Urban transportation system meaning ,travel demand functions with factors, design approaches & modeling , types of mass transit system with advantages -disadvantages or limitations , opportunities in mass transport , integrated approach for transit -transportation system
A presentation by Mr Neil Frost (CEO: iSAHA International), at the Transport Forum SIG: "Sustainable Transport" on 6 August 2015 hosted by University of Johannesburg's Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (Africa), or ITLS (Africa). The theme of the presentation was: "Sustainable Integrated Transport".
Traffic Congestion PowerPoint Presentation with ImagesRoad Safety
Traffic Congestion PowerPoint Presentation with photos, how to reduce traffic congestion, costs of traffic congestion, road accidents and traffic congestion, loss of time due to congestion, pollution, health , diseases, photos, images
presentation talks about brts. its system, components,types; also discusses about brts across globe & its assessment. further it contents three case sudy and also talks about future of BRTS.
Urban sustainability is the idea that a city can be organised without excessive reliance on the surrounding countryside and be able to power itself with renewable sources of energy.
Presentation tries to portray the context, necessity, role and importance of transportation in the urban context, issues faced by cities in rationalizing transport and options which can be leveraged in making transportation sustainable - which inter alia includes; making cities compact, planning for people, promoting accessibility, limiting mobility, re-ordering the priority for mobility, leveraging mass transportation, technology etc. Presentation stresses the role an d importance of shape and size of the city in making transportation sustainable. Need for changing the approach to urban planning has also been emphasized.
Cities of the future will have to be viewed, considered, planned, designed, constructed and managed based on consideration of sustainability, inclusiveness, safety and security. Cities will have to be role model of conserving land, minimizing the the consumption of energy; making cities water neutral , zero waste, material efficient. Promoting, preserving and making value addition to Climate, environment , ecology and bio-diversity shall be the underlying philosophy of urban planning. Cities will be planned to meet the basic needs of all inhabitants and not their greed. Cities will be held in the co-operative ownership eliminating individual ownership. Cities will be mandated to meet all the basic needs of human living including shelter, food, employment , clothing, education and healthcare. Poorest of the poor will have all the basic amenities. Unplanned, haphazard and sub-standard development will have no place in the city development. Technology will be used for promoting efficiency, economy, productivity and transparency in decision making and working besides connecting communities . Cities will be managed by professionals- architects, planners and engineers and not be bureaucrats, having no knowledge and understanding of the urban development. Cities will create ownership and commitment on the part of all stakeholders. each city will have a well defined vision and mission to achieve. Local governance will have precedent over state's dictates and policies.
Urban transportation system meaning ,travel demand functions with factors, design approaches & modeling , types of mass transit system with advantages -disadvantages or limitations , opportunities in mass transport , integrated approach for transit -transportation system
A presentation by Mr Neil Frost (CEO: iSAHA International), at the Transport Forum SIG: "Sustainable Transport" on 6 August 2015 hosted by University of Johannesburg's Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (Africa), or ITLS (Africa). The theme of the presentation was: "Sustainable Integrated Transport".
Traffic Congestion PowerPoint Presentation with ImagesRoad Safety
Traffic Congestion PowerPoint Presentation with photos, how to reduce traffic congestion, costs of traffic congestion, road accidents and traffic congestion, loss of time due to congestion, pollution, health , diseases, photos, images
presentation talks about brts. its system, components,types; also discusses about brts across globe & its assessment. further it contents three case sudy and also talks about future of BRTS.
Urban sustainability is the idea that a city can be organised without excessive reliance on the surrounding countryside and be able to power itself with renewable sources of energy.
Presentation tries to portray the context, necessity, role and importance of transportation in the urban context, issues faced by cities in rationalizing transport and options which can be leveraged in making transportation sustainable - which inter alia includes; making cities compact, planning for people, promoting accessibility, limiting mobility, re-ordering the priority for mobility, leveraging mass transportation, technology etc. Presentation stresses the role an d importance of shape and size of the city in making transportation sustainable. Need for changing the approach to urban planning has also been emphasized.
Cities of the future will have to be viewed, considered, planned, designed, constructed and managed based on consideration of sustainability, inclusiveness, safety and security. Cities will have to be role model of conserving land, minimizing the the consumption of energy; making cities water neutral , zero waste, material efficient. Promoting, preserving and making value addition to Climate, environment , ecology and bio-diversity shall be the underlying philosophy of urban planning. Cities will be planned to meet the basic needs of all inhabitants and not their greed. Cities will be held in the co-operative ownership eliminating individual ownership. Cities will be mandated to meet all the basic needs of human living including shelter, food, employment , clothing, education and healthcare. Poorest of the poor will have all the basic amenities. Unplanned, haphazard and sub-standard development will have no place in the city development. Technology will be used for promoting efficiency, economy, productivity and transparency in decision making and working besides connecting communities . Cities will be managed by professionals- architects, planners and engineers and not be bureaucrats, having no knowledge and understanding of the urban development. Cities will create ownership and commitment on the part of all stakeholders. each city will have a well defined vision and mission to achieve. Local governance will have precedent over state's dictates and policies.
Ppt looks at the context if cities, problems faced/created by cities and options to make cities more sustainable- using mechanism of planned development, compact city,Regional Planning, green mobility, greening cities, technologies, leadership and creating accountability with responsibility
Presentation looks at the role, relevance and importance of the cities in polluting environment, generating waste, consuming energy, creating large footprints of buildings and making cities unsustainable. Presentation looks at the issues, genesis of problems of sustainability and suggest options to make them environment friendly, energy/resource efficient, making value addition to environment and ecology and to become a serious partner in making planet earth more liveable and sustainable.
Presentatio tries to bring out context of the cities in the overall development of communities and nations, and the manner cities are being subjected to devlopmental and population pressure. As engines of economic growth cities are known to have environmental, ecological and infrastructure implications besides becoming the major propeller of global warming and climate change. Looking at the role and importance of cities in alleviating poverty, pollution and numerous other growing dualitues and contradictions, presentation focusses on how to make growth and development of cities more rational, sustaianble, inclusive, safe abd resilient.
cities remain complex, inhumane, serving rich, ignoring poor, ignoring poor, caring rich, promoting exclusion. depriving majority from basic human essentials, ignoring misery, promoting poverty and leveraging prosperity. Cities remain studded with dualities and contradictions, always evolving, changing and chasing opportunities and making people miserable .
Building Carbon neutral Cities Through Green RoofJIT KUMAR GUPTA
building are known to be largest consumers of enrgy, resources, water and generators of waste. They consume largest energy and responsible for climate change and global warming. Within buildings roof area remains the arae which is most unused, abused and misused space, which can be effectively leveraged to minimise the adverse impact of buildings on resources, energy, climate change etc. It can cool the buildings, bring down the energy use, make cities free from disasters and do large number of positivity to buildinga, climate, environment . Green roofs remains an area, potential of which remains largely unexplored. It needs to studied, analysed with policy options evolved to make it a distict reality in the buildings
Presentation focuses on defining the context of sustainable development, urbanisation in the Global and Indian context, positivities and negativities of urbanisation and the crisis created by urbanisation
Cities remains unique, universal and complex , invariably evolving, devolving, never finite and never defined. Cities create prosperity, poverty, employment, dichotomy and contradictions. Cities are said to be the future of humanity, but cities are also the reason for climate change, global warming , larger carbon footprints and rising temperature - making cities unsafe- both to the natural and manmade disasters. Making cities sustainable remains a challenge, opportunity, mirage and dream. Heading towards uncontrolled urbanisation, cities are pushing humanity into crisis- crisis of population, crisis of poverty and crisis of pollution. Cities remain anti-thesis to sustainability. Cities don't believe in inclusion and cities dies not treat majority of its inhabitants with respect and dignity -providing basic amenities of life to lead a dignified life. Making cities rational, humane, safe , inclusive, livable and sustainable will remain the greatest challenge on the planet earth.
