Hi r/bangalore. *(@Mods: I built this, so if self-promo isn't allowed here, tell me and I'll pull it)*

For about a year I ran a free site that worked out what a Chennai commute actually costs you. The full cost: money per year, kilos of CO2 a month, and the hours you lose sitting in traffic. Close to 1,900 people used it. I've killed the old site and made a new one for Bengaluru and Metro Manila, and I'd like people who actually commute here to test it before I trust the numbers.

How it works: you enter your route (say HSR to Whitefield) and how you travel (car, bike, auto, bus, metro, or walk). It gives you a yearly cost, a monthly CO2 figure, your time in transit, and a 0 to 100 impact score. Then it shows the same trip by every other mode, so you can see what switching would actually save or cost. Free, no login, no app to install.

The Chennai data taught me a few uncomfortable things, and I suspect Bengaluru will look worse:

* The median person who checked was driving about 14 km to work, usually alone in the car, for roughly ₹26,000 a year.
* The same trip by bus came out about ₹13,000 cheaper a year. Those empty seats are the expensive part.
* The two-wheeler isn't the clean option people assume. For the same distance, a petrol scooter emitted more than double a single bus seat.

I don't have Bengaluru numbers yet. That's the honest reason I'm posting. I want to know whether the costs match what your ORR, Sarjapur, Electronic City or Whitefield run actually feels like, and where the tool gets it wrong.

If you run your own commute, I'd really value hearing what felt accurate and what didn't, especially from the long-ORR and Sarjapur regulars.

I spent a year measuring Chennai's commutes. Just turned it on for Bengaluru