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Interesting video summarizing pedestrian infrastructure problems in India

10 August 2010 - 3:18am — blrpraj
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

I am not sure if this has been posted before on Praja, did some searching and could not find it, hence i am posting it.

I found an interesting video on the problems faced by pedestrians in Pune. This is very much applicable to any Indian city. I would rate this as one of the best (& captivating) short movies/documentaries I have seen in my entire life.

Walking in Bangalore - Amenities for Pedestrians

12 July 2010 - 9:00am — admin
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

Too much stress on road width for vehicles has eaten up pavements and encorachment of pavements for purposes other than walking is also on the rise. Talk of signal free corridors etc also means bad news for those who regularly cross these roads.

This wiki/book is to hold together references and popular discussions on pedestrian infrastructure in Bengaluru.

Say no to road widening in Bangalore - Petitions

5 July 2010 - 12:54pm — indian
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

40,000 properties in Bangalore are likely to be demolished to widen 227 roads by displacing 38,000 to 2 lakh people for private vehicles. Pedestrians have no footpaths to walk. Road widenings must be stopped. Homes, properties and livelihoods of the citizens must be saved. Roads should be accessible for all sections of society.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/no-to-road-widening-in-bangalore

(Fully featured and comprehensive version)

http://www.petitiononline.com/roadwide/

(Patially featured and condensed version)

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Metro - MG Road Boulevard

27 May 2010 - 10:07am — Ravi_D
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

 BMRC has uploaded an artists impression of the proposed MG Road Boulevard. Large 10MB file full of graphics.
MG Road Boulevard  

Proposal is for a two level boulevard,  spread along a 400m corridor next to the metro pillars that ends at Anil Kumble Jn. 

Should be a nice place to go to if the reality turns out as good.... Couldn't help think why cramp so many different activities in just a half a km stretch. Personally I'd prefer a single theme to a place, and many such places along the Metro lines. Why only MG Road? Why not landscape and use area under the pillars along many such places in the city?

Pedestrian skywalk at KR Puram Ring Road chaos, finally

8 March 2010 - 12:14am — silkboard
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

I am not a fan of skywalks (prefer regular ped-signals, or underpass), but the chaos that this place is - Outer Ring Road/Old Madras Road junction near Tin Factory, K R Puram - a pedestrian skywalk to cross 8 lanes of thick traffic should help. After our last round of complaints etc, the pedestrian signals had been operating for some time, they still are - either the light turns red, or cops stop traffic to let pedestrians cross. The skywalk (such a late arrival) is perhaps part of signal-free ORR project.

 

Pedestrianization success story

25 February 2010 - 9:04am — rs
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

Interesting story about Amman's Master Plan...

www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/middleeast/24amman.html

They seem to have implemented a pedestrianization project which has transformed the city. If only Bangalore's powers that be had such vision...

How to cross Hosur Road below Elevated Expressway

19 February 2010 - 10:51pm — gsvasan
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

There is no easy way for people on the ground to cross express way (Hosur Road) by bus and cycle. One needs to walk or traverse a long distance to cross the elevated expressway as there is no footpath. For example if you got to building say across pier 26, u need to cycle or walk to pier 51 and come all the way back.

What can we do about this? are the roads not for common people?

And more skywalks are announced

10 February 2010 - 8:29am — s_yajaman
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

 BBMP yet again announces more skywalks.  This seems to be in addition to the 50 or 60 that have not seen the light of day.  

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51790/skywalk-ease-over-busy-bangalore.html

Photographs of Good Pedestrian Facilities

27 January 2010 - 10:53am — Kanthi Kannan
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

Dear all, Greetings!! The Right to Walk Foundation is a Hyderabad based NGO campaigning for pedestrian rights. My name is Kanthi Kannan and I am the founder president of R2W. I am a speaker at the TEDx conference at Hyderabad.

Bumpy roads of Bangalore - Road Humps the back breakers not speed breakers.

29 December 2009 - 12:32pm — srikanthml
EnforcementTrafficPedestrian Infrastructure

Maybe this has been discussed earlier.

I am appalled by the state of Bangalore roads of late. Day by day there are more road humps added to the streets without any thought on the inconvenience it causes to the riders/drivers.

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