Cities and civilizations remain
synonymous. Cities remain unique, different and distinct. Cities existed in the past, they exist now and they shall continue to dominate the future of human journey on this planet earth. No two cities are same. Each city has its paces of strength and weaknesses. Making any city great, ,has genesis in understanding its uniqueness and making optimum use and build on its strength; overcoming the existing weaknesses; creating opportunities for its orderly growth and overcome possible challenges which may emerge in its march to become great. Cities must be owned by people and city must own its people. we need co-operative cities and not smart and sky scrapper cities. People would need cities which provides them safety and basic amenities of life, make them happy and healthy. City must create options for providing best possible living to its people; create options for appropriate working; make people happy and healthy; both physically and mentally and make them travel only when needed and that too on a limited scale. Following this order of planning can surely enhance the credibility and operational efficiency of the cities. Planning cities, using nature and natural elements of Sun, Space and Greenery can help in making cities wonderful and healthy places to live and work. Cities must identify, preserve, manage, protect and manage its Heritage, as integral part of its growth and development to make it connect with past glory. Agra needs to be made, promoted and declared as a heritage city to showcase its past glory and make it integral part of future growth and development. Ignoring and damaging its heritage, which lead to chaos and anarchy. Agra must come out with its own charter of growth and development to retain
not only its past glory but also charter an agenda of its glorious future growth.
Infrastructures and services are known to be the backbone of any human settlement . They are known to be determinant of the quality of life and operational efficiency of any city. They are also the one regulating the productivity of the city. Infra remain vital for all the urban residents , communities, city and the state. Accordingly, it becomes important that infrastructures on prescribed norms and standards are made available in both quantity and quality in the human habitation. Providing Infra requires lot of resources and technology know how. Accordingly adequate provision in the budget of urban local bodies need to be provided. in addition to providing infra and services, it is critical that they are also maintained properly. Key issues in the infra is the delivery of services. Government must involve private sector in providing services. Services charges also have to be rational to make them affordable. Providing services and infra remains a difficult and innovative option. It offers both a challenge and an opportunity. All ULBs must ensure adequate services of appropriate quality to all its citizens , even poorest of poor, to lead a dignified living.
Hill area planning, development and management, remains both intricate and complex task, requiring specialised skill, expertise, understanding, knowledge and experience. Hills are special for the reason they remain part of the nature and complex bio-sphere system They are storehouse of natural resources. They house natural wealth and best of climate. .Hills have numerous positivities but because of their fragility they remain vulnerable to all development activities undertaken by human species. Tourism has emerged as the double edged weapon in hill area development. Heritage has been subjected to vulnerability. Promoting mobility has led to disaster and population influx has made hill areas vulnerable. Hill areas need healing touch using nature and natural elements. They require care and caution for their sustainable development. They remain the hope to make world more livable and sustainable. Nations must care and respect its hill areas and should eliminates all factors which lead to diluting, damaging the hill area fabric, structure and soul.
Jammu- IIA-Smart Cities -CONCEPTS AND APPAROACHES- 5-6-22.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
World is celebrating golden jubilee of the launching of World Environment Day. Making cities sustainable assumes importance on this day, which is dedicated to promote the wellbeing of the humanity, because cities are known to be major consumers of energy, resources and generators of waste. Cities have been relevant in the past and shall continue to drive nations in promoting economy, employment, services and amenities. However, development and environment remain anti-thesis. It will remain important how professionals work, operate and evolve and devolve their skills for minimizing the conflict and contradictions between the two to make human habitat more sustainable.
Redefining Planning Through Planning EducationJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation tries to showcase the relationship between quality of planning Education and quality of education, challenges faced by the profession and option which need to be exercised to make education more qualitative and responsive the challenges faced.
Strategies for Promoting Urban SustainabilityJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation looks at the options of making urban areas more liveable, productive and sustainable. It includes the reduction of energy consumption through green buildings and green transport
Presentation details the context, role and importance of both hard and soft infrastructure in making the human living more qualitative, productive, effective and efficient; briefs about the current status of infrastructure in urban India, roadblocks faced by institutions involved in the development of the cities in providing infrastructure and options to create appropriate level of infrastructures in urban India in order to make India a role model of urban development and making India third ranked global economy.
Redefining and Rationalising Development Controls -Issues and OptionsJIT KUMAR GUPTA
ppt defines, details role, relevance, criticality, importance of Development Controls in the parlance of urban planning, development, governance, management. Text defines the typologies of development controls made applicable in urban context, their role and impact on cities and built environment. As definer of the personality of the city and considering their physical, social, economic and environmental implications on urban development and quality of built environment; development controls need to be defined with care and caution. They should be seen and framed as promoters of development rather than controllers of urban development. They should be framed with the goal of ushering an era of sustainability, livability, land conservation, resource conservation and making planet earth more livable and qualitative. development controls should remain resource led; sustainable led and led by optimisation of available resources for achieving the agenda defined in SDGs
Infrastructure remain the backbone and the foundation of all communities, states and nations to operate efficiently, grow rationally and provide best quality of life to its inhabitants. Infrastructure is known to be great connector and distributors. Nothing can work without the provision of good infrastructures. All developing nations are struggling to provide appropriate infrastructure but have failed to deliver. Infrastructure remain labour and cost- intensive and are dictated by the policies and the programs evolved by the government. Cities have limited capacity, capability and willingness to provide appropriate infrastructure which make them unattractive and less productive. Cities need empowerment and also innovate and look for options which can help them create infrastructure without causing undue financial liabilities. In this regard planned development offers the best option to create and deliver appropriate infrastructures at the local level based on defined norms and standards. Town planning schemes have been reckoned to be the best options to create infrastructure at at local level. Involving communities in creation and determination of priorities shall always remain valuable. Infrastructures should be self-financing and self-sustainable. It should involve best of the quality to make them cost-effective and operationally efficient. Providing adequate supportive infrastructure will always remain crucial and valuable for all the societies and human settlement, both urban and rural. All human settlements must be planned, developed, operated and maintained with appropriate quality infrastructure to make then sustainable, qualitative, livable and operationally efficient.
Sustainable Urban Planning-Issues and Options JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Urban India remains in crisis- crisis of population; crisis of poverty; crisis of pollution; crisis of unplanned development; crisis of infrastructures; crisis of services; crisis of affordable living. Genesis of all these crisis has roots in approach and options used for development of urban and rural settlements, which is done on different footing with priority going for urban areas .Despite getting major attention, resources, manpower, technology, cities remain in crisis for the reason majority of urban ills have their origin in the neglect of the rural India. If India, as a nation has to move forward, then its emancipation falls within the domain of Rural India, which needs to be made more productive, livable and qualitative duly supported by technology and state of art infrastructures besides making urban and rural India equal partners in all policy planning and programs for development. Regional Planning offers the best option to achieve the objective.
