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InFocus: Building ‘smart,’ customer-oriented transit

25th August 2015 by admin

ITDP brings you a monthly digest of sustainable transport and urban development news from around the world. From Indian Railway’s new paperless ticketing system to Sydney’s electronic signs to improve parking management, this month’s InFocus looks at how technology has helped create customer-oriented transit systems.

Cities stagnate when their residents and visitors are stuck in traffic. To provide seamless connectivity and reduce traffic delays, cities need to focus on moving people, not vehicles. This calls for the creation of high-quality rapid transit along with effective parking management systems. The integration of modern payment and ticketing technologies can go a long way toward making urban transport systems more convenient—both for first-time users and regular commuters.  Here is a look at how technology can hasten the shift to sustainable transport.

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Filed Under: news Tagged With: In Focus, Parking, Public Transport, Traffic reduction

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Delhi plans for smart growth around transit

18th August 2015 by admin

Between 1991 and 2011, the population of Delhi and its adjoining suburbs more than doubled, from approximately 10 million to 22 million. Despite the presence of mass rapid transport networks in the city, the number of private motor vehicle trips nearly doubled between 2001 and 2008, not only increasing congestion, but also earning it the dubious distinction of being the “world’s most polluted city.”

Recognising the need for a major transformation in the way the city manages urban growth, planners embarked on an overhaul of the city’s planning regulations. City officials now recognise that the city needs to begin integrating land use and transport planning, and discouraging the use of   private vehicles. Toward this end, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) approved a new transit-oriented development policy in early 2015.

Promoting intense development around transit stations

At the core of the policy is a provision to encourage higher densities within 500 m, or a 10 minute walk, of rapid transit stations. These areas are called ‘‘Influence Zones” in the Delhi Master Plan, 2021.The policy aims to reduce trip lengths by enabling a greater portion of the population to live in these influence zones. Higher floor-area ratios (FAR)—up to 400 per cent of the plot area—are now allowed for redevelopment projects larger than 1 ha. The policy also mandates mixed use in developments in Influence Zones, with a minimum of 30 per cent of floor space reserved for residential uses, 10 per cent for commercial uses and 10 per cent for community purposes. This mixed-use approach is expected to eliminate private vehicle use for daily errands, while creating a higher concentration of jobs and residences within easy reach of rapid transit.

Creating safer public spaces through urban design

TOD is not just about higher density. Good urban design can help Delhi transition from being a “rape-city” to a “safe-city” by creating a better public-private interface that makes for more eyes on the street. By eliminating setbacks along main building facades and mandating transparent fences where setbacks are allowed, the policy ensures that there is an active interface between activities inside the buildings and on the street.

Building inclusive streets for transit access

Besides addressing the design of the private realm, the policy also aims to improve the public realm through people-centric street design guidelines. Pedestrians would have wide footpaths and at least 5 crossing opportunities for each kilometre of street length. Twenty-one per cent of Delhi’s land area is already used for roads. With these street design guidelines, Delhi’s TOD policy looks at ways to better manage existing road network to balance the needs of all users.

Microsoft PowerPoint - Vision of TOD_22-03-12

(Left) View of an existing street in Delhi; (Right) Proposed street design improvements include better walking and cycling facilities and the creation of paid parking areas.

Restricting parking

While incentivising development around transit, the policy also establishes  disincentives for the use of private motor vehicles. Due to the presence of unrestricted, cheap on- and off-street parking in Delhi has meant that car users have remained reluctant to switch to public transport. To address this, the policy restricts parking supply by allowing a maximum of 1.33 equivalent car spaces (ECS) for every 100 sq m of built space in TOD areas—far lower than parking permitted in other areas poorly served by public transport. Only a fraction of this parking is to be used for cars. Provision of cycle parking is mandatory in all developments. Additional parking can be built only in the form of paid, publicly accessible, shared parking.

Using pilot projects to demonstrate the feasibility of proposed reforms

Many city planners were initially sceptical of a TOD approach in Delhi’s context. They raised questions on the availability of physical infrastructure—including water, electricity, sewage, and solid waste management—to support higher densities. To address these concerns, DDA worked with planners, urban designers, and infrastructure experts to test TOD concepts in a pilot project at Kadkadooma. Their analysis proved that high population density can be achieved along with ecological, social, and economic viability. It showed that developments can easily be designed for mixed income groups, with various compatible uses and with decentralised infrastructure for water, solid waste, and electricity. DDA has adopted a public-private participation (PPP) approach to speed up project implementation and support needed infrastructure investments.

