bangalore cycling inclusive planning 31 jan 09
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The urban planning if done well can change the face of a city. Such an example has been set in Nanded which can be replicated elsewhere by encouraging Non Motorized Vehicels (NMVs) like cycles, etc.TRANSCRIPT
Cycle Inclusive Planning Workshop-Bangalore
31st January 2009
Contents
1 The City
2 The Street
3 Street as a Place
4 1985- The Car takes over the Street
5 A Solution- An Example from Nanded in
Maharashtra
The City
Mumbai
The City
Delhi
The City
Istanbul
Streets connect the different parts of a city
The Street
Streets are the most widely used open spaces in a city, shared by everybody regardless of social or economic background
Street as a Place
Streets are used by pedestrians, motor vehicles, cyclists, cycle-rickshaw, animals and public transport
Street as a Place
Some streets are mainly for traveling.
And others are places to eat and shop
Street as a Place
Streets not only carry people and goods. They also carry
water supply pipes, sewers, storm water drains and
electricity & telephone cables
Street as a Place
Hawkers sometimes fill up Sidewalks, Forcing pedestrians into the street… But…Hawker activity is predictable and can
be provided for in the design of the street
Some streets are for children to play and people to socialize.
Street as a Place
Well designed streets provide recreational spaces to the rich and the poor
Street as a Place
Our streets are poor not just because they are badly designed….
Street as a Place
…but also because we do not use them well
Street as a Place
Streets have traditionally been extensions of homes in India
Street as a Place
For 7,000 years all city streets were pedestrian
In India it all began changing around 1985 when Maruti car was launched. It became a symbol of the aspirations of the
common man.
The Street: 1985-
Mumbai
The Street: 1985-
Nigeria
The Street: 1985-
Nairobi
The Street: 1985-
Bucharest
The Street: 1985-
Calcutta
The Street: 1985-
The street space was adequate to
be shared by all till two decades
back
This is not the case now.
The problem is that street design
has neither acknowledged nor
accommodated the change
Pedestrian
Pede
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Carriage way for Motor Vehicles
Footpath for
pedestrian, street
lighting, trees
hawkers……….
INADEQUATE
New Delhi
No Space
for NMV
Child
ren
Pedestrians waiting
for bus
Motor vehicles
New Delhi
In-appropriate design of road cross sections- designed for nobody.
New Delhi
No designs at junctions- resulting in traffic bottlenecks and safety compromises
PEDESTRIAN and BICYCLE
ACTIVITIES
Nanded
ON ROAD PARKING
NON MOTORISED TRAFFIC
Nanded
BenaresIn a street full of pedestrians – no space for them
Hyderabad
Pedestrians, NMV’s Motor vehicles have one common space
HyderabadNo allocated space for any activity
"If we can develop and design streets so that they
are wonderful, fulfilling places to be –
community-building places, attractive for all
people
– then we will have successfully designed about
one-third of the city directly and will have had an
immense impact on the rest.“
-Alan Jacobs
We must acknowledge the
impact that both
transportation and
Placemaking can have on
communities. This is
particularly relevent for India–
the time for change is
now!
The National Urban Transport Policy
recommends that we provide:
“equitable space allocation
for all road users with a focus on
people rather than vehicles.”
Nanded WaghalaCity MunicipalCorporation
S T R E E T S F O R N A N D E D
A project for the improvement of movement
networks in Nanded is being built under
JNNURM
Nanded is located on the banks of the River Godavari in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra
The city is the headquarter of the Nanded district which borders the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
The City covers an area of 52sq.km and has a population of approximately 500,000.
Street Design for Nanded Maharashtra
Arterial and major inner
city roads identified
for improving
movement networks
These roads are key
roads in North Nanded
Inter-connecting the
entry points to the core
city area.
SACHKHAND
GURUDWARA
OLD MONDHA
DEGLUR
NAKA
ROAD
OVER- BRIDGE
Pedestrians Cyclists Cars Buses Auto Rickshaws Cycle Rickshaws Two wheelers Push Carts Hawkers Beggars And animals
As in any small Indian city, the Nanded Streets have a wide variety of users:
Design Approach
The factors taken into consideration for the design of roads -
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Activity Studies were carried out
Proposed components of street design
Proposed components of street design
Street Desin for Nanded Maharashtra
Proposed sections
15.0m ROW / One way street / Road no.2
Proposed sections
18.0m ROW / One way street / Road no. 8
Proposed sections
24.0m ROW / Two way street / Road no.7
Proposed sections
30.0m ROW / Two way street / Road no. 32
Proposed components of street designBus stop
Proposed components of street designM.V. Parking (4 wheeler)
Proposed components of street designM.V.Parking (2 wheeler)
Proposed components of street designAutorickshaw stand
Proposed components of street designCycle rickshaw stand
Proposed components of street designBicycle Parking
Proposed components of street designHawker platforms
Proposed components of street designToilets
Good examples
69
Roadnr 22, Riverfront, perfect
Proposed details
Start with accurate topo surveys
Analyse the landuse
All the activities on the street to be studied
and quantified
Do good traffic counts- always include the
pedestrians and NMV’s.
Start working on Context sensitive solutions
Make the design team multi-disciplinary
- involve city engineers, architects and
urban designers, traffic experts, urban
utility experts and also groups who
represent the users such as hawkers,
bicycle users.
Road capacity
• Increases when you streamline traffic (adequate lane widths)
• Increases when you provide cycling tracks.
• Increases when you provide parking, space for pedestrians, hawkers, etc.
• A wide road with everything mixed does not lead to an optimal road use (and road safety)
Existing Movement Network
Proposed Movement Network
Peripheral Road
Peripheral Road
Subhash Marg
Balanced planning:
• Planning for the car with walking and cycling in mind
• Redistributing public space
• The car took all space, now we need to rebalance and give space back to pedestrians and cyclists