Role and Relevance of Architects and architecture in SustainabilityJIT KUMAR GUPTA
This brief text on Role, Relevance and importance of Architects and profession of Architecture in making this world and human settlements more livable, climate responsive and sustainable has been prepared as commitment of the professionals and profession of Architects on this World Environment Day ; June 5th , 2024 , with the hope that profession would be understood, valued ,appreciated and empowered in the right context for enabling it play its designated role in making built environment qualitative, cost-effective, energy-efficient, eco-friendly, safe and sustainable.
Bridging gap between resources and responsibilities at Local level.JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Text refers to need, role, relevance and importance of empowering urban local bodies by bridging gap between resources available and responsibilities bestowed, for enabling ULBs to operate and function as institutions of local governance more effectively and efficiently.
Construction Industry Through Artificial Intelligence -.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Considering the role, relevance and importance of construction sector in promoting economy, generating employment and creating wealth besides providing infrastructures and amenities, there is need to make the sector more effective, efficient, productive and sustainable. Driven manually, construction sector remains in the slow lane of creating quality built environment which are cost-effective, energy efficient, least consumers of resources and generators of waste. Artificial intelligence can help and empower the construction to make it more valuable, productive and qualitative besides supportive of environment and ecology. However, construction sector must be ready to co-operate and collaborate with IT industry to look for options and opportunities to make construction sector more qualitative and productive. Majority of urban ills and climate related issues can be resolved if Artificial intelligence can be embedded as integral part of the construction industry right prom planning, designing, construction, operation and management of the built environment and infrastructures. Communities and nations will save lot of valuable non-renewable resources if the construction sector is transformed from human led to technology led by the induction of Artificial intelligence. However, Construction industry has to search the areas where Artificial intelligence can be used effectively and intelligently.
Making Urban India a Role Model of Planned Urban Growth a.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Known for productivity, promoting economy, employment and innovations cities, when properly planned, rationally developed and professionally managed, have been labelled and recognized as engines of economic growth. Prosperity and urbanisation are known to have positive co-relation with rational urbanisation, leveraging growth and development of any community, city, state and region. In majority of developing countries, where urbanisation remains unregulated, forced largely by rural push and less by urban pull, cities invariably remain in crisis, crisis of population, crisis of poverty, crisis of development and management. Cities need to be cared ,incentivized, empowered and made more productive, effective, efficient and humane.
Redefining Globalization, urbanisation and LocalisationJIT KUMAR GUPTA
If cities are to made more livable, humane and productive, it is time that intent, contents and scope of globalization must be revisited and reviewed, both critically and objectively. Globalisation would need redefinition for promoting universality and inclusiveness among people and nations to have basic amenities and quality of life for all its residents , including poorest of the poor to lead a dignified life. Failure to redefine globalization, rationalise urbanisation, restore localization empowering poor and promoting universalisation and inclusivity; will invariably lead to making SDGs merely a paper exercise. In addition, making the world, cities and communities sustainable, livable, safe and inclusive, would remain merely a dream and a mirage, for future generations and communities, making planet earth as their preferred place of residence.
Knowing, Understanding and Planning Cities- Role and Relevance Physical Plan...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Cities are known for its complexities and operational inefficiencies. cities remain dynamic ,ever evolving, ever devolving, never static and never finite.
All cities remain different, distinct, unique and universal. No two cities are similar. Each city has its own strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Accordingly, problem faced by any city cannot be viewed, dissected, analyzed and enumerated, while sitting within the four walls of the air-conditioned rooms and by the so called intellectual sitting in the so called offices determining the future of cities and towns. Neither the cities can be made more rational by limited knowledge agencies providing consultancy to cities , states and nations.
For realistically and rationally understanding, analyzing the cities and having simple, cost-effective and quality solutions to the problems and challenges faced , Cities have to be walked through and concerns of the various communities have to be properly understood and appreciated.
Prime reason for inability and lack of capacity on the part of majority of physical planners, engaged in the art and science of planning, designing and developing the cities, to address the issues and challenges faced by cities , realistically and rationally, has genesis in the lack of understanding of the origin, growth and development of cities.
Lack of capacity in majority of town planners, has roots in the quality of education imparted and seriousness and commitment on the part of both teachers and taught involved. As it stands today, majority of institutions involved in imparting education in planning are being run on an ad-hoc manner and by proxy. Only few institutions have regular teachers and regular students. Majority of planning institutions are being run on proxy with proxy students and proxy teachers. Education system including curricula used for teaching, needs, review, revision and redefinition to make it more relevant to rational for addressing the issues and challenges faced by the cities and towns.
Land as a Resource for urban finanace- 24-1-23.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
PPt tries to brief Land, as a gift of nature, is being grossly misused, abused , manipulated Land is globally used for providing platform for all human driven activities, based on living, working, culture of body/ mind and travel.
Limited availability, coupled with large number of human beings trying to source land, has invariably created large demand for land resource for human consumption. Land, in urban context, is required for meeting the specific needs of urban dwellers for residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, travel& traffic purposes besides providing space for infrastructures , amenities, services, trade and commerce etc. Land in urban context remains under large demand and command high price due to concentration of large population in small physical area, with stakeholders making competing claims.Rapid and uncontrolled growth in population experienced by urban areas has adversely impacted and generated considerable pressure on land resource in cities and towns , leading to large scale conversion, sub-division and illegal occupation of urban land. Unregulated and regulated pressure on land has largely been met by means of both formal/informal sub-division and development of land. Growth of the urban settlements and entire mechanism of urban planning and development remains land based/ land focused. In order to make optimum use of land resource on 24x7x365; making city planning, growth, development and management ,both rational. realistic, orderly and promoter of quality living, it will be critical and essential, that all ULBs are made to focus on eliminating culture and practices promoting un-authorized/ illegal sub-division of land for ushering an environment and era of planned urban development in the cities. Land needs to be effectively leveraged to generate resources for ULBs to make cities vibrant.
COST-EFFETIVE and Energy Efficient BUILDINGS ptxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Built environment is known for its capacity, capability, role, relevance and importance to change the quality of life of the occupants and communities. Presentation focuses on options which need to be leveraged to make buildings sustainable, cost-effective, energy efficient, resource efficient, qualitative over its entire life-cycle through designing, construction, operation. It calls for making buildings green and sustainable.
Making Buildings cost-effective , Energy Efficient ptxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation focuses on options which need to be leveraged to make buildings sustainable, cost-effective, energy efficient, resource efficient, qualitative over its entire life-cycle
Ppt briefs about role, relevance, importance of the rating systems applicable in India, criteria used in assessing
greeness, weightage allocated, , brief of how these rating systems are applied, parameters involved; weightage granted, levels of rating granted , incentives given by states for green rated buildings and brief of suggestions, how to make rating system more effective, efficient, objective and transparent.
