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Purandar's New Airport Closes Its Land Deal by October 20 — Then What Fills In Around It
96% of farmers across seven Purandar villages have consented; the rest have until October 10. The land deal that sat stuck for a decade is closing this month, and the workforce-commute problem is starting from zero.
Nashik Phata Chowk Has Five Transit Systems and No Safe Way Between Them
Metro, BRT, a railway station, intercity buses, and a national highway all meet at one Pimpri-Chinchwad junction. The bridge meant to connect them is still roughly a year from done.
Modi Called Carpooling "National Service." Gadkari Wants Bike Taxis Legal Everywhere. Bengaluru Shows Why That's Not Enough on Its Own.
PM Modi called carpooling "national service" in May 2026; Gadkari pushed bike taxis in September. Usage grew nationally — but Bengaluru's carpooling numbers fell due to regulatory limbo. Maharashtra solved that exact problem a full year earlier.
Mohammadwadi's Residents Warned This Was Coming. Then a 20-Year-Old Died Outside His Own Housing Society.
A 20-year-old died outside his own housing society in Mohammadwadi this September. Residents had already been petitioning PMC for months about the exact roads involved. Inside the civic complaints, and what filling one more seat in a shared car actually changes.
Pune's Hinjewadi–Shivajinagar Metro Is Ready to Run. An Election Rule Is the Reason It Still Isn't.
Pune Metro Line 3 was cleared for passenger operations by CMRS back in July. It still hasn't carried a single passenger — the launch is now delayed by the Maharashtra Legislative Council election's Model Code of Conduct, with no confirmed date even after that. What's actually true today, and why carpooling doesn't have that problem.
Pune Is Building a 173km Ring Road. Right Now, You're Driving Around a 40% Finished One.
Pune's ₹26,831 crore ring road is roughly 40% complete, with land acquisition stuck at just 24% on parts of the eastern loop. Inside the uneven timeline, and why shared rides across these corridors don't have to wait for 2028.
Twenty Factories, ₹1,000 Crore, 4,000 Jobs — What Chakan's Potholes Are Actually Costing
Chakan MIDC manufacturers are weighing relocation over pothole-ridden roads and traffic on the Pune-Nashik Highway. Inside the ₹1,000 crore business case, PMRDA's new bypass plan, and why shared commutes matter in the gap before it opens.
A Union Minister Just Laid the Foundation Stone for Wagholi's Way Out
On July 17, 2026, the Pune-Shirur elevated corridor broke ground right at Wagholi's worst chokepoint. It's a four-year build - here's what's been tried in the meantime, and what commuters can do today.
Pune Approved This Road in 1992. It's Still Not Finished.
The Baner-Pashan Link Road has been under construction, on and off, since before most of the IT professionals stuck on it every morning were born. Here's the actual timeline, and what commuters are doing while they wait.
Everyone in Pune Has a Lonavala Plan. Almost Nobody Has a Full Car.
Lonavala and Mahabaleshwar are close enough for a weekend escape from Pune, which is exactly why so many people go alone or in twos when a full car would cost each of them a fraction as much.
Pune's Monsoon Turns Every Two-Wheeler Commuter Into a Fair-Weather One
June through September changes the calculus for anyone who normally rides a scooter to work. What actually happens to Pune's roads in heavy rain, and why a shared car becomes the obvious fallback.
Every Friday, Half of FC Road Tries to Go Home at Once
Pune's student population is enormous, and most of it isn't from Pune. What the Friday-evening exodus actually looks like, and why splitting a cab beats every other option on the table.