{"id":741,"date":"2014-04-08T07:09:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T07:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=741"},"modified":"2014-04-08T07:09:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T07:09:56","slug":"chennaites-stop-metropolitan-transport-corporation-mtc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=741","title":{"rendered":"Chennaites can now stop the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table id=\"table4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\" width=\"20%\" height=\"auto\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mtc8414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-742 aligncenter\" alt=\"mtc8414\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mtc8414-300x146.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mtc8414-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mtc8414.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It might something funny when you say that you can stop a MTC bus at your convenience but this has become practical at least when it comes to small buses and air-conditioned buses operated by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After share autorickshaws began eating into MTC\u2019s revenue, at least a decade ago, the transport corporation has finally woken from its slumber and become friendlier towards passengers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Realizing this is an era of modes of transport that serve passengers right from their doorsteps, MTC has decided to pull up its socks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The small buses recently rolled out by MTC are nearly within the control of the passenger. \u201cWe stop by the roadside when commuters signal us and allow them to get in. Unlike regular buses, there is no bus-stop concept when it comes to small buses,\u201d said an MTC official.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This has made the service a hit among passengers in many interior parts of the suburbs where regular buses are rare and autorickshaws fleece people.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Taking a cue, MTC\u2019s air-conditioned (AC) buses too have started halting wherever passengers wish to alight or board. \u201cUnless we do this, we cannot increase our revenue. For us, the passenger is the king,\u201d said the conductor of an AC bus.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It might something funny when you say that you can stop a MTC bus at your convenience but this has become practical at least when it comes to small buses and air-conditioned buses operated by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC). After share autorickshaws began eating into MTC\u2019s revenue, at least a decade ago, the transport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions\/743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}