The phenomenon of global warming remains more pronounced in the urban areas, for the reason cities house large concentration of people and activities in a small/compact urban space.Densely-built downtown areas tend to be warmer than suburban residential areas or rural areas.. UHI not only raises urban temperatures but also increases ozone concentrations because ozone is a greenhouse gas whose formation will accelerate with the temperature. Tokyo, an example of an urban heat island. Normal temperatures of Tokyo go up higher than those of the surrounding area. However, it needs to be understood and appreciated that climate change is not the cause of urban heat islands but it is causing more frequent and more intense heat waves which in turn amplify the urban heat island effect in cities. Major reasons for ever growing global warming and climate change can be attributed to the; Nature and natural; Human-Driven; population; Rapid Urbanisation; Irrational Urban planning; High Density; Inefficient Transportation ;Large generation/consumption of fossil fuel based Energy; Unsustainable Buildings; Polluting Industry & Manufacturing; Unsustainable Agriculture; Irrational Development; Large scale Deforestation; Lack of open spaces and individual life-choices;
Making and Unmaking of Chandigarh - A City of Two Plans2-4-24.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation is a narrative of a
capital city- known for its innovative planning, designing, construction and management of a new capital . It briefs about the principles used in the planning and designing of city -by the first team of planners led by Albert Mayer and Mathew Nowicki-- followed by the second team led by Le- Corbusier, P Jenerette, Jane B Drew , Maxwell Fry. It also details about the various aspects of the city planning, planning of the sector as a neighbourhood, typologies of
various developmental controls used for regulating the construction of buildings. Innovations used for regulating the growth and development of periphery; redensification of city in case city exceeds its planned population of half a million, creating a narrative of city and periphery, innovative landscaping, defining an edict for the city to educate the future citizens of the capital city to safeguard the future growth and development besides lessons learnt from planning and designing the new cities.
Planning and Designing Green buildings-.issues, options and strategiesJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Affordability and sustainable development are considered anti-thesis across the world. Generally there exists conflict between the approach to sustainable built environment and affordable buildings. Sustainable development is considered more expensive. According to Middleton, ‘Sustainability and affordability aren’t mutually exclusive goals. It’s not about adding extra, but thinking more carefully about the design of buildings and incorporating technologies that can offset the rising costs of energy, water and other services. Affordability and sustainability are known to fit together perfectly’.
Through excellent design, buildings can be made more sustainable and affordable. Smaller the footprint of buildings, lower will be the upfront costs and embodied energy and lower shall be the running costs of buildings. Looking at the entire context of health, rising cost of amenities/services; Sustainable/Green designs are now being increasingly adopted, to make built environment more cost-effective and affordable. Considering the enormous amount of built environment to be created, India will have no option but to tread the path of sustainability and sustainable development in the built environment. Sustainable built environment would also help in and go a long way in achieving the majority of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals for the reason, built environment is known to be the largest consumer of energy, avoid wasteful use of resources and minimise generation of waste. Global sustainability will be largely contingent upon how effectively and efficiently we can make our buildings sustainable and qualitative through innovative/green design solutions based on local climate and culture, valuing site planning, embedding orientation, cross ventilation, using renewable/waste materials and involving state of the art building technologies.
_Neighborhood Planning in Capital City of Chandigarh- An Appraisal (2) - Copy...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Neighborhood as an idea, concept, option and strategy has been extensively used locally and globally by the Urban Planners to plan and decentralize cities, create cities within cities, promote self-contained communities and to make cities more humane, safe and socially vibrant. Neighborhood has also been used recently to define the city in terms of travel time - making 10/15 minutes city
Accordingly, large typologies of NH ,in terms of planning and designing , with varying shapes, sizes and contents have emerged in the urban context. Americans have used superblock and French using Sector for defining the neighborhood. Despite distinct advantages, holding high degree of relevance in urban and local area planning , NH planning has not been able to deliver the envisioned objectives of safety and social vibrancy. Cities in the process have been socially, economically and physically fragmented, leading to clear division of cities into different communities with little economical and social connectivity. Variance of planning and designing norms followed at NH and sub-neighborhood levels have promoted more dichotomy and contradictions with varying quality of life inducted at local level. Differential population and infrastructures have divided the city into the categories of high/low end NH units. Fabric and morphology of cities, in large cases, has been distorted with urban settlement emerging as a distinct social map of communities graded economically and socially,on the basis of area/location . In the process, the way NH planning concept has been used, neighborhood planning has emerged as an instrument of social and economic segregation/division. In fact in number of cases, concept has been used, misused, abused in intent and content to divide the cities into distinct social and economic layers. Instead of unifying , concept has led to division of cities.
Genesis of modern application of NH can be found in the planning and designing of Chandigarh where entire city fabric of capital city was woven around Sector as the basic unit of planning, concptulasied as self-contained and self-sustaining unit at the local level. However, the way sectors have been planned, it has led to dividing the cities into different and distinct communities. Individual status in Chandigarh can be judged from his/her residence. Concept of Sector has done more damage than good to the fabric of the city. Chandigarh is likely to face considerable problem in making city socially and economically cohesive/vibrant,. Sectors in Chandigarh remain anti-thesis to the basic concept of NH planning of safety, involving walkability, vehicular movement, putting commercial space in the centre. Considering role, relevance, importance and usability , NH needs to be planned, designed with care and caution, in order to make cities socially and economically vibrant, inclusive. NH planning deserves a new definition and approach to make it relevant and rational.
Reviewing, Revising and Redefining Master Plans and Development Plans to Ma...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Looking at its efficacy and efficiency, it can be seen and observed that Master Plans/ Development Plans have done more damage than good for the planned growth and development of the cities to which they have been made applicable. These plans have been violated with impunity both by the people, communities, cities and parastatal agencies; for the betterment/welfare of which these plans were prepared. These plans have been visualized as controller of development rather than promoters of development. Instead of planned development , these plans have been usherers of the unplanned development. These plans are known to be responsible for promoting large number of slums besides making quality of life poor for majority of the urban inhabitants. Cities under Master Plans are also known to promote exclusion rather than inclusion. Master Plans/Development Plans are known to promote prosperity for few and marginalize the large proportions of the local community by making them poor. Instead of catering to urban dynamism, Master Plans/Development Plans try to freeze the city, for next two decades, to which it is made to serve. Accordingly, these plans need to be reviewed , rationalised, revised and redefined to make them better Master Plans/Development Plans
Rationalizing the Planned Growth of Urban India- paper.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Rapid and uncontrolled growth in population experienced by urban areas has adversely impacted and generated considerable pressure on land resource in cities and towns , leading to large scale conversion, sub-division and illegal occupation of urban land. Unregulated and regulated pressure on land has largely been met by means of both formal/informal sub-division and development of land. Growth of the urban settlements and entire mechanism of urban planning and development remains land based/ land focused, based on a strategy of sub-division of the land, dictated by the economic forces prevailing in the market. Irrational and ineffective public policies of urban planning and land sub-division, devoid of prevailing ground realities, have turned out to be incompatible with the demands of urban expansion, leading to large scale un-authorized and illegal sub-division of land. In the process, valuable land resources, gift of nature, has been misused, abused and mutilated in this race of uncontrolled and irrational urbanisation. In order to make optimum use of land resource; making city planning, growth, development and management ,both rational. realistic, orderly and promoter of quality living, it will be critical and essential, that all urban centres are made to focus on eliminating the culture and practices promoting un-authorized/illegal sub-division of land for ushering an environment and era of planned urban development in the country.
