SESSION 4B - ‘Walking Transit’ - Enhancing Safe Access to Transit Nodes

1. Tender SURE: Implementing Road Designs
where Pedestrians are at the heart of the Plan
Ravichandar, Catalyst: City Connect

2. The City Connect Platform
Govt. agencies Elected reps.
Industry Residents
associations associations
CITY CONNECT
Social Groups NGO’s
The members of the City
Connect Foundation who
BUSINESS subscribe to the charter
• Funds designs, concepts
• Volunteer energy
• Industry takes the lead

3. Tender SURE: Hierarchy of Users
Road widening as
strategy avoidable
Encourage cycles by
providing lanes for it
Public transportation
essential for sustainable
growth
Motor Vehicles will get
uniform lanes

4. Traditional vs Tender SURE route
RESIDENCY ROAD BEFORE PROPOSAL RESIDENCY ROAD AS PER PROPOSAL
Area Traditional Tender SURE
Footpath What’s left, if available More width, no obstruction
Bicycle lane Not provided Integral
Motor lane Widen; 3.75 m ++, Varying Uniform; 3 m fine
Entry / Exit Not planned Detailed; No jutting onto road
Utility ducts None Integral at outset
Asset mapping None Push utilities to do it
Inter agency Separate tenders at different times Single tender
Street light No experimenting LED, Green

5. It’s a win-win proposition
Blr City Connect role Government role
• Advocacy • Accept proposition
• Designs • Implement
Funding Funding
Rs. 85 Lakhs Rs.300 Crores

6. Thinking about Safe access
Pedestrians and NMT get lip sympathy
• Outcome orientation necessary
We need a mobility tsar and a huge mindset change
Role of Civil Society in advocacy, ideation, designs
Some Pedestrian only areas as a starting point?
• Reclaim the streets