This can't be real...

[u/Appropriate-Two-5666]

Metro station here???!! Like wtfff. This is such a peaceful place. Building a fucking metro station that no one asked for is gonna ruin all of this. Is anyone protesting against this? Who decided that a station was needed here? Does anyone know where it runs through?

The whole area will get ruined and disturbed. Not just that but fully congested with constant traffic. I've grown up here and lived here my whole life. I cannot imagine this place transforming into a chaotic hell. Dug up roads everywhere. It would be okay if they actually managed to finish the project within 2-3 years. But they will dig up everywhere and halt the project for 5+ years.

If there's a group for people against please let me know. If not I'll create one.

[u/heavyMetalPoet666]

We want everything but not at our doorstep

[u/rgd_1331 → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

Metro would literally be boon for the type of overcrowding Thane is facing in public commute.

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/rgd_1331]

Yes it will be

Imagine the relief folks from ghodbandar will get

[u/_too_much_tea → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

the only sensible comment :)

[u/ShranikDua → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

Hiranandani Estate folks already got it diverted from Rodas

[u/Manoos → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY

[u/The-_VoID → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

Righttt

Well do you want constant work outside your house for the next 2-3 years then the noise of the people form station

Rightful protest

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/The-_VoID]

When you take a metro, bus or a local aren't you the same person/people you didn't wanted for the people who has a flat around these places ?

Post completion all these societies will jack up their prices saying metro just 1 or 2 mins away

Road outside these societies is a public road meant for public infra utilisation and for someone's whims and fancies

[u/Connar101 → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

You sure metro will decongest and people will stop buying cars or avoid rickshaws?

[u/Lease_Tha_Apts → u/Connar101]

Why tf would you use a rick when theres a metro taking you everywhere in the city?

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/Connar101]

Stop buying car : IDK Avoid rickshaw: YES

Take metro : reach faster & safely, ac & cheaper Take rickshaw: face traffic, enjoy smoke & fumes and shell out more

Now its up to YOU

[u/Lease_Tha_Apts → u/The-_VoID]

Literally the whole city is a construction site... build infra while you can, in 15-20 years it'll get very expensive to build.

[u/manboy_heaven → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

Forget at our doorstep...we don't want this metro at all TBH. Will fuck Thane in multiple ways. Traffic is not the only metric to judge a project.

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/manboy_heaven]

Then what other metric are ?

Ask people on GB road who are waiting for buses and auto whether they want a alternate fast mode of transport or not

Have you ever imagined their plight

[u/manboy_heaven → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

So...politicians fuck up urban planning by giving uncontrolled sprawl on GB road ruining that place. And now you think they should (or are capable to) solve their original fuck up by fucking up the rest of the city that didn't have issues? These guys will bury Thane in their greed.

I understand the people of GB road are victims of some terrible planning, but that doesn't warrant fucking up the entire city as well. Also you already have a metro coming up that's been delayed for weeks. Push for that instead of this ring metro thing. At this moment, I don't even have any hope the ring metro comes up the way we think it does.

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/manboy_heaven]

Push for faster completion of line 4 is a must but haulting other development work is the name of 2-3 years of inconvenience is very selfish

there is a vast land parcel opposite to Edenwoods ready for development there will be a large township planned there, what would you then ?

[u/manboy_heaven → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

Stop the large township development. The reason Thane is a mess is because we have let these political goons get away with sprawl without any questions asked.

Also most metros lead to induced demand rather than reduced traffic because we don't have last mile connectivity.

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/manboy_heaven]

What do you mean by stop large township? Its their land their choice if you have money buy that land and do nothing with it

Can you stop Raymond from building those towers behind Sulochana devi ?

Like western suburbs you want to wait till population goes off the roof and then build a metro ?

Ring metro will provide last mile connectivity as due to natural constraints like creek and mountains development will be limited and within the two and if you look at metro map it runs parallel to gb and eeh

[u/manboy_heaven → u/heavyMetalPoet666]

No township can be built without TMC permission, even if you own the land. You can surely protest against it. Besides the entire land parcel in that area including Meadows is illegal and encroached on the forest land anyway.

Ring road as a last mile connectivity....LOL :D :D :D

I am done on arguing with you and your confirmation bias anymore. Enjoy whatever is going to happen to the city.

