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Bottom-up urban planning
The public must control public spaces
Business Standard / New Delhi July 18, 2010, 0:06 IST
Some residents of Hyderabad have initiated a campaign to assert their ‘right to walk’. The campaign is led by a middle-aged lady who finds it offensive to have to walk past patches where men relieve themselves — and these in turn [...]
Flyover of no help to check pollution
HYDERABAD: The one-km-long branched out flyover at Punjagutta, meant to ease traffic and lower pollution levels, has been of little help in bringing down pollution levels at the busy junction. The respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) is above normal levels (i.e 100 microgram (mg)/cubic metre (m3), while noise levels are also above average value at [...]
R2W Annual General Body Meeting on July 3, 2010
Dear all
Greetings!!
Please Treat This as a Personal Invitation and Support the Cause. And Please Spread the Word Around to Others Interested
Thanks
Details are as follows:
Venue: Goethe Zentrum ( Address Given Below)
Date : July 3, 2010
Time: From 3 PM to about 4: 30 PM
Agenda
1. The new members introduction
2. 7/ 10 min ppt about R2W
3. A brain storming [...]
Hon’ble Lt. Governor has approved the “Pedestrian Design Guidelines”
The Governing Body of Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Plg. & Engg.) Centre
(UTTIPEC) under the Chairmanship of Sh. Tejendra Khanna, Hon’ble Lt. Governor has approved the
“Pedestrian Design Guidelines” on 20.11.09 as per the recommendation of the Working Group for
immediate implementation, enforcement and uniform adoption by all the road owning agencies.
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maha bharat – Yanking the ground from under our feet SAMAR HALARNKAR
maha bharat – Yanking the ground from under our feet
SAMAR HALARNKAR
The great 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.“ It’s a good thing he didn’t live in 21st century Delhi or Mumbai. His thoughts while walking in an Indian city would be on jumping over that [...]
Article in Hindu
The act of crossing in Begumpet is a very risky process. This accident, that too on a Sunday, shows how things can go horribly wrong for a Pedestrian wishing to cross this very busy road which has virtually no safe crossings.
Wider roads may still land you in traffic jams
Hyderabad, March 13: The draft master plan for the core city proposes among other things, widening and construction of a whopping 670 roads at various places in the city.
Urban development experts say that not only will thousands of families be rendered homeless if the plan is executed, but thousands of crores of public money will [...]
Agenda for road safety: The Hindu Editorial: March 19, 2010
The resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly urging all nations to launch a decade of action on road safety from 2011 resonates with India’s vulnerable road users. The Global Status Report on Road Safety, published by the World Health Organisation in 2009, reveals that the country leads a group of 10 countries with [...]
Rash driving strikes (The Hindu)
Another casualty: Traffic comes to a grinding half after a speeding bus knocked down a pedestrian while he was crossing the road in Begumpet on Sunday.
Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/15/stories/2010031559770300.htm
Where the pedestrian is a third class citizen
MADHAV G. BADAMI
Pedestrian accessibility should become the first step in an enlightened urban transport policy.
The rapid growth in automobile use in India is causing a wide range of adverse impacts, even as it provides mobility to millions of people and contributes to employment generation and the economy. While traffic congestion and emissions have attracted much [...]
