With the New Year just around the corner, the MMRDA plans to gift Mumbaikars a hassle-free commute in the central Mumbai areas with the Wadala-Jacob Circle Monorail Phase II. The project is likely to be opened to the public in the first quarter of 2018. Though Phase I has been in the doldrums for quite some time, a senior MMRDA official assures that Phase II will increase the number of commuters along the entire corridor, which may help recover the losses incurred in Phase I. At present, an estimated 15,000 to 17,000 people travel on monorail's Phase I.