Suggestion and Options for integrating villages. within the framework of the...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Preparing Master Plans/Development Plans for any urban settlements, basically and essentially, involves declaring a planning area for which the said long term plans are prepared. Planning area invariably includes and involves, number of rural settlements, which comprise of the planning area besides the urban settlement. It has been observed that in majority of cases, while detailed studies and analysis are carried out of the urban settlements but villages in the study and analysis remain marginalized, diluted and muted. Despite the fact, villages have critical role in the rational development of the urban settlement, but in preparing Master Plans their role and relevance is not made part of the said plan. Accordingly, this text tries to bring out the typologies of villages falling in the planning area and the suggested framework to develop these villages in making Master Plans, better Master Plan. In order to improve Master Plan qualitatively, quantitively, both in intent, contents and scope, It will be appropriate that all the villages falling in the planning area must be studied , analyzed and made integral part of the final outcome of the proposals of Master Plan. In-fact one Chapter must be exclusively dedicated to detail out the issues faced by the Villages and options which can be leveraged to promote the rational growth of villages ,as an integral part of the long term development of the urban settlement , for which the Master Plan is being prepared. This will help not only in integrating the urban- rural settlements falling in the planning area, but would also go a long way in promoting and ensuring rational growth and development of the urban settlement, for which the Master Plan is being prepared.
Making cities Climate Responsive and SustainableJIT KUMAR GUPTA
“Decarbonization” of cities ,as an issue ,as an option and as a strategy , has been gaining currency in the parlance of; making planet earth livable and sustainable. “Decarbonization has been globally valued for keeping the global temperature below 1.5C, and achieving the agenda and goals defined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, defined by UN for achieving universal sustainability. Despite distinct role and relevance, criticality and importance of decarbonization of cities has neither been properly understood and appreciated nor made integral part of the architectural practice and art and science of designing and construction of buildings. Consuming one -third of global energy (33%) and generating 39% of greenhouse gas emissions buildings have been considered as the major player in the domain of climate change and global warming. Since Architects and Architecture are
actively involved in the making and unmaking of buildings, accordingly it becomes important that planners and architects must play a significant role in making
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3. COBS
WORKINGLIVING
CIRCULATION
• The Radiant City
•An organism capable of housing the
works of man of machine-age society.
• placed under the masterful
government of natural conditions:
•Sun
•Space
•Greenery
•And its mission is the service of
mankind:
•To live
•To work
•To cultivate body and spirit
•To travel about
(in this order and obeying this
hierarchy)
4. Why People TravelWhy People Travel– People travel for:
– doing jobs
– Availing Economic opportunities
– Sourcing food, essential services
– Personal Development( going to school, cultural
activities)
– Entertainment ( sports, pictures, parks)
– Meeting daily needs of life (living, working)
– Bridging gap between place of working and living
– Tourism
– Technological advances -----easy availability of
mechanical vehicles- cars , buses , trains
– Participation in modern life
– essential feature of urban life
– Need to travel is a desired need
6. Importance of TransportationImportance of Transportation
• Economic growth and transportation positively co-related
• Transportation leverages
-- Development – Economic, social, cultural , physical,
industrial growth.
• -- bridges gap between demand / supply of goods/ services
• -- links area of production and consumption
• Inadequate transportation-- adversely impacts economic/
social growth.
• -- safe, economical ,speedier/ efficient movement of goods/
service
- Progress follows the lines of communication
- Population settles along lines of communication-
- Transportation-- used for decentralization / decongestion of
population/economic activities
- Setting up satellite towns, counter-magnets
7. Importance of TransportationImportance of Transportation
- Transportation Promotes
- -- National /Regional integration
- Standard of living in undeveloped areas
--- knowledge, learning ,improved trade and culture
- Concentration of population
- Economy and employment opportunities
- Better education/healthcare amenities
- Helps poor to make better earning
- Safety, law and order
- Transportation Improves balanced development - country/Rural by;
- Promoting growth of agriculture/supply of agricultural inputs
- -- marketing agricultural produce in nearby markets,
- -- providing education, healthcare, facilities ,
- -- increasing employment,
- -- reducing migration,
- -- promoting rural industries,
- -- diversification of agriculture,
9. History of TransportationHistory of Transportation
• Transportation -- story of evolution of technology
• Starting from---- Walking--- Riding Animals---Using boats for
travel on water-- Riding in groups on vehicles pulled by
animals- Cable cars—large capacity steam powered trains---
Ships--electric trains—motor buses powered by internal
combustion engines- Aero-planes
• Transportation -- story of gradually increasing;
• --Speed, Vehicle capacity,
• -- range of travel, shaping cities
• -- Structuring lives of people living in cities
• History of mass transportation -- intimately connected to :
• industrialization,
• urbanization, and
• Separation of residence from workplace.
11. Population Scenario- India-2011Population Scenario- India-2011
• Population of India reached
• 250 million in 1919
• 500 million in 1966 (47 yrs. Later)
• 1000 million in 2000 ( 34 yrs. Later)
• 1027 million in 2001 (1yr Later)
• 1210 million in 2011 (10 yrs. Later)
• Last century --- 5 fold growth in population
• 2050- Indian population- 1600 mil. -- 50% in Urban India.
• Metropolitan Centres -5 (1951)- -53 (2011)-68(2031)
• 10 m plus- nil (1951)- 3 (2011) -7 (2031)-9 (2051
• Urban India --first time added more persons(91m) than
Rural India(90m)in last decade
• massive shift of population -not simply a shift of demographics
• Shift places cities/towns at centre of India’s development
trajectory.
• Increased population requires
• More cities, More housing,
• More educational/ healthcare/ institutions
• More commercial space ,More transportation– More
infrastructure– more Resources
18. Urbanization-issuesUrbanization-issues
• Despite distinct advantages , Urban
centers:
Poorly managed and governed.
Fail to meet challenges of urban dynamism
Haphazard /Unplanned pattern of development.
Enormous growth of slums
Poor quality of life
Failure to meet basic needs of
1. Shelter
2. Services
3. Land ,Water/ Sanitation
• Population , Poverty , Pollution and traffic have emerged
as the greatest threat and challenge to Indian Cities.
• Indian Urbanization is rightly called :
Urbanization of Population
Urbanization of Poverty
Urbanization of Pollution
19. • Cities profoundly alter the :
--quality of life
-impact local and global environment
- consume 70% energy / generate 73% carbon
footprints
•Cities fast emerging as GREY CITIES,
• the way they:
Use land
Consume resources
Create high energy demand
Increase travel needs
Create heat islands
Generate waste
Create ecological problems
Destroy natural habitat
Add to water pollution
Adversely impact environment
Lower down quality of life
Urbanization-issuesUrbanization-issues
20. Cities fast emerging as large consumers of resources andCities fast emerging as large consumers of resources and
generators of waste due to:generators of waste due to:
Concentration of large population.
Concentration of large number of activities.
Increasing size of cities.
Increasing travel demand.
Increased travel distance.
Increased use of personal vehicles.
Construction of large number of buildings
Cooling / heating spaces for comfortable living/working.
Energy consumptions levels are rising rapidly due to:Energy consumptions levels are rising rapidly due to:
Increasing income level.
Higher car ownership.
Travel becoming a habit.
Designing buildings without caring for energy
implications
Increasing level of living comforts.
