This development would surely excite a lot of motorists up in the north of the country. The much publicized Yamuna Expressway, a 165-km six-lane freeway, was inaugurated yesterday. This freeway should enable the travellers to cover the distance between New Delhi and Taj Mahal in just two and a half hours! As expected, users would have to pay toll fees for the usage of the new freeway. Toll would be collected from the cars at the rate of Rs. 2.10/km. Toll booths have been positioned at 38 km, 95 km and 150 km from Greater Noida.Â
Unlike the Mum-Pune expressway, which is closed to two wheelers, the Yamuna Expressway is open to two wheelers for a toll charge of Rs 150. While this is surely a good news for every bike enthusiast out there, we wonder how well wlll the ‘not-so-capable’ 100cc bikes co exist with the high speed traffic. What do you feel? Â Â
Jaypee Group, the builders of the Yamuna Expressway, has decided to give a six-day free ride to the users of the expressway and hence, charge no toll till August 15.
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Delhi superbikers would be jumping in excitement ;).
If most truckers today can display exemplary common sense and intelligence with their lane discipline and how they try not to hog the fast lane, there is no reason why similar sensibility cannot prevail amongst two-wheeler riders. At the end of the day, we will have everything from invisible medians to huge combine harvesters to watch out for on this new stretch as well, so it all eventually comes down to motoring responsibility. Not our country's greatest trait, sadly.
@Ameya Bothara,Fortuner may be,but none of the indian SUV's are meant to cruise at 160.
Navendu Singh As a user of both 2-wheeler & 4-wheeler, I have both good and the bad 😛
Neither are all 2-wheeler riders at fault nor are all 4-wheeler drivers innocent.
As a user of both 2-wheeler & 4-wheeler, I have seen the good and bad of both sides.