30 Ha Site at Kadkaduma Metro Station.

Finer street grid proposed (right) in the pilot project at Kadkadooma helps improve connectivity to the station from surrounding neighbourhoods as compared to the earlier configuration (left).

By adopting a new planning approach to meet the demands of the nation’s capital, Delhi’s transit-oriented development policy can go a long way in furthering sustainable development in the country.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Delhi, Transit Oriented Development

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InFocus: Innovative solutions to prioritise cycling

25th June 2015 by admin

ITDP brings you a monthly digest of sustainable transport and urban development news from around the world. From Delhi’s policy aimed at improving cycling infrastructure to London’s strategy to prioritise cyclists at intersections,  this month’s InFocus looks at the different components that contribute to creating cyclist-friendly cities.

“Today, even for 1-2 km we are forced to use motorbikes or cars… Therefore, promotion of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure is vital to reduce pollution as well as congestion.”

– LG Najeeb Jung, Delhi

Delhi adopts cycling policy to provide last-mile connectivity

In a bid to decongest the city and improve access to public transport, Delhi has adopted a cycling policy that will enable implementation of 100 km of shaded cycle tracks and pedestrian walkways. It also envisions the creation of a cycle sharing system with 2,500 cycles and 180 cycle stations spread over a 30 sq km of area of Dwarka. Times of India reports.

New York employs smart street design to build cycle lanes and reduce traffic delays

Adding cycling infrastructure doesn’t mean that traffic has to come to a stand still. To illustrate this, Citylab reports on how smart street design interventions like reduced lane widths, buffer areas, and dedicated bus lanes not only make streets safer, but also improve speeds.

London tests out new signal systems that prioritise cyclists

To reduce delays for cyclists, Transport for London has developed a new cyclist detection system that uses radar and thermal cameras. Traffic lights will be adjusted to enable cyclists to pass through junctions faster. BBCLondon reports.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: In Focus, Walking and Cycling

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Indian smart cities need a tenfold increase of mass rapid transit

10th June 2015 by admin

India is urbanising at an unprecedented rate. A third of the country’s population—an estimated 400 million people—now lives in cities. As they cope with this growth, cities are realising that traditional transport solutions like wider roads and flyovers will not provide a lasting solution to their transport problems.

As the national capital has shown, these solutions are only causing high levels of air pollution and unsafe roads while mobility remains poor for the vast majority, including car users. Smart cities need to embrace a radically different approach to urban mobility: one that focuses on more efficient, sustainable forms of mobility like public transport, walking, and cycling.

At roughly 400 km, India has 1 km of high quality rapid transit per million urban residents—a thirtieth of France, the present world leader. To keep pace with its urban growth, India needs a ten-fold increase of its mass rapid transit supply. At the present rates of building mass transit in India, it would take two generations to build enough rapid transit!

Interestingly, developing countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico have 4-5 times more rapid transit than India. These countries are also expanding their systems at significantly higher rates because they are creating surface systems like bus rapid transit (BRT) that are cheaper and quicker to implement. BRT systems feature dedicated median lanes for buses, allowing commuters to bypass congestion. They also provide features such as stepless boarding, off-board fare collection, and real-time passenger information to reduce delays and improve customer service.

Quick evolution of the Janmarg network

The Ahmedabad BRT system—known as Janmarg or “the People’s Way”—has revolutionised expectations about bus-based mass rapid transport in India. In a quick span of five years, Janmarg has expanded from a 12.5 km corridor to a network of 88 km of dedicated BRT corridors with 120 stations, providing connectivity across the entire city. Janmarg demonstrates that BRT can provide metro-quality service at a fraction of the cost.

Rapid transit, while important, is not enough. Many Indian cities have skeletal bus services or none at all. In their absence, people depend on intermediate public transport modes that are uncomfortable, unsafe, and highly polluting. The lack of reliable public transport is causing a shift to private two wheelers and cars. Hence, a formal bus-based public transport service is a necessity in all urban areas with a population of over two lakhs. In all, Indian cities will need over 4 lakh new city buses and minibuses by 2030.

In addition, streets must be redesigned to support walking and cycling—clean modes of transport that still play an important role in Indian cities. While more than a third of all the trips in most of our cities are made by foot or cycle, public transport trips too start and end on foot (or cycle)—making walking and cycling integral to India’s transport systems. Indian cities need to build 30,000 km of wide and accessible footpaths and 20,000 km of cycle tracks over the next decade.

