The document proposes several projects and ideas to improve mobility and pedestrian safety. It suggests building awareness for pedestrian safety, controlling traffic routes and speeds, building safe connections to transit, implementing bicycle sharing, creating safe zones around schools and hospitals, adding feeder bus services, reclaiming public spaces from roads, and thinking creatively about solutions like painting maps on walls or creating pocket parks. It also discusses developing a neighborhood traffic plan, implementing a junction improvement plan, and transforming streets and footpaths to prioritize pedestrians.

1. Mobility
by Himadri Das

2. 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:
1. Painting city maps on compound walls, flyover pillars;
2. Chair bombing, creating pocket parks, interaction spaces culled out of
‘under-used’ spaces like dumps or parking areas or flyovers;
3. Bumper sticker or colour coded cards campaigns: for irresponsible
parking, rash driving;
4. Encouraging vehicle sharing in communities: apps/simple convening of
groups;
5. Air Quality Sensors near junctions: to develop data to support reduce
emissions;
6. Unbundling parking;
7. Campaign to dissuade 2-wheelers on footpaths;

3. The proposal for a junction improvement plan in was one of the
immediate outcomes of the stakeholder engagement
Pedestrian Safety at Junctions

4. 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

5. 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

6. Identifying
key decision
points
For
vehicles
For
Pedestrians
• Bus stops
• Intersections
• Entry points
of the ward
• At major land
marks
• Intersections
• Entry points
• of the ward
• At major land
marks
Traffic plan for the neighbourhood

7. 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

8. The new, reconstructed footpath today. Scheme Road.
https://www.itdp.org/category/location/india/chennai/
Safe connections to major bus stops

9. 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

10. 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

11. http://velo-city2013.com/wp-
content/uploads/dynamo_gold/51_1.JPG
Bicycle sharing system for neighbourhoods

12. http://www.thehindu.co
m/multimedia/dynamic/
01723/18BGP_CYCLE_6_
1723018g.jpg
Bicycle sharing system for neighbourhoods

13. http://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-
content/uploads/sites/5/2014/07/Korea-before-after.jpg
Safe School Zones-Painting on the road

14. Kochi Mujris Bienalle 2015:
Photo Courtesy: Purna Sarkar
Painting on the roads

15. Painting on the roads

16. Painting on the roads

17. http://media.newindianexpress.com/20streets.jpg/2013/05
/20/article1597932.ece/alternates/w620/20streets.jpg
Painting the kerbs

18. http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/uploads/picture/image/1
3393/pic_article_citizenmatters_newbus_whitefield.JPG
Feeder Bus Services

19. http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/uploads/picture/image/1
3395/pic_article_bus_loop.jpg
Feeder Bus Service

20. 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

21. Photo Courtesy: Umang Jain
Reclaiming Public Spaces from Roads

22. Photo Courtesy: Umang Jain
Reclaiming Public Spaces from Roads

23. Photo Courtesy: Umang Jain
Reclaiming Public Spaces from Roads

24. http://chennaiplus.net/wp-
content/uploads/2014/02/DSC00183.jpg
Painting Compound walls

25. Photo Courtesy: Himadri Das
Painting Maps on Compound walls

26. http://static.dnaindia.com/sites/default/files/1924449.jpg
Re-using Under Used Spaces

27. Photo Courtesy: Himadri Das
Reusing under used spaces

28. Photo Courtesy: Purna Sarkar
Reusing under used spaces

29. 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
http://www.giornalettismo.com/wp-
content/uploads/2013/11/antana-mockus-1.jpg
Antanas Mockus:
Colombians fear ridicule
more than being fined
Colour cards campaign

30. http://www.blogto.com/upload/2014/09/2014919-bike-lane-park.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2fVrubGRA74/TetOEf3BmZI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/U5WaEfxZ9sI/s1600/2.jpg
Bumper Sticker campaign

31. http://www.carpooling.in/
Encouraging vehicle sharing

32. Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring

33. Reimagining Manek Chowk
VISIONING REPORT, REIMAGINING
PUBLIC PLACES IN HISTORIC
WALLED CITY OF AHMEDABAD
November 2013
Unbundling parking

34. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/street-experiences/1064538-rants-bangalores-traffic-situation-btm.jpg
Dissuading 2-wheelers on footpaths

35. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8733/16352645684_de17ab1fec_b.jpg
Dissuading 2 wheelers on footpaths

36. Thank You