street design guidelines
DESCRIPTION
The poor quality of our streets causes over 160 deaths every year. There is a dire need for street design guidelines that ensure high quality streets through standardization of essential street elementsTRANSCRIPT
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Street Design Guidelines
Creating safe, accessible, high quality streets for Pune
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National Urban Transport Policy
Equitable allocation of road space - focus
on people rather than vehicles
Non-Motorized Transport is
environmentally friendly and must be given their due
share
Have to address safety concerns of pedestrians and
cyclists
Features such as safe bicycle parking, shade, landscaping, drinking & resting stations needed
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NUTP – Challenges
Lack of safe crossing at busy
intersections
Badly designed pedestrian paths and cycle tracks
Encroachments
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NUTP – Prescriptions
Designs based on open debate
with experts and users
Strict enforcement with public
participation
Explore Public Bicycle Systems
Area Plans in congested areas
with exclusive zones for NMT
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Comprehensive Mobility Plan (draft)
Non-Motorized50%
Public Transport40%
Other Motorized10%
Target Trips by Mode
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“World Class” city vs. Pune• High quality bus stops –
Pedestrians have plenty of space
• Poor quality bus stops – block pedestrian path
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• Hoarding block pedestrians• Hoardings do not block pedestrians
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• Signages – out of pedestrian pathway
• Signages – pedestrians forced to duck
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• Electric boxes – block entire footpath
• Electric boxes (and other utilities) in green space
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• Garbage bins on the side • Dumper on the footpath
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• Trees – providing shade • Trees – block footpath – footpath too narrow!
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• Greenery - trimmed • Greenery – out of control
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• Pedestrian crossings – difficult, no pedestrian signals, no refuge
• Pedestrian crossing – easy, simple, no conflict with traffic
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• Pedestrians have plenty of space
• Pedestrian squeezed
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• Pedestrians on the road – accidents likely
• No pedestrians on the motor carriageway
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• Pleasant walking environment – patterned walkways
• Footpaths in disrepair
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Our standards are different from “their”
standards
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Street Design Guidelines – Worldwide
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Street Design Guidelines set broader policy and give clear instructions for how to plan and implement various street
elements in various situations.
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Street Design Guidelines – India
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Initiate Process for Preparing Street Design Guidelines (allocated budget)
Widespread consultations – users, consultants, contractors, Police, PWD
NMT Cell to use Street Design Guidelines to monitor all future works