Complete streets with wide footpaths, Chennai

In Chennai, the Corporation has proposed to create a safe and pleasant network of footpaths, cycle tracks and greenways through the entire city to arrest the current decline in walking and cycling. The first phase of the project has been implemented. Streets with wide carriageways and narrow footpaths have been replaced by wide, continuous and unhindered walking spaces, safe pedestrian crossings, protected cycle tracks, properly scaled carriageways, conveniently placed bus stops, and clearly designated on-street parking.

Investments promoting walking, cycling and public transport will not bear fruit unless Indian cities stop counterproductive car-centric investments like flyovers and elevated roads. No city in the world has solved its congestion problem by building more roads. Yet Indian cities are repeating the mistakes of developed countries. Rather, cities must control personal motor vehicle use through parking restrictions and market-based pricing.

Tackle congestion by limiting parking

Our cities should follow a simple mantra: build transit, add density, control parking. That is, cities should allow higher densities in areas where there is good connectivity to mass rapid transit while simultaneously limiting parking supply. Parking fees should be pegged to parking demand.

Ahmedabad’s Development Plan 2021 embraces this mantra. It encourages the use of public transport and promotes a compact city by allowing higher density commercial and residential activities along BRT corridors while removing minimum requirements for off-street parking in new buildings. All developments are allowed only two basements of free parking.

While these walking, cycling and public transport initiatives will require substantial funds, they will cost only a fifth as much as a car oriented future, with significantly better results for all. Sustainable transport will cut the outflow of foreign exchange for fossil fuel imports by 40 per cent, reduce air pollution by a third, and save tens of thousands of lives on our roads. Let’s invest in sustainable solutions that secure an equitable, liveable future for our cities.

This article was first published in BW Smart Cities.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Ahmedabad, Bus Rapid Transit, Chennai, National, Parking, Walking and Cycling

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InFocus: Replacing highways with parks

26th May 2015 by admin

ITDP brings you a monthly digest of sustainable transport and urban development news from around the world. From Paris’ plan to pedestrianise the banks of river Seine to Seoul’s proposal to convert a flyover into a park, this month’s InFocus looks at cities tackling pollution and congestion by erasing highways and replacing them with parks.

“It’s an urban project, something almost philosophical, which involves envisaging the city in an alternative way than through the use of cars.”

– Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris

Paris to pedestrianise a highway along the river Seine

The proposal looks at replacing a busy highway flanking the banks of river Seine with waterside gardens, children’s play areas, and grassy walkways. This project, estimated to cost over 55 crore rupees, is expected to lead to a 15 per cent drop in nitrogen dioxide levels as well as a reduction in noise pollution. The Guardian reports.

Seoul to transform a flyover into a public park

Originally used for vehicule traffic, the 70s-era Seoul Station Overpass is now being converted into an urban park. The proposed project, to be completed in 2017, will include native plants, tea shops, and a street library. Citylab reports.

A large number of cities have discovered the benefits of highway removal

From San Francisco to Madrid, removing highways and replacing with parks has helped reduce pollution, increase property values, and provide a better quality of life for citizens. Gizmodo documents six such projects that have benefitted their cities. The ‘Life and Death of Urban Highways’ presents alternatives to building new urban highways.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: In Focus, Walking and Cycling

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InFocus: Reclaiming streets for people

17th April 2015 by admin

ITDP brings you a monthly digest of sustainable transport and urban development news from around the world. From Equal Streets in Mumbai to Raahgiri Day in Delhi, this month’s InFocus looks at car-free Sundays and how they have helped garner support for walking and cycling while creating places that can be enjoyed by all.

Less than a tenth of trips in Indian cities are made by cars, yet our streets are already choked with traffic and pollution. To address these concerns, a growing number of cities have started reclaiming streets for people. They have embraced the idea of car-free Sundays, transforming streets into vibrant spaces that actively support social life and using them as a platform to promote walking and cycling.

“Why don’t we make Sunday, cycle day? I am saying that only one day a week, don’t use fuel-driven vehicles.”

PM bats for Cycle Sundays

Emphasising that rising consumerism was the root of the climate crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested how making lifestyle changes like using cycles at least once a week can help save energy and counter the threat of climate change. Times of India reports.

Mumbai embraces Equal Streets to be healthier, happier

To reclaim public space swallowed by motorists, Mumbai pedestrianises 6.5 km of streets every Sunday morning to facilitate walking, cycling, and a host of other activities. The Guardian reports.

Delhi uses car-free days to build support for walking and cycling

Locally known as Raahgiri Day, car-free days in Delhi have helped spur long-term change in favour of sustainable transport. Project for Public Spaces presents the details.

