Skywalks or Pedestrian Crossings

kbsyed61 - 22-MAY-2008

Friends,

Kanthi Kannan: Queen of footpaths

mcadambi - 18-MAY-2008

Shri Gurcharan Das writes on how successfully Kanthi Kannan of Hyderabad has campaigned for better footpaths:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/Gurcharan_Das_A_right_to_walk_/articleshow/3049966.cms

Uncontrolled growth - any remedies?

silkboard - 13-APR-2008

Here is a tale of two buildings right next to each other.

Setback from the road, and use of basement for the first one:

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Transport Challenged People of Bangalore

sudhir - 22-MAR-2008

originally posted at the cityfix_

Krishnappa is a security guard for a multinational software firm in Bangalore who, for the past thirty years, has walked and cycled to work. For Krishnappa, the trip, which often took around 15 to 30 minutes, was one of life’s small pleasures as he made his way along Bangalore’s tree-shaded streets, often meeting friends and acquaintances, discussing politics and family matters, before continuing on his way. However, in recent years he has been unable to walk or cycle to work. And it’s not because of age or injury.

Economical Transportation Solutions for Sustainable Bangalore

sudhir - 2-FEB-2008

Big Idea for Transportation in Bangalore - Plan for Non Motorized Transportation in Bangalore

When people refer to Bangalore, they immediately visualise the chaotic traffic scenario. A lot of concern has been expressed over the years on the congestion issue with government launching several schemes to improve its traffic (Building several Roads, Flyovers etc) but alas no solution!!

When Vehicles are Prioritised over Humans (Pedestrians)

asj - 9-JAN-2008

I invite everyone to check this slide show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxQl6RSXW9o Though I have made an example of Pune, are any of our other small cities different? What we need is a back to the basics approach ''first footpaths, then roads'' only then will we get our urban planning right.

56 motorized sky walks for pedestrians!

silkboard - 30-DEC-2007

Not that BBMP doesn't care for pedestrians. They have been talking about motorized sky walks for sometime now, and earlier this week, a BBMP tender showed up with plans for sky walks all around the city - 56 of them, and with escalators!

"These sky walks are proposed with attractive escalators of adequate capacity on both sides of the road which shall facilitate the vertical movement of the users for climbing as well alighting purposes"

As I said, the fancy skywalk talk isn't new. Earlier this year, BBMP had plans for 30 "capsule lift" based sky walks, refer this tender dated 12th Feb 2007:

7.11 Non- Motorized Modes

admin123 - 15-NOV-2007

7.11 NON- MOTORISED MODES

Figure 4 Pedestrian Facilities

admin123 - 14-NOV-2007

Figure 4 Pedestrian Facilities

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Should MG Road area be pedestrianized?

tsubba - 9-OCT-2007

A peak into what the some of the authorities think about an issue that we have been discussing here at praja. We have been discussing a hypothetical test case to see how metro would work - say you come to MG road by metro then how do you move around the area then. say to commercial street, magrath road etc etc... So I thought it was exciting that some officials were discussing the same problem and with the same area as a test case.