Posts : Road

Approach

srkulhalli - 6-APR-2009

To get to a design which is comprehensive and looks at all aspects of the road, we go about it in the following way.

Objective

srkulhalli - 6-APR-2009

The general expectations from a street are listed below. In other words, these are the principles/objectives on which street design should be based.

Introduction

srkulhalli - 6-APR-2009

 

Road design manual

srkulhalli - 6-APR-2009


Pune cops look at solutions to smoothen traffic flow using fuzzy logic

asj - 23-JAN-2009

Here is how data is mis-interpreted and mis-used to suit one's belief systems:

Below is a letter I wrote to the journalist who did this TOI feature -

More trees to be axed

asj - 24-NOV-2008

Unashamedly they go on, road after road, for sake of wider roads trees are being axed

http://www.sakaaltimes.com/2008/11/24002940/Over-220-trees-face-the-axe-fo.html

ASJ

Petition against road widening

shas3n - 17-OCT-2008

Campaign Appeal: Endorse Petition to High Court Appointed Committee to review Bangalore Mega Road Widening Project http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nammaraste Dear All,

Tata Motors: The makers of Nano do not consider Road Safety their Priority

asj - 15-OCT-2008

Dear all,

I write after a long pause on this matter. After letting go off intial anger, I still wondered whether or not to blow the whistle (in a way) on Corporates that oft claim to be the Champions of people and society. Part of me perhaps was worried of becoming infamous for the wrong reasons, being mis-understood etc. 

Make Roads / footpaths and then dig them away to glory

asj - 11-OCT-2008

Earlier this year in August Pune saw some frantic road digging in the name of erecting Ganesh Pandals. This video from Ranjit Gadgil gives a taster

[video:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Igomry8c1TM]

IRC guidelines on pedestrian facilities - summary

asj - 9-OCT-2008

I will split this in to following parts -

  1. Summary of IRC on above topic
  2. What is missing
  3. What we should do to fill in gaps
  4. Action the above by getting local civic body to ratify document Praja creates after step 3
  5. Forward plan

Summary: