Photographs of Good Pedestrian Facilities

Greetings Mr Kanthi Kannan, & Welcome.

As far as I know, the only remaining good pedestrian facilities are in some parts of south Bangalore such as Basavanagudi & Jayanagar, which are old /well planned areas of Bangalore with many wide roads.

In most other places, sidewalks have either shrunk due to road widening & /or are in very poor condition due to repeated digging for one reason or the other.

Since I reside away on the eastern side of town, I'm unable to get you pictures. Can someone living in the south please help out ?

Thanx

Dont get puzzled by the statement! If footpaths are not available we walk on the road cautious of approaching vehicles. If the footpaths available are good we have the problems from the irresponisble two-wheelers who feel they have the right of way over the same espacially when the roads are clogged. And U get such a stare when you try ignoring them as if we are aliens from outer space and dont know to give them their right.And u also have them parking on the footpaths in front of shops obstructing the way of walk.For that if atleast foothpaths arent well laid we know tht there will be n approaching vehicle from behind nd will be quite cautious. Unless two-wheeler drivers become responsible towards the fellow citizens of bangalore,it is better we dont have footpaths in the city.

The beeper is for visually challenged. But the stones jutting out at the corners is bound to trip the blind person right onto the road traffic. This is what happens if you get half the idea right. I dont believe there is a SINGLE area in Bangalore which can claim to have footpaths which are laid right to IRC specs and are disabled friendly. Yes even the beeper above doesnt make the footpath disabled friendly.

Have been taking snaps of good work done on few main roads in Whitefield sub urb.

Real quality work, as in you can literally skate-board on pavements.

Kanthi sir - this is a different place, full of shy people who use pseudonyms nstead of real names, and don't clamour for credit on their personal names. Just say you got them from members of praja.in, that would do, at least for the pics I post here.

But really, are you looking for just some pcis like thesem or benchmarks for good facilities. Just cemented and smooth pavements are not it. Clear ped-crossing markings, pedestrian controlled signals, pedestran islands on the medians of very wide roads - there is more to cover. If you are just looking for standards, you would fnd them around on the Internet.

Or, if you need those standard pictures from developed world, just ask and some NRI members of Praja.in community may oblige.

I took this picture this afternoon - on the road between New BEL Road and Sanjaynagar main road - this road has been recently developed as BSY lives in the neighborhood....

Note.

1. The car is parked on the `foot path'

2. The people are walking on the road

3.`No parking' seems to mean its okay to park on the footpath, but not the road.