--Considering multiple impacts -essential to
make cities sustainable
-- converting existing GREY CITIES to
Urbanization-issuesUrbanization-issues
24. • Traffic & Travel worst gifts of UrbanizationTraffic & Travel worst gifts of Urbanization
•Large mismatch between vehicleLarge mismatch between vehicle
population and road capacitypopulation and road capacity
•In last 53 yearsIn last 53 years
•--,motor vehicle population recorded--,motor vehicle population recorded
-CAGR growth of 10.9%CAGR growth of 10.9%
- compared to 3.6% in road length withcompared to 3.6% in road length with
National Highways increasing merely byNational Highways increasing merely by
2.3%.2.3%.
•Cities produce 70% global green houseCities produce 70% global green house
gas emissions,gas emissions,
•--largely by transportation and buildings--largely by transportation and buildings
•Travel becoming more expensive for poorTravel becoming more expensive for poor
with elimination of pedestrians / bicycleswith elimination of pedestrians / bicycles
•Travel becoming risky withTravel becoming risky with
•-- accidents increasing from 1.6 lakhs to-- accidents increasing from 1.6 lakhs to
3.9 lakhs during 1981-20013.9 lakhs during 1981-2001
• majority of causalities among cyclists,majority of causalities among cyclists,
pedestrians and pavement dwellerspedestrians and pavement dwellers
•Vehicular congestion and traffic jamsVehicular congestion and traffic jams
becoming order of daybecoming order of day
TRANSPORTATION SCENARIO IN INDIATRANSPORTATION SCENARIO IN INDIA
25. ::
•Heterogeneous TrafficHeterogeneous Traffic
•increasing individual vehicle ownership;increasing individual vehicle ownership;
•low road capacity;low road capacity;
•poor road geometry;poor road geometry;
•large obsolete vehicular population;large obsolete vehicular population;
• inefficient and inadequate publicinefficient and inadequate public
transportation;transportation;
•low priority for traffic planning; ;low priority for traffic planning; ;
•Low priority to bicycles and pedestriansLow priority to bicycles and pedestrians
• poor traffic management;poor traffic management;
• mismatch between vehicle density andmismatch between vehicle density and
road capacity;road capacity;
•multiplicity of agencies involvedmultiplicity of agencies involved
• absence of unified traffic regulatoryabsence of unified traffic regulatory
authority;authority;
• acute problems of parking;acute problems of parking;
•
TRANSPORTATION SCENARIO IN INDIA- ISSUESTRANSPORTATION SCENARIO IN INDIA- ISSUES
26. TRANSPORTATION SCENARIO IN INDIA- ISSUESTRANSPORTATION SCENARIO IN INDIA- ISSUES
• Transport systems impacts environment
accounting for between 20% and 25% of
• world energy consumption and
• --carbon dioxide emissions
• --
97%, emissions, came from direct burning of
fossil fuels.
• --
GHG emissions from transport increasing at a
faster rate than any other sector
• --Road transport -- a major contributor to local
air pollution / smog.
27. Traffic CongestionTraffic Congestion
• TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN CITIES:-
-- HINDERS THE MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS
-- INCREASINGLY UNDERMINING THE–
i. ECONOMIC,
ii. SOCIAL AND
iii. ENVIRONMENTAL WELFARE OF OUR CITIES.
• TRAFFIC CONGESTION MAKES CITIES:
i LESS PLEASANT AND
• ii MORE EXPENSIVE PLACES -- TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
• iii Hampers urban vitality
• The demand for road space continues to grow due to----
• i) increased car ownership,
• ii)demand for higher mobility
• Iii higher freight traffic.
• In cities which are already built:
• - the supply of road space and
• -- space for parking within cities is finite,
• the use of road space therefore has to be managed.
•
28. Registered MV in India on 31.03. 2015Registered MV in India on 31.03. 2015
• Total registered vehicles in India – 21,00,23,289
• -- 7 states have more than 100,,00,000 registered motor
vehicles --. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
• Registered motor vehicles in
• --Maharashtra -- 25562175 (12.17%) of registered motor
vehicles in India .
• -- Tamil Nadu -- 22518669 (10.72%)
• -- Uttar Pradesh -- 21635531 ( 10.3%)
• --Gujarat -- 18720567 ( 8.91%)
• --Karnataka --14784961 (7.04%)
• -- Rajasthan -- 12378929 (5.89%)
• -- Madhya Pradesh-- 11141127 (5.3%)
• -- Delhi --maximum number of Vehicles-- 8850720 (4.21%)
42. SDG 11- Make cities and human settlementsSDG 11- Make cities and human settlements
inclusive ,safe, resilient and sustainableinclusive ,safe, resilient and sustainable
44. Smart City Mission in IndiaSmart City Mission in India
• Smart Cities Mission is an;
• urban renewal, green field and retrofitting program
• Launched by Government of India to develop 100 cities
• making them
• citizen friendly,
• people centric
• promoting sustainable and inclusive development
• providing basic amenities/ assured quality of life
• Through application of ‘Smart’ Solutions.
• To create a replicable model for other aspiring cities.
• Green Field / Brown field development, Pan city approach
• making cities more productive and operationally efficient
• Smart Cities Awas Yojna Mission launched in June 2015.[
45. Smart City Mission in IndiaSmart City Mission in India
• Core infrastructure elements in a smart city include:
• i. adequate water supply,
• ii. assured electricity supply,
• iii. sanitation, including solid waste management,
• iv. efficient urban mobility and public transport,
• v. affordable housing, especially for the poor,
• vi. robust IT connectivity and digitalization,
• vii. good governance, especially e-Governance and citizen
participation,
• viii. sustainable environment,
• ix. safety and security of citizens, particularly women, children
and the elderly, and
• x. health and education.
47. -Redefining approach to Urban Planning.-Redefining approach to Urban Planning.
-Redefining shape and size of cities-Redefining shape and size of cities
-Making cities compact-Making cities compact
-Promoting sustainable communities-Promoting sustainable communities
-Reordering prioritization of modes of travel-Reordering prioritization of modes of travel
•-Making public transport more equitable,-Making public transport more equitable,
reliable, affordable, safe, comfortable,reliable, affordable, safe, comfortable,
sustainable, energy/operationally efficient, cost-sustainable, energy/operationally efficient, cost-
effective, eco/ users friendlyeffective, eco/ users friendly
•Equitable allocation of road space.Equitable allocation of road space.
•Road PricingRoad Pricing
• Promoting intelligent/smart transportationPromoting intelligent/smart transportation
•Creating public awarenessCreating public awareness
•Involving communities/ stakeholdersInvolving communities/ stakeholders
•Deregistration of Old VehiclesDeregistration of Old Vehicles
•Establishing effective regulatory/enforcementEstablishing effective regulatory/enforcement
mechanismsmechanisms
SUSTAINABLE/SMART TRANSPORTATIONSUSTAINABLE/SMART TRANSPORTATION
48. principles in Sustainableprinciples in Sustainable TransportTransport
PlanningPlanning
• Promoting Accessibility and not mobility
• Planning for people not for vehicles
• Moving people, not cars
• Keeping space for walking and pedalled vehicles
• Integrating planning for
• -- making cities compact to
• - minimizing travel
• Reducing travel demand
• --responding to climate change
• -- promote sustainable development
49. 8 Principles of transportation to8 Principles of transportation to
make cities greatmake cities great
• The 8 Principles for Better Streets and Better Cities
• WALK -- Develop neighbourhoods that promote walking
• CYCLE -Prioritize non-motorized transport networks
• CONNECT -Create dense networks of streets and paths
• TRANSIT - Locate development near high-quality public
transport
• MIX -- Plan for mixed use
• DENSIFY -- Optimize density and transit capacity
• COMPACT - Create regions with short commutes
• SHIFT - Increase mobility by regulating parking and road use
50.
