💬 Mehdipatnam to Ameerpet used to take me 25 minutes. Now it's an hour

When I came back from Riyadh, Mehdipatnam to my office in Ameerpet was about 25 minutes. Now in the morning rush it's an hour. On a good day. If it rains, forget it. 2 hours a day in traffic. 10 hours a week. That's more than I spend with my kids on weekdays. I worked that out stuck near Masab Tank one evening and was in a bad mood the whole night. Some signals on my route feel like nobody has touched their timing in years. Green for 10 seconds, red for 3 minutes. At 2 junctions the traffic police are basically the only reason anything moves. Waving by hand, in all that smoke. Lane discipline is just gone. Bikes, autos, cars, all trying to fit into the same gap. Twice last month I was late picking up my son from school. My wife missed a doctor's appointment completely. I tried the metro for a month. Station to station it's great, no complaints there. Getting to the station and back was the problem. Auto there cost almost as much as my petrol. Buses on my route don't come often enough to plan around. So back to the car, like everyone else. In Riyadh I complained about traffic too. But there at least I knew how long a drive would take. More flyovers won't fix it if every one just moves the jam to the next junction. Thinking of asking to start at 7am just to avoid it. My manager said he'll think about it, which means no. Which junction on your route is the worst? For me it's near NMDC, every single morning. Anyone shifted their office timings for this and got their evenings back?

An hour each way from Mehdipatnam is painfully familiar. I moved to a shared cab and left at 7:15 instead of 8:30, and the trip dropped from an hour to about 35 minutes. It is not a fix for the signals, but it gave me back 50 minutes a day. Could you shift your timing even by 30 minutes, or is that not possible with your office?

Kukatpally side it's the same story. JNTU junction in the evening is basically a parking lot. I timed it last week, 40 minutes for what should be 8 kilometres. You're right about flyovers. The one near my house just moved the jam 500 metres forward, that's all. If your manager says no to 7am, try 8:30. Even that half hour makes a difference for me.