Pedestrian Safety and facility provision, Issues, Transportation, Town and Country Planning, Walkable Planning with pleasant atmosphere

1. ME Civil – Town & Country Planning
Presented By: Manoj L. Patel
SEMINAR TITLE
“Pedestrian priority in urban area and
usefulness towards community”
Faculty In charge:Prof. Bhasker Bhatt
Subject:Seminar
(730001)
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING &
TECHNOLOGY, SURAT
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2. Introduction
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Transportation network has become nerve of
any city, the paradox here is that though
meant for human travel, these road hardly
provide any quality space for pedestrian.
 There is a requirement of combining traffic
issues with pedestrian in a comprehensive
manner and will make it as important part of
road design.
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3. Introduction
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Workable public transit and more occasions
for walking should be prime objectives of
urban planners.
 The
Pedestrian Zone is the primary
component of every street in a city. It is not
only a zone to ensure smooth, comfortable,
conflict free movement of pedestrians and
public transport users, but also an area which
shapes social interactions, safety and
quality of life of people in a city.
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4. Pedestrian characteristics
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Pedestrian’s characteristics can be divided into
various groups such as
physical space required
walking ability,
walking speed depends on age, gender,
physical condition.

5. MAIN PRINCIPLES
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Mobility - An Obstruction free, safe,
comfortable and continuous walking zone
 Ecology: - Usage of Pervious Paving to
build Natural Drainage Systems - Reduce
Heat Island Effect
 Safety/Comfort
- Provide accessibility
ramps and tactile paving for the
Handicapped- Continuous and uniform
walking area- Trees
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6. Role of non motorized modes of
travels
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The proliferation of motorization leads to
increase traffic congestion, environmental
deterioration and traffic accidents.
Non motorized transport (NMT) is one of the
effective alternates to alleviate negative
aspects of motorization.
The non motorized mode of travel consist of
pedestrian
movements,
bicycles,
cycle
rickshaws and animal drawn vehicles.

7. Role of non motorized modes of
travels
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Human is non polluting, safe & user friendly
as well as involved low cost for operations.
 Waking is perhaps the most fundamental
mode of transport for short distances and
next reliable mode seems to be the bicycles.
 Quality
urban
environment
ensuring
safety, proximity and access are also
essential to maximize non motorized travel.
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8. Importance of pedestrian
facilities
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Circulation of pedestrian is of vital
importance's to the modern metropolis.
 In urban area of developing countries, the
pedestrian trips constitutes a significant
portion of the total trips.
 Managing pedestrian traffic
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9. Planning for pedestrian
movement
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Priority should be accorded in the design
of routes used by school children, senior
citizens, physical challenged person and
commuters.
 Pedestrian facilities should be continuous
along all major streets and highways.
 This should be direct and interconnect
with all the modes of transportation.
 Segregates the pedestrian from vehicular
traffic to reduced conflicts and accidents.
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10. Pedestrian crossings
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Designated pedestrian crossings are
necessary to ensure safety of pedestrian
wishing to cross busy urban roads.
the types of pedestrian crossings include:
 zebra crossing
 pedestrian underpass
 pedestrian over bridge
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11. Zebra crossings
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A zebra crossing is
a cheapest device to
provide a protected
crossing.
zebra crossings with
pedestrian activated
signal control are
not very effective in
cities in developing
countries due to
misuse.
zebra crossings & pedestrian refuges

12. Pedestrian underpasses
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Engineering measure towards reduction of
accidents.
It involves high cost on construction and
maintenance.
Complete elimination of conflicts between
pedestrian and vehicles at point of crossing
A pedestrian underpasses can effectively attract
users and afford them a protected crossing.
On the other hand, an underpass not used by
pedestrian due to inappropriate location,
inadequate
design,
unimaginative
access
treatment, or unsatisfactory perception may turn

13. Pedestrian over bridge
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Pedestrian over bridges across roads have
generally been unsuccessful
People hesitate to climb stairs and look for
alternatives.
Pedestrian over bridges are likely to be
successful only across railway tracks and across
wide roads with heavy traffic. provision of
escalators would encourage the aged and the
children to use the over bridges.
Elevated walkways may be found successful
across roads opposite railway stations.

