[sustran] Re: Pedestrian Street in Mumbai, India

[Bina C.Balakrishnan]

Alok,

That is a very interesting development. I tried very hard while in Mumbai to
make a few streets pedestrian only at least during certain hours of the day
- and failed because of the car lobby. Which part of Mumbai is your project
located?  A few questions and comments:

1. "There is a requirement to provide exactly same amount of "Public
Streets" as they are existing at present" : Who has come up with this
requirement - the MMRDA or the MCGM? What is the volume of vehicular traffic
in the area? Does this volume justify this demand?

2. "this street area is part of the public street area requirement." Could
you clarify this, please?

3. "Can vehicular access on Public Street be restricted by a
private development?" No, especially if the public street provides access to
other land uses other than your development

4. " putting bollards (pneumatic or fixed) at all entry points on
this pedestrian / limited access street" No, for the same reason stated
above. But if you have the concurrence of all the other users of the area to
do so, I see no problem.

Incidentally, are you proposing to provide parking inside this "pedestrian
street?" What is the car ownership like inside this development?

Best

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On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Jains <alok.priyanka at gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> We are proposing a pedestrian street in Mumbai as a part of private
> sector led urban regeneration project. There is a requirement to
> provide exactly same amount of "Public Streets" as they are existing
> at present and this proposed pedestrian street falls into that area.
> Concern has been expressed over terming this as a "pedestrian street"
> as this street area is part of the public street area requirement. Can
> vehicular access on Public Street be restricted by a private
> development? We do not mind terming this street as limited access
> street. Does anybody know of the laws or statutory requirements
> governing this? Any international examples in this context would also
> be useful.
>
> Also, as part of putting a self-enforcing mechanism, we were looking
> at putting bollards (pneumatic or fixed) at all entry points on this
> pedestrian / limited access street. Is that permissible?
>
> Regards
> Alok
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