Mobility by Himadri Das

Possible Projects:1. Building awareness for pedestrian safety at junction through

awareness and safety based initiatives;2. Building a plan for the neighbourhood that controls the route of

through-fare traffic, reduces traffic speeds and controls movement of heavy vehicles in the neighbourhoods;

3. Building safe connections to major bus stops and metro stations;4. Bicycle sharing systems for neighbourhoods;5. School safe zones/ safe hospital zones;6. Feeder bus services for large neighbourhoods;7. Reclaiming public spaces from roads in the city;

Thinking out of the box:8. Painting city maps on compound walls, flyover pillars;9. Chair bombing, creating pocket parks, interaction spaces culled out of

‘under-used’ spaces like dumps or parking areas or flyovers;10. Bumper sticker or colour coded cards campaigns: for irresponsible

parking, rash driving;11. Encouraging vehicle sharing in communities: apps/simple convening of

groups;12. Air Quality Sensors near junctions: to develop data to support reduce

emissions;13. Unbundling parking;14. Campaign to dissuade 2-wheelers on footpaths;

The proposal for a junction improvement plan in was one of the immediate outcomes of the stakeholder engagement

Pedestrian Safety at Junctions

Members of the local corporation along with the councilor and EMBARQ working together to implement the junction improvement plan on an experimental basis.

Seen here is the team hard at work, reclaiming space back form the road for pedestrians

Pedestrian Safety at Junctions

3m clear walkway

2m clear walkway

Recreational route

Signalized pedestrian crossings

Pavement bulb-outs& zebra crossings

Raised mid block crossings

Traffic plan for the neighbourhood

Identifying key decision

points

For vehicles

For Pedestrians

• Bus stops• Intersections• Entry pointsof the ward• At major landmarks

• Intersections• Entry points• of the ward• At major landmarks

Traffic plan for the neighbourhood

A view of a narrow, obstructed, pre-existing footpath. Scheme Road.https://www.itdp.org/category/location/india/chennai/

Safe connections to major bus stops

The new, reconstructed footpath today. Scheme Road. https://www.itdp.org/category/location/india/chennai/

Safe connections to major bus stops

Pre-existing footpaths were often used as vehicle parking. Police Commissioner Office Road.https://www.itdp.org/category/location/india/chennai/

Safe connections to major bus stops

The new footpaths transform the street into a vibrant public space. Police Commissioner Office Road. https://www.itdp.org/category/location/india/chennai/

Safe connections to major bus stops

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Bicycle sharing system for neighbourhoods

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Bicycle sharing system for neighbourhoods

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Safe School Zones-Painting on the road

Kochi Mujris Bienalle 2015: Photo Courtesy: Purna Sarkar

Painting on the roads

Painting on the roads

Painting on the roads

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Painting the kerbs

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Feeder Bus Services

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Feeder Bus Service

Delhi-- CP and Dwarka

Mumbai

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Hyderabad

Bangalore

Gurgaon

Bhopal (Two

locations)

• Raahgiri and Open Streets

10 cities

150-250K people every week

Focus of creating pilot ‘urban street’

Replicating urban street to city wide level

Creating change leaders

Photo Courtesy: Umang Jain

Reclaiming Public Spaces from Roads

Photo Courtesy: Umang Jain

Reclaiming Public Spaces from Roads

Photo Courtesy: Umang Jain

Reclaiming Public Spaces from Roads

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Painting Compound walls

Photo Courtesy: Himadri Das

Painting Maps on Compound walls

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Re-using Under Used Spaces

Photo Courtesy: Himadri Das

Reusing under used spaces

Photo Courtesy: Purna Sarkar

Reusing under used spaces

Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus’s strategy to shame errant drivers.... Each car would have a green thumbs up board and a red thumbs down board

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Antanas Mockus: Colombians fear ridicule more than being fined

Colour cards campaign

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Bumper Sticker campaign

http://www.carpooling.in/

Encouraging vehicle sharing

Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring

Reimagining Manek ChowkVISIONING REPORT, REIMAGINING PUBLIC PLACES IN HISTORIC WALLED CITY OF AHMEDABADNovember 2013

Unbundling parking

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Dissuading 2-wheelers on footpaths

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Dissuading 2 wheelers on footpaths

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