New Delhi, June 9 -- Every morning at 8:30am sharp, Geeta H steps out of her rented home in Kithaganur, a locality tucked away in East Bengaluru's KR Puram suburb. Her husband starts the bike, ready to navigate the first leg of her long daily journey - 10 minutes to TC Palya bus stand on the arterial Old Madras Road.

Her destination: Shivaji Nagar, where she works as an accounts superintendent. The distance from her home to office is about 16 kilometres but the time it takes to reach there: nearly 1.5 hours, one way.

Sixteen kilometres. Ninety minutes. Three buses. One metro. This is not just her commute but a daily battle with Bengaluru's broken mobility system.

Geeta's story symbolises Bengaluru's notorious transportation crisis - w...