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Written By idontspam - 23 July, 2011
Bangalore BBMP CBD DULT Transportation Infrastructure cycle infrastructure NMT DPR
Below is the Final Draft Detailed Project Report for provisioning NMT facilities in the MG road area & surroundings.
This is not an official public consultation but I have taken permission from DULT to put up this DPR for review by Praja members. As a part of the Task force Praja has to provide comments by 28th July, (next Thursday).
Report
COMMENTS
kbsyed61 - 23 July, 2011 - 15:43
IDS,
Nice report. Just had a quick view of it. Will revert after reading through the report ind detail.
-Syed
kbsyed61 - 27 July, 2011 - 02:32
Here are my comments for Pages 1- 50.
1. Page #2, Sec 1.2 - Any plans to cover segments - Richmond rd to Kasturba Rd to Queens Rd, IE circle to SBS Terminus to Dickenson Rd to Ulsoor Rd to Trinity circle?
2. Page #2, Sec 1.3 - What is Traffic Dieting?
3. General - Glossary of terms is needed.
4. Page#4 Sec 2.1, 1st Para - Need solid numbers in terms of Budget allocation for vehicular traffic improvement projects vs budget for NMT to make the point.
5. Page#5, Bullet #3 and many other places - Replace the word "Metro" with Mass Transit stations including CR, Bus Terminus and metro stations.
6. Page#6, Sec 2.2, #1 - Most important aspect in design of NMT infrastructure.
7. Page#17, 3rd Bullet - The sentence is missing the word "Parking". Should read as "No on-street parking found on this Road".
8. General - In all Pictures, Roads, streets looks almost empty. Is B'lore roads are so good that hardly there is any traffic jams?
9. Page#30-32, Sec 4.4 - What is the norms for the height at which the signs are to be posted for visibility by the cyclist.
10. Page#33, Sec 4.5 - Pictorial illustration of Diagonal and perpendicular parking is needed.
11. Page#39 - A map with markings to show all the suggested interventions is needed for better understanding and reading.
That's all for now. Still to review the next half of the report.
Syed
idontspam - 27 July, 2011 - 02:52
Since we are running out of time, here is a quick way to look for major gaffes. If you were to ride a cycle on the alignment indicated in the maps & were to visit various places of interest like shops, malls, transit points like bus stops, metro stations, TTMC's etc what problems would you observe? Most activities will require you to park cycles, cross roads midblock, ride across bus stops, cross at junctions etc. See if you spot deficiencies in usability.
Meaning, given the track & alignment in the map what minor additions need to be done to make it usable if you seee a dificulty
We have only today & tomorrow left. Put your thoughts, mostly major gaffes in usability will carry weight. (all inputs will be communicated regardless, no judgement will be made on the comments by the few representing on the task force) minor details can be worked on.
idontspam - 27 July, 2011 - 03:00
Any plans to cover segments - Richmond rd to Kasturba Rd to Queens Rd, IE circle to SBS Terminus to Dickenson Rd to Ulsoor Rd to Trinity circle?
Not in current plan, we can make this a success with shared biking & all, then look to extend. Thats the advantage of this alignment, it can extend outwards in all directions
Last date for inputs 28th July
idontspam - 23 July, 2011 - 07:49
The report is 32MB, so will take a while to render/download
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