Road No.2 ---> Punjagutta Flyover ---> Begumpet Railway Station flyover ---> HPS (B) ---> Shoppers Stop Flyover ---> 2 more flyovers ---> St.Ann's High School ---> Rail Nilayam ---> Mettuguda ---> Tarnaka.
And the traffic was very sweet and jamy… I had just around 4 jams and 2 jellies on the way, and by the time I reached home, hunger was dead, thanks to those jams and jellies, plus as a bonus offer I had countless potholes as cookies. I don’t exercise - doesn’t mean my bike also doesn’t. Anyway thanks to the digital speedometer on bike I could quickly calculate the average speed at various places on the route. And this led me to the famous Bernoulli's principle.
I had no idea there was so much traffic during Bernoulli's time as well. If he would not have come up with the principle - surely it was my turn today. So with due respects to Bernoulli and his principle I hereby state the Principle of Hyderabad Traffic - (Background music - the one played in old mythological Hindi serials like Mahabharata when kings enter the court.. Peeweeeweeweeeweeweepeee.. I don’t know how to spell that enchanting piece of music...)
"The average speed of traffic in Hyderabad increases in narrow stretches of Main Roads and decreases as the width of the Main Road increases."
OR
"The average speed of traffic is inversely proportional to the width of the road on main roads in Hyderabad"
Well Bernoulli's principle states that - the velocity of a fluid increases as the area of cross section of the flow decreases and vice - versa.. So consider each of the molecule of fluid to be a vehicle (Ignore the size difference between a Luna and a Volvo for the moment), now that’s how the traffic was flowing today. Let me throw some examples around -
1. While the average speed of my bike near H.P.S (Begumpet) was around 7kmph, it was almost 14kmph near that Musi channel (all drains in Hyderabad are by default considered tributaries of Musi), where the road narrows down to almost a third of the width it has at H.P.S (B). As soon as the drain was crossed, which was about say 20-30m in width, the speed drastically fell to 6kmph.
2. It’s the same at Shopper's Stop - While I found that before Shopper's Stop the average speed was the same as around 5-6kmph, it rose to a whooping 20kmph when the road suddenly narrowed down to half of the original width and then again fell to around 8-10kmph before rising again to 30kmph, the credit for which goes to the respectable and humble narrow flyover over there.
3. Same thing occurred near the junction which turns towards Minister's Road - although I suspect the Traffic Signal had a role in playing mischief with the traffic.
4. And once again I saw the same phenomenon near Mettiguda. The road is pathetic there and so everyone goes slow. However, the average speed once again at the widest portion was around 25kmph and at the narrowest point was around 30kmph, maybe.
So my suggestion to the guys who take care of the roads - is it Road Development Authority (or something like that) or the HMDA or the MCH (I am almost sure its not MCH)? Anyway, my suggestion is - Immediately stop work on all Road-widening activities. Its only going to slow down traffic. If possible give permissions to build temples, mosques and what not in the middle of the roads. Also give tax benefits to those who illegally extend their properties onto the main roads successfully narrowing them down. If possible dig all wide roads in the name of road-widening or underground pipe-laying works, etc and never ever get the carpeting done. I am sure one day we will all be zooming across the city soon as the traffic flows at a higher average speed and I will be left hungry by the time I reach home, as I wont have jams and jellied to eat on the way!
For now I guess one principle will do. Next time I will research more and get hold of a new concept to share with everyone. Its just past midnight and I better get sleeping… If I miss the bus tomorrow, I will be eating more jams and jellies, and this time I am sure I will land with indigestion or diarrhea.
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