51. 8 Principles of transportation to8 Principles of transportation to
make cities greatmake cities great
52. Defining Sustainable TransportDefining Sustainable Transport
• Sustainable Transport --
• -- sometimes known as Green Transport
• -- form of transport that does not use / rely
on dwindling natural resources.
• -- relies on renewable /regenerated energy
• -- rather than fossil fuels that have a finite life
expectancy
55. Compact City- advantagesCompact City- advantages
• Compact city– best option to rationalize travel /
promote sustainable transport because it-
• Minimizes distance between place of work /living/amenities
• Reduces demand for personalized vehicles
• Reduces Congestion
• Reduces environmental pollution
• --Improves road safety
• --Promotes pedestrianisation & cycling
• --Makes mass transportation effective
• --optimizes land use due to lower area under roads/parking
• -- makes available large open spaces
• -Makes city development cost-effective- less roads etc
56. PLANNING COMPACT CITIES-PLANNING COMPACT CITIES-
optionsoptions
Make cities compact by;Make cities compact by;
.. – promoting High-density development– promoting High-density development
-- adopting Transit oriented development-- adopting Transit oriented development
-- Raising Height and-- Raising Height and
-Rationalizing land uses and Building bye-lawsRationalizing land uses and Building bye-laws
-Building inside not outsideBuilding inside not outside
--- Building vertical not horizontal-- Building vertical not horizontal
--- Building High not low-- Building High not low
--- Building mix not pure-- Building mix not pure
---Building dense not shallow--Building dense not shallow
---Building accessibility not mobility--Building accessibility not mobility
-- Building for people not for vehicles-- Building for people not for vehicles
-- optimizing current infrastructure.-- optimizing current infrastructure.
65. Amazing Future Green Cities ofAmazing Future Green Cities of
world –Musdar –Abu Dhabi-UAEworld –Musdar –Abu Dhabi-UAE A city of 50,000population
City of no cars , no waste
Planned to make use of cool sea winds
Using solar energy on rooftop
Narrow streets shading houses
Total recycling of waste/water
working/ living area not farther than200
mts from transportation nodes).
Electric powered light rail on elevated
track to permit easy transport between
Musdar and Abu Dhabi.
•for Intra-city travel people use
personal rapid transit pods (PRT) run
on magnetic tracks using electric
power.
•Aim is to create:
Zero Carbon
Zero Waste
Zero Car city
66. Amazing Future Cities-Amazing Future Cities-
TIANJIN Eco-city- ChinaTIANJIN Eco-city- China
ianjn
•Introduction
•Master Plan
•Milestones
-City developed as joint effort between China and Singapore Governments.
-Located 40 kms from Tianjin city centre and 150 KMS from Beijing city
-Total land area of 30 sq. km.
- When fully completed in around 2020,-- population of 350,000 residents.
, Site made of saltpans, barren land and polluted water-bodies,
included a 2.6 sq km large wastewater pond.
Site selected --- a derelict area with shortage of drinking water
67. TIANJIN- Master PlanTIANJIN- Master Plan
..
1. Land-use Planning -planned to be compact, with a good mix of land uses and
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) principles.
2. Transport Planning -Green transport .--to increase trips via public
transport and non-motorised modes of transport --- via bicycles and walking,
within Eco-city.
3. Green and Blue Network Planning---City planned with extensive green
(vegetation) and blue (water) networks to provide quality living /working
environment. The green network comprises a green lung at core and eco-corridors
emanating from the lung to the other parts of city.
4. Water bodies linked for water circulation to enhance ecology ,provide attractive
environment , recreational activities.
5. A wastewater pond rehabilitated /transformed into a clean/beautiful lake.
6. Master Plan can be summed as- 1 axis-3 centres-4 districts
70. •Promoting use of Bicycle asPromoting use of Bicycle as
preferred mode of travel for majoritypreferred mode of travel for majority
of intra- city travel being :of intra- city travel being :
Most inexpensiveMost inexpensive
Most flexibleMost flexible
Environmental friendlyEnvironmental friendly
Zero pollutionZero pollution
Zero Energy VehicleZero Energy Vehicle
Occupying minimum road spaceOccupying minimum road space
Requiring minimum Parking SpaceRequiring minimum Parking Space
Promoting National EconomyPromoting National Economy
Promoting Human HealthPromoting Human Health
Reducing depletion of Non-Reducing depletion of Non-
renewable resourcesrenewable resources
Best option for travelling over shortBest option for travelling over short
distancedistance..
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION- CYCLINGSUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION- CYCLING
76. Public Transport- advantagesPublic Transport- advantages
• Public transportation -- solution to the nation’s:
• economic,
• energy, and
• environmental challenges
• helping to bring a better quality of life.
• increasing numbers/ people using public transportation
and local communities -- expanding public transit
services.
• Every segment of society –
• individuals,
• families,
• communities and
• businesses –
• benefits from public transportation.
77. Public Transport- advantagesPublic Transport- advantages
• Public Transportation Provides;
• -- Economic Opportunities
• -- Drives Community Growth
• -- Revitalizes economy
• Every $1 invested in public transportation-- generates app $4 in
economic returns.
• Every $1 billion invested in public transportation-- supports and
creates more than 50,000 jobs.
• Every $10 million in capital investment in public transportation-- yields
$30 million in increased business sales.
• Home values performed 42 percent better -- if located near public
transportation with high-frequency service.
• Public Transportation Saves Money
• Using public transportation – best way to beat high gas prices.
• According to study-, a two-person household can save, on the
average, more than $10,174 a year by downsizing to one car.
78. National Urban Transport PolicyNational Urban Transport Policy
Public transport scores over other mechanized modes in terms of
--space,
--pollution and
--sustainability–
Making public transport
-- best option for urban mobility
• --State capitals / Metro cities –
• --to start planning for high capacity public transport system
• -- look at proven global technologies
-- prepare comprehensive plans–
-- integrating personal /private modes of travel
-- to improve higher ridership
efficient urban transportation networks.-- accommodates
20 times passengers than private cars on same road space;
79. Mass Transport-sustainable transportMass Transport-sustainable transport
• more energy efficient than other forms of travel
2002 Study bye Brookings Institution / American Enterprise Institute found that
• -- public transportation in U.S uses
• --approximately half the fuel required by cars/SUV's/ light trucks.
• -- private vehicles emit about 95 percent more carbon monoxide
• -- 92 % more volatile organic compounds and
• -- about twice carbon dioxide /nitrogen oxide than public vehicles for every
passenger mile travelled
• -- strong inverse correlation between urban population
density and energy consumption per capita,
• public transport facilitates-
• increased urban population densities,
• -- thus reduce travel distances
• --lesser fossil fuel consumption
• -- reduction in individual's carbon footprint.
• -- Single person, 20-mile round trip -- replaced by public transportation --
net saving--CO2 emissions reduction of 4,800 pounds (2,200 kg) per year
80. Mass Transport- Energy consumptionMass Transport- Energy consumption
In terms of energy consumption-- public transportation
better than individual / personal vehicle.
