[sustran] Fwd: Pedestrians in peril - Chennai

[Sujit Patwardhan]

*So true:*

*
Oct 26, 2010
Walking and cycling account for 34 per cent of all daily trips being
undertaken in Chennai. Many more people walk to take buses and trains.
Shockingly, 42 per cent of all road accidents involve pedestrians. Why are
people on foot being driven off the road in Tamil Nadu's capital?
 Related:Need for evolving a hassle-free system for pedestrians
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article849079.ece>
*



In this context may I draw your attention to a study published by Parisar
recently called "Pedestrian Crossing Facilities in Pune" that brings out how
the most pedestrian friendly way to cross the road is at grade - when
motorised vehicles are made to stop at the red light.

However we have become so submissive to the auto dominant city planning
model that even as pedestrians we have ceased to protest against patently
anti pedestrian infrastructure like the Sky-walks.

The report can be downloaded from our site: www.parisar.org at this link:

http://www.parisar.org/activities/analysesreports/121-pedestrian-crossing-facilities-in-pune.html

While you are there do look through other interesting articles, documents
and links on sustainable development -particularly sustainable urban
transportation.

Thank you,
--
Sujit







On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:27 PM, A.V.Shenoy <shenoyav at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Same thing in Mumbai? We can see similar situation near FOB built at
> Prabhadevi on Shankar Ghanekar Marg.
> *Shenoy*
> Pedestrians in peril
>   Oct 26, 2010
> Walking and cycling account for 34 per cent of all daily trips being
> undertaken in Chennai. Many more people walk to take buses and trains.
> Shockingly, 42 per cent of all road accidents involve pedestrians. Why are
> people on foot being driven off the road in Tamil Nadu's capital?
>  Related:Need for evolving a hassle-free system for pedestrians
> <http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article849079.ece>
>
> <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=thehindu&source=tbx-250&lng=en-us&s=facebook&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FChennai%2Farticle850413.ece&title=The%20Hindu%20%3A%20Cities%20%2F%20Chennai%20%3A%20Pedestrians%20in%20peril&ate=AT-thehindu/-/-/4cc6f86b38298e70/1&sms_ss=1&at_xt=1&CXNID=2000001.5215456080540439074NXC&pre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2F&tt=0><http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=thehindu>
>   Image: 01 of  10
>
>
>     [image: GROUND REALITY: A steep overbridge is not attractive to
> pedestrians, who prefer to use the zebra crossing on the road. This is the
> scene near Stanley Hospital. By contrast, the choice for pedestrian
> infrastructure in Chennai two decades ago was subways. Photo: V. Ganesan]
>
>   GROUND REALITY: *A steep overbridge is not attractive to pedestrians,
> who prefer to use the zebra crossing on the road. This is the scene near
> Stanley Hospital. By contrast, the choice for pedestrian infrastructure in
> Chennai two decades ago was subways.* Photo: V. Ganesan
>



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Sujit Patwardhan
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sujit at parisar.org <sujitjp at gmail.com>
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-- 
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*“..each million we invest into urban motorways is an investment
to destroy the city“*

Mayor Hans Joachim Vogel
Munich 1970

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Sujit Patwardhan
patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com
sujit at parisar.org <sujitjp at gmail.com>
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Yamuna, ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007, India
Tel: +91 20 25537955
Cell: +91 98220 26627
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Parisar: www.parisar.org
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