energy efficiency: thinking beyond building envelopes
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Bridging gaps in non-motorised mobility in private housing developments. TiE SIG Cleantech: Sustainable Apartments. Presentation by Sanjay Sridhar Strategy Head, Urban Development World Resources InstituteTRANSCRIPT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY : THINKING BEYOND BUILDING ENVELOPES
BRIDGING GAPS IN NON-MOTORISED MOBILITY IN PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
TiE SIG Cleantech : Sustainable Apartments Sanjay Sridhar Strategy Head, Urban Development
World Resources Institute
• Divide and distribute
• Discretionary walking
trips
• Maintain the green
hierarchy
• Build for people
and not for cars
MEGASCALE MESOSCALE MICROSCALE
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
BRIDGING GAPS IN
NON-MOTORISED MOBILITY
PROJECT : L&T SOUTH CITY, BANGALORE
Existing Development
TO J P NAGAR
TOWARDS BANNERGHATTA
ROAD & TRANSIT STOPS
34 acres site area
18 Residential Towers
~ 2000 households
~ 3000 vehicles
Location of Retail, Amenities and
Main connectivity to city along the
East – this creates increased
vehicular & pedestrian traffic
volumes
City Network
Internal 2-way Network
Internal 1-way Network
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Congestion along Main Street
OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS
Main Street Junctions
No Safe Access Insufficient Pedestrian Infrastructure
Neighborhood Scale
Unsegregated Spaces
OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS
Junctions & Building Access
Common movement path Accessibility to ground level from podiums
Community & Building Scale
Cycling infrastructure such as
cycle stands will help making the
development more cycle friendly
Located adjacent to feeder bus
network for easy transition
Space for convenience shops
within development
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
NETWORKS : Bicycling Network
Use of colonnaded area as
bicycle parking space
bus shelters
children’s play area
convenient shopping
NETWORKS : Convenience Retail
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
NETWORKS : Convenience Retail : Before
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
NETWORKS : Convenience Retail : After
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ACCESS TO THE
PREMISES
LINKS
LINKS : Prioritize Pedestrian Movement : Before
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
PARKING
3.5 m 3.0 m 3.0 m 6.5 m
WALKING PATH BICYCLING PATH CARRIAGEWAY
LINKS : Prioritize Pedestrian Movement : After
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
• Increase pavement width at possible locations – along main central road
• Surface treatment – use of pervious material to allow percolation of water
• Tree cover along street edge to be increased to provide for shaded walkways
LINKS : Dedicated Walkway along ramps
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
INTERSECTIONS
Introduce Traffic Calming Measures at
Junctions
Ensure continuous pavements at ramp &
basement entry points
Use of Traffic Visibility Mirrors at blind spots
LINKS
NODES
NETWORK
ACCESS TO THE
PREMISES
INTERSECTIONS
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Ensure Continuous pavements or speed table at intersections
2. Sloped Curbs for areas of low volumes and vehicular speeds
3. Medians to divide different traffic lanes at site entry
1
2
3
2
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ACCESS TO THE
PREMISES
LINKS
INTERSECTIONS : Site Entrance Design
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
• Traffic calming measure:
Traffic Visibility Mirrors
Raised Pedestrian Crossing
Traffic Circle
Traffic Mirrors
INTERSECTIONS : Junction Design
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
INTERSECTIONS : Entrance to Basement
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Pedestrianized Routes
Club Walk
South
Park
Main Street
The possible areas identified to
increase interaction and activity
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ACCESS TO THE
PREMISES
LINKS
NODES : Use of Residual Spaces
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
NODES : Main Street : Before
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
• Activating the boundary wall edge as a social space
• Provision of newspaper stand, benches, water fountains, lighting, planters,
dustbins, bicycle parking, dog pit, bus shelters along this stretch
• Convert this node into ‘ eyes on the street’ as a bridge to access the Park
NODES : Main Street : After
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
NODES : Club Walk : Before
