Walking

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Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi: Why it is so difficult to walk in Indian cities

Citizen activists are taking unusual steps to push authorities for better pedestrian infrastructure.

www.bbc.com

 

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If you wish to link this issue to Audio, then walking safely listening to music on headphones might do. (But never if you are crossing the road)

 

[mahaaprasaad]

Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi: Why it is so difficult to walk in Indian cities

Citizen activists are taking unusual steps to push authorities for better pedestrian infrastructure.

www.bbc.com

Dancing Over Bengaluru's Broken Footpaths

(Same from Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=343317376452150

)

 

[franklinshaw]

with music

 

[Analogous]

This situation needs to change in India. I hope it will.
It’s not a motorists vs pedestrians situation as is commonly portrayed.
Even motorists need to park and walk, every single time in public spaces.
All motorists are pedestrians too.
Pedestrian safety is safety for motorists too.
The much acclaimed recent highway, flyover and bridge builds do not have footpaths or alternate provisions.
Crossing a road on foot during peak traffic in cities is probably the single most dangerous act in our daily lives for most of us.

 

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Road traffic deaths​

India, 2021
14.6Number of road traffic deaths per 100 000 population

India

Health data overview for India, containing the latest population, life expectancy and mortality data from WHO.

data.who.int

(This is only data for deaths. Injuries and disability among survivors are likely much higher and often have long term impacts)

 

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Another uncomfortable and inconvenient (to some) data

Bosch releases India's first Pedestrian Accident Study during the 7th UN Road Safety Week

www.bosch-press.in

 

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And this

https://360info.org/on-indias-roads-ill-suited-infrastructure-drives-pedestrian-deaths/

 

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Bengaluru must shun car-centric planning: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinio...&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialshare

 

[hydra]

This situation needs to change in India. I hope it will.
It’s not a motorists vs pedestrians situation as is commonly portrayed.
Even motorists need to park and walk, every single time in public spaces.
All motorists are pedestrians too.
Pedestrian safety is safety for motorists too.
The much acclaimed recent highway, flyover and bridge builds do not have footpaths or alternate provisions.
Crossing a road on foot during peak traffic in cities is probably the single most dangerous act in our daily lives for most of us.

I truly hope so too. I prefer to walk everywhere I need to go, even for work. I rarely take my car out at all (and I don't own a 2-wheeler). If I need faster transportation, I take my cycle (our Metro lets us take carry cycles, and that too without extra charges).

IMHO, the true indication of a well-planned and citizen-first city is the quality and availability of its public transportation, and by extension, how pedestrian-friendly its roads are.

 

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In Race to Build Metro Trains, How Indian Cities Ignored Larger Mobility Issue​

Larger projects using public funds are preferred by those whose aim is to profit from these.

Making and maintaining sidewalks is not a headline grabber and the scope for kickbacks and crazy big cost contracts is poor.

But the big questions (to remind ourselves) are: who decides in our name while proclaiming its for our best interests, how did they decide, and why do we get hoodwinked time and again?

We then console ourselves with “Sab chor hain”, “there is no other alternative”, whataboutery or “it’s all the fault of ….. (add your long dead politician or ruler)”

If politicians are experts in everything why do we need Urban planning specialists, or economists or …( add your favourite speciality related to human development)

Mediocrity and incompetence seems to be the norm in most aspects of public life. And we accept it with equanimity or brief outrage or denial.’

In Race to Build Metro Trains, How Indian Cities Ignored Larger Mobility Issue

Explained: What does the poor ridership figures of metro trains say about the broader public transport problem of our cities?

www.thequint.com

 

[General_sound]

Sadly pedestrian and even bicycle mobility has been given no thought by many city planners. Dedicated pedestrian and cycle lanes , if existing at all , are used by motor cycle riders or encroached. Let us hope, as e move forward, that these issues are resolved.

 

[vnmathur57]

See What has happened to the footpaths! All taken over by hawkers, in every city. India has become a nation of hawkers, they are every where. So even if new footpaths or bicycle lanes are built, in no time they will be taken over by hawker and street food stalls.