Better Streets Better Cities Better Livessmartcities.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/5 B_ Shreya...
48
Better Streets Better Cities Better Lives Shreya Gadepalli
Transcript of Better Streets Better Cities Better Livessmartcities.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/5 B_ Shreya...
Better Streets
Better Cities
Better Lives
Shreya
Gadepalli
ITDP Network Worldwide
Cities Active Engagements
Yearsof Results
Staff in 6 Regions50 30 100+
Catalyzing
Transformation
in Over a Third of
Urban India*Percentages of India’s urban population
What is development?
• More pollution?
• More accidents and deaths?
• More travel time?
What principles should guide us?
Equitable Resource Allocation & Access
Safety & Security
Environment & Health
Where does the sun rise from?
East
West
None of the above!!!
We ask the wrong questions!
✔
Which of these modes of transport
are the largest in urban India?
Cars & Two Wheelers
Public Transport
Walking & Cycling✔
How do urban Indians travel?
Walk
CycleBus + IPT
Taxi
Motorcycle
Car
Can Technology Help?
Yes and No
How does a city of
electric cars look like?Nearly half of all trips on foot or cycle
But barely any footpaths or cycling facilities
Over a quarter of trips on public transport
But barely any buses
Only a quarter of trips on personal motor vehicles
But they occupy over 2/3rds of road space
Women: 9/10 trips
on foot or public transport
WALK THE TALK!!!
“Where’s the space for footpaths?”
For practice to win Olympic Hurdles Race!!!
150-250 fatalities per million urban inhabitants per year
200 JUMBO JETS CRASH ON INDIAN CITY STREETS
EACH AND EVERY YEAR
ON NARROW STREETS (<12M)
Entire width designed as a slow zone
ON WIDER STREETS (>12M)
A separate slow zone
All streets need slow zones
CREATING STREETS FOR ALL
IRC Street Design Standards
Safe street-level crossing every 150-200m
On an artery with higher traffic volumes, a continuous
landscaped median is provided.
On a collector street, periodic median segments between
formal crossings function as pedestrian refuge islands.
For whom are foot bridges?
Pedestrians
Cars✔
FOOT-BRIDGES
Painful for Pedestrians | Wonderful for Cars
PUNE: First Indian city with Street Design Guidelines
Informing state & national guidelines
CHENNAI: First Indian city with NMT-first Policy
Hundreds of kilometers being retrofitted
TAMIL NADU: Transforming Cities with #Streets4All
DEMYSTIFYING PARKING
Parking is a birth right !!!
1 parking space(~250 sq. ft. with associated driveway)
= Dining space for 15 people
= Office space for 4 people
= EWS apartment for 4 people
Equivalent car space inclusive of circulation area is 23 sqm for
open parking, 28 sqm for ground floor covered parking and 32
sqm for basement (National Building Code of India 2005)
More parking will solve the
problem
More Parking Supply
Bigger Traffic Jams
Multi-level car parking can
solve the problem
So, what should be done?
Manage on-street parking1
₹₹₹₹0
Price Parking Properly
2
High Demand >>> High Price
(Not More Supply!)
Reinvest Revenue
Smartly
Walking
Cycling
Public Transport
3 Create Parks, Not Parking
A DEAD CITY FLOODED WITH CARS?
A VIBRANT CITY FOR PEOPLE?