• In England-- As of 2006–2007,
• -- total energy cost of London's trains was 15 kWh per
100 p-km, about 5 times better than a personal car.
• For buses in London-- 32 kWh per 100 p-km, or about
2.5 times that of a personal car-
• in Japan in 1999
• - 68 kWh per 100 p-km for a personal car,
• 19 kWh per 100 p-km for a bus,
• --6 kWh per 100 p-km for rail,
• 51 kWh per 100 p-km for air, and
81. PROMOTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTPROMOTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Public transport key to rationalizing urban
transportation and making cities Smart --
DELHI, CHICAGO , COPENHAGEN ( within 400
metres)
• Redefining approach to public transportation
• Promoting Public Transport would require:
• Promoting development along transport
network
• improved passenger information system
• intelligent transport systems for monitoring
and control;
• affordable ticket pricing;
• e-ticketing;
• using single ticket for all modes of travel
• introducing comfortable buses ,
• involving Communities,
• creating dedicated bus lanes
82. TRAFFIC-DELHI,AHMEDABAD,TRAFFIC-DELHI,AHMEDABAD,
ISTANBUL, SINGAPOREISTANBUL, SINGAPORE
• City of Singapore promoted:
• high degree of road efficiency,/ reduced road congestion, by
• carpooling, Road pricing and public transport
• Generating resources for city infrastructure by Road Pricing
• Delhi, through its green metro, achieved milestone of :
• Transporting 2.8 million people persons
• --on a single day
• --with target of 6 million, when all the four phases operational
• reduced road congestion , air pollution and carbon contents,
• increasing road efficiency ,Making city much cleaner and greener.
• Ahmadabad’s state of art BRTS—
• reinvented and revolutionized the city road traffic
• Istanbul used 42 Kms dedicated road lanes
• --- for new Bus Rapid Transport System, to promote:
• public transport,
• tackle problem of traffic congestion and air pollution
• most efficient service to 6,20,000 passengers on daily basis.
83.
84.
85. Curitiba’s futuristic ‘tube’ station system for buses--,85%
Curitiba uses Bus Rapid Transit -- transporting two million
each day-- London subway carries three million-- BRT built
in 1974; now 300 cities around world are using
.”
91. • HIGH RISE BUILDINGS:
have enormous capacity to create large volume of built space
sparing large ground space for non -urban uses.
provide optimum solutions for housing large
population/activities using minimum area.
Make cities more compact
Reduce the need of long travels.
Offer opportunities for pedestrianising cities.
Make cities more humane & eco-friendly.
Create well knit & close communities.
•Providing work space & amenities within/near the
buildings helps in reducing travel within cities.
•High rise buildings connected by efficient means of
mass transportation minimize use of personalized
vehicles.
• Cities would look more green, open and eco-
friendly.
Looking Forward - Reshaping
Cities
Presentation1.pptx
92. Future Cities-Conceptual
Ultima Tower- 2Mile High Sky City
•Location: Any densely populated urban
environment
•Date: 1991
•Cost: $150,000,000,000
•Population: 1,000,000 people
•Exterior surface area of building: 150,000,000
sft.
•Enclosed volume: 53,000,000,000 cubic feet
•Total enclosed acreage: 39,000 acres-156
secors
•Elevator speed: 20 feet per second (13 miles
per hour) 9 minutes and 40 seconds to reach
top floor from ground floor.
•Dimensions: Height--10,560 feet;
•Diameter at the base--6000 feet;
•Number of stories--500;
•Total Square Feet: Approximately 5,000,000 sft
93. Mile-High Tower-
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Location Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Cost US$28.5 billion
• Height 1 mile (1,600 m; 5,280 ft)
• Floor area 3,530,000 m2 (38,000,000 sft)
• Capacity 80,000 people
• The tower will have -275 floors
• Lobby upto 5 th floor
• Offices 6- 50 floors
• Five-star hotel &Conference halls 51-75 floors
• Deluxe residential units 76-195 floors and
• Retail facilities 196-275 floors
• Alternate Energy Generation 196-275 floors
• Status of the project
-- Already under construction since 2008
94. Earth Scraper –Earth Scraper –
Mexico CityMexico City• Location- Mexico City
• Depth 300 mtrs. Below ground
• Designed as Inverted Pyramid
• Glass floor to cover 240 mtrs X
240 mtrs. hole in cities main
square to filter natural light
• Preserve the cities historic
centre and the heritage
buildings surrounding the
square.
• Interior of the building to look
natural.
• Building to be the city”s top
retail destination.
95.
96. • OTHER OPTIONS FOR
TRANSPORTATION
• Promoting Intelligent Transportation
• - Promoting Sharing- Bicycle sharing / cars Pooling/car sharing
• Promoting integrated Transit Hubs- for last mile connectivity- Bus
system , metro system
• Introducing Geo- spatial enabled efficient transportation system
• Promoting Public transport Surveillance
• Introducing Single fare card system
• Promoting Smart Parking- using sensors, camera, smart parking
solutions
• - Introducing Smart tolls- using Smart Traffic lights
• -Using freight ICT services
• Promoting Electric Vehicles
• - Usinf state of art technologies
97. COBS
WORKINGLIVING
CIRCULATION
• The Radiant City
•An organism capable of housing the
works of man of machine-age society.
• placed under the masterful
government of natural conditions:
•Sun
•Space
•Greenery
•And its mission is the service of
mankind:
•To live
•To work
•To cultivate body and spirit
•To travel about
(in this order and obeying this
hierarchy)
98. Principles to make transportPrinciples to make transport
sustainablesustainable• #1: Access--People entitled to reasonable access to other
people, places, goods and services.
• #2: Equity—Nation/states-- must ensure social, interregional
and inter-generational equity, meeting the basic transportation-
related needs of all people-- women, poor, rural, and disabled.
• #3: Health and Safety
• Transportation systems -- designed / operated to protects
health (physical, mental and social well-being) and safety of
people/enhances quality of life in communities.
• #4: Individual Responsibility
• All individuals have a responsibility-- to act as stewards of
natural environment- making sustainable choices regarding
personal movement.
• #5: Integrated Planning
99. Principles to make transportPrinciples to make transport
sustainablesustainable
• #6: Pollution Prevention – to minimise emissions
threatening -- public health, global climate, biological diversity
or integrity of essential ecological processes.
• #7: Land and Resource Use
• Transportation systems—
• -- must make efficient use of land /other natural resources
• -- while preserving vital habitats / maintaining biodiversity
• #8: Fuller Cost Accounting–
• -- Transportation decision makers must move toward
• -- fuller cost accounting
• -- reflecting true social, economic and environmental costs
• -- i to ensure users pay an equitable share of costs
100. Principles to make transportPrinciples to make transport
sustainablesustainable
• #9.Demand Management
– Reduce the need for travel
– -- protect social /economic needs for access
– -- changing urban form,
– --promoting new communications technologies,
• # 10. Diversifying Options
• Improve access by diversifying transportation
options, giving people more choices as to how
they meet their access needs
101.
102. AND SEARCH FOR CREATING SMART/SUSTAINABLEAND SEARCH FOR CREATING SMART/SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORTATION WILL CONTINUE TO POSETRANSPORTATION WILL CONTINUE TO POSE
GREATEST CHALLENGE TO PROFESSIONALSGREATEST CHALLENGE TO PROFESSIONALS