First Class to Car Class.
One of the biggest changes over the last decade and especially in the last 5 years has been the way many people in Mumbai commute. From the shoe size they used to occupy in a crowded local train's first class compartment, an upper middle class, Sea Link worshiping, red light blind, Mumbaikar now occupies many square feet of road space. No more train friends or smelly armpits for them; many Mumbaikars now enjoy their own foul language as they curse fellow road users inside their air conditioned shells.
This also means that people who used to look for homes closer to the railways stations, now look for pigeon holes near main arterial roads or highways.
But if you don't have a car, there's a new option that revolutionizing public transport across India and here in Mumbai: the A/C buses under the JNNURM (Urban Renewal) Scheme. The picture above was taken from a BEST bus made by Cerita.
