Shantinagar Transit Corridor (12°57'18.44"N, 77°35'32.20"E)
Strangely enough, the one type of movement Shantinagar is no longer built for is taking a leisurely stroll, which is not to say it was ever built for doing so; however, this is precisely what I am attempting to do, and I am failing. Maybe I am expecting too much, because here lies the most dynamic, busy and interconnected transit hub in all of Bengaluru. Strolls like the one I am taking are punctuated by moments of standing still, and everyone here is always moving, all the time. Most people do not know it or think about it, but the STC is the true center of the dying city of Bengaluru. Physically, it’s just a very large intermodal transport hub; buses, pods, flying vehicles, rail, short-range commuter flights, everything. All this is for the metropolitan area; you cannot leave the city from here, but if you wanted to go anywhere, you must come through here. What that means is that everyone, and I do mean everyone, is somewhere in this sprawling mess of concrete and haphazardly ...