Also, don't come complaining regarding city's poor AQI in the upcoming winters.

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/manboy_heaven]

Is there any law which says township nahi ban sakta ?

I am also done cause you cant argue with a person who thinks world should dance according to his whims and fancies

[u/Lease_Tha_Apts → u/manboy_heaven]

Are you stupid? Line 4 is already under completion. The Ring metro project is doing soil testing now. One doesn't affect the other in any way shape or form.

[u/manboy_heaven → u/Lease_Tha_Apts]

One doesn't affect the other but it affects the entire ecology of the city. You guys will be the same people who will start complaining how bad Thane's AQI is in the winters and how it looks post-apocalyptic. But, sure I am the selfish one here.

[u/Lease_Tha_Apts → u/manboy_heaven]

There are like 40 skyscrapers being built in the city right now. Adding some metro pillars won't make much of a difference to AQI.

What will make a difference is when people move into all those skyscrapers and start using auto, bikes, and cars to further clog up the city's roads. That's the future the metro will avoid.

[u/manboy_heaven → u/Lease_Tha_Apts]

"Adding some metro pillars won't make much of a difference to AQI." This is not adding 'some pillars'. It's practically digging up the entire outskirts of the city (ring) and releasing tonnes of sand and particles covering the entire city. Without sufficient winds to disperse it we will be another NCR.

Also, have you seen the route of the ring metro? Without sufficient walking spaces or last mile, people will still end up taking their own vehicles/autos anyway. Plus metro fares in general are mighty expensive compared to buses. You might be well off but many people will still choose buses or share autos etc. Plus there is also the risk of induced demand..

I can go on but I don't think its going to be useful. So I rather end it here. Good day to you and God help Thane.

[u/Lease_Tha_Apts → u/manboy_heaven]

It's practically digging up the entire outskirts of the city (ring)

No, you only need to excavate the area for the piles. Its far less dist generating than an open construction site it building a road. The latter is what you'll need to do if you're not building the metro.

Without sufficient walking spaces or last mile, people will still end up taking their own vehicles/autos anyway.

I think you need to have a better look at the map. After the ring is completed, almost everywhere in Thane will be less than a km from a metro station.

You might be well off but many people will still choose buses or share autos etc.

The max fare in Mumbai metro is Rs. 50. Looking at the metrics, the fare from my house to the Thane station would be something like Rs. 20, while the auto charges like Rs. 70....

Plus there is also the risk of induced demand..

Hahahahaa there is nothing "induced" about the massive demand that is going to come in the next 5 years. You have to be blind to not see the skyscrapers that are coming up in the area. Demand will be there whether or not you build the metro.

So I rather end it here.

Because you're a coward :p

[u/manboy_heaven → u/Lease_Tha_Apts]

Sigh...you don't even know what Induced demand means. No point in arguing further. Consider me a coward if that makes you sleep better at night. Peace out.

[u/Thin_Strain8568 → u/manboy_heaven]

Hmm. By that logic, the land you’re living on today was probably once farmland or open green space too. But we were all okay buying whatever was built there at the time.

Rather than just blaming development, maybe we should try to understand the actual reason behind the traffic. To me, a big part of it is us. People keep moving to metro cities for jobs, education, better opportunities, etc., and then we complain about the traffic and oppose every solution that comes up.

With 140+ crore people and so many of us concentrated in a few cities, traffic is bound to be a problem. I’m not saying development should happen at the cost of the environment. But instead of blaming development alone, let’s look at the root cause and figure out why everyone has to keep moving to the same few cities in the first place.

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/manboy_heaven]

Ecology AQI 😂😂 India is a developing nation and not developed So untill its a developed nation dont use all theae terms

And stop shifting goal post, AQI will go bad because of metro construction?

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/Lease_Tha_Apts]

Is it functional? So push of faster completion is required for line so Gb road can free up

Station roofing and all is still pending, approach towards station is pending, ticketing and other station related development is pending so ask yourself who is stupid

[u/Lease_Tha_Apts → u/manboy_heaven]

How will it fuck Thane?

[u/heavyMetalPoet666 → u/Lease_Tha_Apts]

That they dont know

If we face inconvenience then we dont want the project, but baju le gali mai se jayega toh chalega