#traffic-jammed

Asim Sheikh is a real estate entrepreneur sitting in a Honda City. One car behind him, is Priyalika Jain, a student, and her friend Anaya Kumar, in a Maruti WagonR hired from Uber. Behind them is Dr. Risha Dash, in a Toyota Etios which was also booked from Uber, and behind her is me, in a Tata Indica booked on Ola. We all have two things in common — a destination in HSR Layout, and a traffic jam near Haralur, where the rapid urbanisation of Bengaluru has overwhelmed the road that’s barely two lanes wide.