14. Pedestrian malls
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The quality of life in the CBD tends to suffer
from the adverse effects of motor traffic; smoke,
noise, visual intrusion and lack of safety. This is
particularly evident in shopping activities.
Trend is to declare certain areas in the CBD as
pedestrian malls
Permit servicing of the shops during the night
hours.
Parking for private vehicles at the periphery of
pedestrian malls are essential.

15. people mover
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People mover systems are those
specially meant for movement of car
users from the fringe parking lots to
the activity centers.

16. Pedestrian Design Guidelines
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The Governing Body of
Unified
Traffic
and
Transportation
Infrastructure
(Plg.
&
Engg.) Centre (UTTIPEC)
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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18. Streets would provide
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Increase in comfort
 Comfortable connectivity from MRTS
Stations therefore increased ridership of
buses and Metro
 Reduced dependency on the car
 More exercise, so better health
 Prioritization of public transport
 Reduced congestion and pollution
 More equity
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19. Who walks in Delhi?
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1. Walking for work, education and services…..
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Of all education trips – 58% walk trips Service and business trips – 31% walk trips (RITES
2001)
2. Walking and urban poor…….
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About 60% of people live in low income localities. An earlier estimate shows 22% of people with
less than Rs 2000/month income walk in Delhi. Moving slums out to periphery had sharply
reduced women employment as accessibility became a problem
3. Disability and walking……
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Samarthyam survey: 58% of the disabled found steps, ramps, difficult to negotiate; 45% of
elderly found steps and ramps daunting; 20%found uneven, narrow sidewalks difficult.
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Engineering guidelines for persons with disabilities are not implemented.
4. Urbanity and life style
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Correlation between active transportation (walking and cycling) and obesity: China – 1.8kg
weight gain after and twice as likely to get obese for a Chinese who acquired a car. King
County, US – people weigh 7 pounds less on an average in walkable neighbourhoods
high accident rates……..
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Total number of road accidents are very high in Delhi – 2.5 times higher than that of Kolkata, 2.1
times higher than Chennai – personal vehicles cause most of these accidents...
Nearly half of fatal accidents in Delhi involve – pedestrians
Source: Walkability Roundtable, Centre for Science and Environment, July 2009

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22. Dead Width or Frontage Zone
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Trees occupying walking zone, so
pedestrian are displaced

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26. Conclusion
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The important inevitable part of urban planning
element. It is not useful to only some percent of
overall population but rather we say that helpful to
actually needed and who would not want to take the
risk of accidents.
Pedestrian facility with properly design directly
encourage community towards safer direction view
point for happy life.
Pedestrian is a very deep topic when considering all
possibility and that's why is a time consuming
process. If start then reach to the end and provides
advantage including future aspect.

27. References
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1.
Dr. Johnson Victor, S. Ponnuswamy, Urban transportation, Planning,
Operation & Management, The McgrowHill Companies, 2012, pg.
211-217.
2.
Asst. Prof Rikta Desai & Asst. Prof Alpa Pandya faculty of
Architecture(SCET), Safe Pedestrian Culture on Urban Road: a Need
of Time, 59 th NTCP Congress Conference
3.
Pritikana Das, Prof. M. Parida, Prof. V.K. Katiyar(CTRANS), IIT
Roorkee, Strategies for Improving Pedestrian Infrastructure in Urban
Areas in India, 61st NTCP Congress, Ahmedabad(2013) P.G.345 354
4.
Pedestrian Design Guidelines © UTTIPEC, Delhi Development
Authority, New Delhi, November 2009

28. THANK YOU
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