BEST Plans Last-Mile Connect for Remaining Metro 3 Phases

BEST is tying up with Google Maps to integrate bus routes, fleets, provide ETAs, offer seamless travel

- Shashank Rao

MUMBAI: In a first, the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) has developed a comprehensive last-mile-connectivity plan for the upcoming phases of Metro 3 on the BKC-Cuffe Parade section.

The first phase is on the Dharavi-Acharya Atre Chowk route, which is expected to be opened to the public in the first week of May.

Previously, the Undertaking planned and implemented last-mile connectivity for Metro 2A and 7 after citizens complained about its lack.

Sources in BEST said that the Undertaking has proposed to operate 79 buses on 28 different routes between Dharavi and Cuffe Parade, connecting 17 Metro 3 stations on this route.

A detailed presentation was made last week to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as part of the larger revival plan for BEST.