Bengaluru: In line with efforts to improve last-mile connectivity and take pressure off Bengaluru’s gridlocked roads, global investment bank Goldman Sachs has introduced a feeder shuttle for employees from Silk Institute Metro station to E-city. The free service complements the company’s existing door-to-door paid car service.Goldman Sachs, which has over 7,000 employees in Bengaluru, is already operating feeder buses from Swami Vivekananda Road on the purple line.Exactly a month after the inauguration of Bengaluru Metro‘s yellow line connecting key points across the city, the focus has shifted to strengthening last-mile connectivity through feeder services.“The idea is to curb the number of cars on the road. Goldman Sachs is encouraging employees to use the Metro for this very purpose. Many times, the door-to-door car service also has only one person on a particular route. Our intention is to reduce that,” said a source familiar with the initiative.Goldman Sachs did not respond to TOI’s queries.Electronics City Industries Association has advised companies against running separate feeders, warning this could worsen congestion, a spokesperson told TOI. “Every 25 minutes, one bus goes from Infosys Konappana Agrahara station to all companies in the area. About 1,800 people use this service every day,” the spokesperson said.Earlier, Electronics City Industrial Township Authority operated a bus service between Silk Institute and Electronics City, but this was discontinued. The authority manages a 25-km stretch across Electronics City phases 1 and 2.Infosys continues to run buses for employees commuting from other parts of the city.BMTC, too, has stepped in with a feeder service covering six stations on the yellow line. With 12 vehicles running 100 trips daily, it will improve first- and last-mile connectivity along Hosur Road. Recently, ELCITA and ELCIA officials met BMTC for feeder buses to serve Electronics City Phase 2.