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
BRIDGING GAPS IN
NON-MOTORISED MOBILITY
PROJECT : ADARSH PALM RETREAT, BANGALORE
0
25
75
175
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Adarsh Palms Retreat
250 Acres
• SEZ Development
• 5 Star Hotel
• Municipal Lake
• Villa Development
• Luxury Apartment Development
• Amenities
• Continuous
pavements at
driveways
areas
exhibiting high
traffic speeds
and volumes
• Sloped Curbs for
areas of low
volumes and
vehicular speeds
LINKS - PAVEMENTS
LINKS
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ENTRY TO THE
PREMISES
STRATEGIES
Driveway with planting strip
Pervious sidewalks
4 Zone system for pavement design
LINKS - PAVEMENTS
Speed tables
STRATEGIES
• Create, improve existing nodes
• Benches
• Shelter
• Drinking fountain
• Lighting
• Garbage cans
Possible areas of node creation
LINKS
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ENTRY TO THE
PREMISES
STRATEGIES
NODES - TRANSIT Introduce activities & socializing areas
NODES - RESIDUAL SPACES
Utilizing left over spaces
along streets to create
pause-points
Possible areas of node creation
STRATEGIES
INTERSECTIONS
• Reduces traffic crashes
• Traffic calming measure
• Better pedestrian crossing
• Creates greater safety
Raised Intersection
LINKS
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ENTRY TO THE
PREMISES
STRATEGIES
• In this case, the trip was
reduced from 2100 m or 2.1
km to1500m or 1.5 km
• The whole of villa phase 1&
2 i.e about 500 households
will benefit; at 4 people per
household, that is 2000
people
• Time saved:10minutes per
trip
• Collective time saved : 330
hours
Section running through
hotel and lake edge
NETWORK NEW CONNECTIONS
LINKS
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ENTRY TO THE
PREMISES
STRATEGIES
NETWORK BREAKING BARRIERS
• Puncture the existing physical
barriers
• Create nodes with new
activities & provide opportunity
for socializing
• Opportunity for utilizing the
residual spaces
• In this case, the trip was reduced from
1000 m to 500 i.e by 10min per trip
• About 200 households will benefit; at 4
people per household, that is 800 people
• Total trip reduction being:4,00,000 m or
about 133 hrs collectively
•
STRATEGIES
Provide pick-up and drop-off
point for auto rickshaws
DROP-OFF
PICK-UP
MAIN ENTRY TO THE
PREMISES
LINKS
NODES
INTERSECTIONS
NETWORK
ENTRY TO THE
PREMISES
STRATEGIES
BRIDGING GAPS IN
NON-MOTORISED MOBILITY
PROJECT : GODREJ GARDEN CITY, AHMEDABAD
The Existing master plan
Generators such as schools and
markets will create more traffic and
people
Size of township
250 acres
Estimated number of people
14000
Estimated number of cars
4000
PROJECT BACKGROUND
The Township scale
Creating public spaces : the township scale
Connection between neighbourhood spaces to create a township level space.
Neighborhood
space Bus stop Market
Neighborhood
space School
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Bus stop configuration
The bus pick up and drop off locations are integrated
with the pedestrian network and bicycle network to allow
multimodal interchange.
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Bicycle lanes on
school routes
Table top
junction
Alignment of
pedestrian
crossing for
the shortest
crossing
length
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Junction configuration
Pedestrian prioritization of existing links
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Creating public spaces : the open street
Weekly events can be organised such as the open
street to enhance the community bonding and quality
of public spaces.
Artwork display Street furniture Amenities Shading
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
BRIDGING GAPS IN
NON-MOTORISED MOBILITY
PROJECT : MAHINDRA WORLD CITY, JAIPUR
Developing alternate Networks: the public transport network
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Developing alternate Networks: the public transport network
the feeder bus route
the internal feeder route
Principle: Develop a route system such that all
areas fall 10 minutes away from the routes
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Developing alternate Networks: the open space network
Existing open space
Proposed green linkages
Principle: Connect open spaces. It creates a
alternative network movement and maintains
the open space
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Developing alternate Networks: the open space network
Principle: Create activity near open spaces
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
• Improve the walkway design for connectivity to club
• Opportunity to use solid wall space
NODES : Club Walk : After
STRATEGIES & RECOMMENDATIONS
Thank You