Nagpur: On World Car-Free Day, September 22, Nagpur commuters turned bus stops into protest points, demanding urgent investment in public transport under the nationwide ‘Double the Bus’ campaign. In Nagpur, the event was spearheaded by the Centre for Sustainable Development (CFSD) along with nearly 30 organisations nationwide. Bus stations are crumbling, and the system is unsafe and unreliable, especially for women, senior citizens, and students. Civil society members stressed that strengthening the bus system is key not just to easing traffic chaos but also to fighting air pollution. With Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s Aapli Bus fleet struggling to meet demand, the campaign has added weight to calls for policymakers to treat buses as the backbone of sustainable transport.