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3 km from Bullet train station, 1 kilometer from where Tim Cook inaugurated the Apple India flagship store, 200 meters from where one can see a Rolls Royce parked at the HDIL towers. You might work in a swanky business HQ, but this is how you are reaching here #WalkingProject

3 km from Bullet train station, 1 kilometer from where Tim Cook inaugurated the Apple India flagship store, 200 meters from where one can see a Rolls Royce parked at the HDIL towers. You might work in a swanky business HQ, but this is how you are reaching here #WalkingProject

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One of THE MOST impactful changes we can make to urban roads in India is to maintain consistent road widths from one intersection to the next. Our current, variable road widths disrupt the orderly flow of traffic. For example, if there's just a bit of extra space on the side, auto-rickshaws attempt to squeeze in, causing chaos. If a road suddenly narrows from three lanes to two and a half, congestion follows. In cities like London, when extra right-of-way is found, the footpaths are widened up to the road. But in Mumbai, we tend to expand the road instead. The issue with this approach is that the number of private vehicles in a densely populated city like Mumbai can grow without limits. Expanding roads only encourages more vehicles. On the other hand, widening footpaths doesn't cause the same problem because the space required for pedestrians is limited—walking is highly space-efficient. #WalkingProject

One of THE MOST impactful changes we can make to urban roads in India is to maintain consistent road widths from one intersection to the next. Our current, variable road widths disrupt the orderly flow of traffic. For example, if there's just a bit of extra space on the side, auto-rickshaws attempt to squeeze in, causing chaos. If a road suddenly narrows from three lanes to two and a half, congestion follows. In cities like London, when extra right-of-way is found, the footpaths are widened up to the road. But in Mumbai, we tend to expand the road instead. The issue with this approach is that the number of private vehicles in a densely populated city like Mumbai can grow without limits. Expanding roads only encourages more vehicles. On the other hand, widening footpaths doesn't cause the same problem because the space required for pedestrians is limited—walking is highly space-efficient. #WalkingProject

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Headed to Kalina for the #CommunityWalk33 via a bus through SG Barve Marg where a couple of months ago a bus lost control and ploughed through pedestrians walking on the road killing 8. Practically 50% of the road right-of-way is taken over by vehicle parking, even after such a horrific trajedy. Mumbai needs more than a Universal Footpath Policy. It needs a wholistic street redesign. #Trajedy #MumbaiSpirit

Headed to Kalina for the #CommunityWalk33 via a bus through SG Barve Marg where a couple of months ago a bus lost control and ploughed through pedestrians walking on the road killing 8. Practically 50% of the road right-of-way is taken over by vehicle parking, even after such a horrific trajedy. Mumbai needs more than a Universal Footpath Policy. It needs a wholistic street redesign. #Trajedy #MumbaiSpirit

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Footage from the S V Road Walk on Monday, Goregaon West. The pedestrian crossing point visible is not even as wide as the painted zebra crossing. And everyday people go through this situation in the morning and the evening rush hour. We have been highlighting how the craze to make roads difficult to cross has taken over the city in the past decade. This is clearly a vehice centric approach to move the most amount of vehicles over actually moving the most number of people. Points to note 1) Roads like S V Road are not highways. These are urban roads with dense habitation on both sides creating the need for frequent crossing. 2) Crossing the road is a fundamental need as a pedestrian with FSI being doled out on tap and density increasing 3) Wider crossings allow for simultaneous crossing in both directions and reduces bunching of pedestrians and dwell time at the narrow and dangerous median refuge. 4) There have to be frequent wide crossings if not keep the dividers as they once were. Share your thoughts and highlight similar situations. #WalkingProject #Dividers #PedestrianCrossing

Footage from the S V Road Walk on Monday, Goregaon West. The pedestrian crossing point visible is not even as wide as the painted zebra crossing. And everyday people go through this situation in the morning and the evening rush hour. We have been highlighting how the craze to make roads difficult to cross has taken over the city in the past decade. This is clearly a vehice centric approach to move the most amount of vehicles over actually moving the most number of people. Points to note 1) Roads like S V Road are not highways. These are urban roads with dense habitation on both sides creating the need for frequent crossing. 2) Crossing the road is a fundamental need as a pedestrian with FSI being doled out on tap and density increasing 3) Wider crossings allow for simultaneous crossing in both directions and reduces bunching of pedestrians and dwell time at the narrow and dangerous median refuge. 4) There have to be frequent wide crossings if not keep the dividers as they once were. Share your thoughts and highlight similar situations. #WalkingProject #Dividers #PedestrianCrossing

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