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The Discarded Median Innovation as applicable to town planning
Written By psaram42 - 3 September, 2012
Bangalore urban development Analysis Road design Traffic Town Planning
Whenever there is a requirement for a new road in the outskirts of a city, instead of building one dual way road, separated by a median, build new or modify existing two roads separated by a wide enough usable land as a pair of two one ways. These roads need to be barricaded, so that free NMVT access to roads is denied, except at the Bus Stations.
In the case of an existing arterial road being selected, the criterion should be based upon serving the needs of the entire city, optimally.
The idea behind this innovation is to save the obtrusive wastage of the median and combating grid lock.
Combating grid lock is best done by Land Development, with a Modular road network Design strategy
With the above considerations we propose to develop a new signal free modular road network design concept for a vernacular land development with active segregation of Pedestrian and non motor transport like cycling and hawking carts. A network consisting of major and minor arterial roads are dealt with in the proposed design.
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psaram42 - 5 September, 2012 - 08:31
The baricated Green belt with Pedestrian, Cyclists and Hawkers [PCH] Track.
pathykv - 4 September, 2012 - 13:28
Any road meant for Bus traffic should be so designed keeping in mind that the bus commuters have to cross the road when they alight from the buses and also to take the buses in the reverse direction.
Hence provision should be incorporated for these commuters and other pedastrians to cross the roads safely at every bus stop. The design should be pedestrian- centred rather than vehicle- centred. Then only the enormous fatalities of such pedastrians can be reduced.
K.V.Pathy
psaram42 - 5 September, 2012 - 03:42
The writer, Praveen Sood, an additional commissioner of police (traffic), in Bangalore, India, wrote in 2008 in the Times of India a reputed newspaper of the country :-
" In 2008 of the 810 fatalities, 60% were pedestrians. Their right of way has been snatched by distorted policies, skewed implementation, prejudiced mindsets and apathy. Popular statements like ‘signal-free drive’ without creating facilities for pedestrians are an antithesis to the right to life. Today, it's impossible for anybody -- forget senior citizens and children -- to cross a road without endangering his or her life due to absence of infrastructure. But all of us First, motorist-centric policies should be put aside and instead, pedestrian-oriented policies adopted. "
Click here for the TOI article :- A thought for Pedestrians
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