“Radio Dare presents Bumper-to-Bumper traffic updates, brought to you by Hero Cycles, Bata Shoes, Apple iPhone and Twitter Phone.

Here is update on traffic for this hour.

Near Moolchand Flyover, traffic has started moving at speed of 10km/hr, faster by 5 km/hr.

In Connaught Place, traffic movement has increased by 2 km/hour, and is expected to increase by 3 km/hr in next 1 hour. For Okhla, our reporter standing on a nearby building with a mobile radar will soon give updates on the traffic speed.”

With the vehicles in Delhi (and other metros) teeming by thousands daily, with civic infrastructure improving uphill at snail's pace, with unrestricted immigration to urban areas, with cheaper cars like Nano, and others being made for the lower middle class, doesn't this traffic update giving minimal increase in traffic speeds, wholly sponsored by some companies look like realistic in near future.

I was forced to think of this when few days back, I went back home from Gurgaon to north of Delhi (40 km) in 3 hours by office bus, extra-time sponsored by rains, few bad roads and jams. Would we not have traffic updates like these in future?

Take another example:

An imaginary conversation between two colleagues:

A: So, when did you leave home today?

B: Oh! Today I left at 6:30 in morning, managed a constant speed of 14 km/hr and came to office in 3 hours flat. :-)

A: Man! I dont believe you. I have not been able to do that in last 20 days. Thats just too fast.

B: Well Yeah! It was kinda miracle. Otherwise, even I couldn't have driven at more than 12.

Cars are no more status symbol, but a 'bad-road-status' symbol. (Read my coming blog on this topic)

Well!! today this blog may seem like a farce, with situations too much extrapolated. However, the cause of the situation highlighted here is not too distant in future. Are we all prepared for that.

Do we have options?

What are the options with us?

On whom does the onus fall for exercising the options and preventing such a situation...?