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W ith the perceived success  of car free day in Gurgaon on Delhi outskirts, a similar attempt is being contemplated for the national capital. That too, on October 22, the peak of the Dussehra/Durga Puja season. While being a laudable idea, it may prove to be only a symbolic gesture, in a city with not many options of relatively comfortable public transport options except the Metro rail service. Buses, despite being modernised to include low floor versions of air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned versions, the state-owned Delhi transport Corporation is yet to develop a passenger information system like the Metro. Delhi Transport Corporation  bus  (photo courtesy : DTC)  A bus passenger still has no means of knowing when the next bus would come. A pilot project during the Commonwealth Games, 2010 that had electronic display boards announcing the bus with its route number was not followed up. Yet another facility of tracking the buses to the point of even providing info