[sustran] Re: Pedestrian Street in Mumbai, India

[Jains]

Thanks Carlos. I already had this document and have made many
references to convince the group leading the re-development. I am
finding a bigger challenge with convincing the Government authorities.

Regards
Alok

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Carlosfelipe Pardo
<carlosfpardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Though you may have already read it, the Carfree Development module by Lloyd
> Wright provides good information on this topic. It is available in
> www.sutp.org (free registration is needed).
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> Best regards,
>
> Carlos
>
> On 04/08/2011 09:20 p.m., Bina C.Balakrishnan wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> *Bina C. Balakrishnan*
>> *Consultant -
>> Sustainable Transportation Policy, Planning&  Management
>> India
>> *
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>> *
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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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