Mobilizing Delhi’s Students for Safer, Greener, and More Reliable Public Buses
WHAT WE ARE
In 2025, we used the Delhi Elections as a window of opportunity to present our demands to 25 political candidates from 3 major parties across 8 constituencies.
The demands were informed by a survey representing over 800 student voices from more than 40 colleges across the city.
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The Delhi Government, in August 2025, announced 25 new buses for college students, marking a significant milestone for the campaign.
Building on this momentum, we launched the second phase of the campaign, focusing on community-building with events like Baddies for Buses, Poster Parties, and a Youth Townhall, alongside collective bargaining to push for continued improvements in Delhi's bus system.
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Most choose the bus for its Affordability, supporting earlier findings that bus users are cost-sensitive and use it for its low fares.
Accessibility (34%), Convenience (24%) and Lack of other options (22%) were the other major reasons.
Overcrowding was the most pressing issue in buses, followed by delayed and irregular bus service, lack of seating and accessibility for disabled people, and safety of women and other marginalised communities
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Nearly 3 in 5 had faced Long Waiting Times, and been Robbed as a bus commuter.
43% had encountered poorly maintained buses, 31% reported having safety concerns at stops and 23% had faced sexual harassment during commute.