Bogotá’s Cyclovía shows an alternative vision of streets

With over 100 km of streets closed for residents to walk, cycle, run, skate and simply have fun, Bogotá, Columbia reclaims its streets for people every Sunday. Streetfilms presents the details.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: In Focus, Walking and Cycling

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InFocus: Building transit-oriented cities

16th March 2015 by admin

ITDP brings you a monthly digest of sustainable transport and urban development news from around the world. From Mumbai’s new transit-oriented development plan to urban design policies adopted in Delhi, this month’s InFocus looks at contemporary planning approaches adopted by cities to tackle congestion through better public transport-land use integration while improving quality of life for their citizens.

As India urbanises, cities have a choice: to allow, even facilitate, low density urban sprawl with mono-functional gated complexes, resulting in long commutes, dependence on private vehicles and rising congestion; or to actively plan for future residential, commercial, and other development within the city so that most citizens live, work and play within walking distance of high-quality rapid transit—in vibrant, lively places designed for people of all ages and income groups.

The latter approach—often called transit-oriented development—involves facilitating higher intensity mixed-use development along mass rapid transit corridors, encouraging affordable housing, creating a fine grid of streets that prioritise walking and cycling, and adopting building design and parking regulations that support street life and transit use. Here is a look at efforts being made by select Indian cities towards achieving this.

Mumbai allows higher FSI in areas served by transit

Eliminating low density, outward expansion, the city’s proposed Development Plan instead calls for higher FSI up to 8 along rapid transit corridors and commercial districts, while restricting FSI to 2 or less in areas without transit access. Indian Express presents the details.

Ahmedabad uses Local Area Plans to manage densification

The city’s Development Plan 2021 allowed higher densities for developments along transit corridors, with Central Business District having an FSI of 5.4. To manage high densities in these areas, the city has now completed preparation of a Local Area Plan for the CBD that envisions better streets, an improved public realm and infrastructure upgrades. In an interview with Livemint, Bimal Patel, President, CEPT University, elaborates on the salient features of such an approach.

Delhi set to redevelop transit hubs into safe, mixed use areas for all

Recognising the need to transform station areas into vibrant districts, Delhi Development Authority is set to modify its Development Plan to allow higher densities, mandate mixed use, and eliminate setbacks and compound walls for developments near public transport hubs. Indian Express reports.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Ahmedabad, In Focus, Transit Oriented Development

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Demystifying parking: Smart solutions to cities’ parking woes

10th March 2015 by admin

Cities across the world are embracing progressive and bold solutions to tackle traffic congestion and parking challenges. They follow a simple mantra—build transit, add density, control parking. Recognising that cheap and excessive parking—not density—creates traffic congestion, they have started to limit parking supply, charge demand pegged user fee, and use the revenue to strengthen walking, cycling and public transport infrastructure.

Ahmedabad recently overhauled its Development Plan with inputs from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and other experts. The new plan encourages high density development—ranging from 4.0 to 5.4 FSI—along its extensive bus rapid transit network and proposed metro rail lines. More significantly, in its local area plan for the central business district, the development authority has proposed to not only remove parking requirements altogether, but also cap parking supply in buildings to a maximum of two levels below ground. Any additional supply is deducted from the allowed FSI.

Parking regulation remains ineffective unless backed by a robust management system that clearly define parking zones, peg user fee to demand, and use an IT based mechanism for information, payment and enforcement. Parking fees goes up or down based on demand data. According to Donald Shoup, world’s foremost parking expert, the user fee should be high enough to keep at least 15% of the parking supply in each block vacant during peak demand periods. The availability of a few empty spots at each location drastically reduces the time people spend looking for a parking space, thereby reducing localised congestion.

Amsterdam has 8 parking zones with fees varying from €0.90 per hour in the low demand areas to €5.00 per hour in the historical city centre.

Mumbai recently categorized different parts of the city into three groups—low, medium and high demand—with parking fees ranging from 20 to 60 rupees per hour. A similar parking regime in Amsterdam helped decrease car traffic in inner city by 20%. It also led to a 20% decline in people searching for a space to park. A simple electronic payment system allows users to make payment easily, while eliminating parking revenue leakage. Scan cars with automatic license plate number recognition technology and parking wardens with IT enabled devices enforce the system.

Cities are also innovatively using parking revenue to encourage sustainable modes of transport. Bicing—the public cycle-sharing program in Barcelona—is financed by its parking revenue. London’s Freedom Pass, which allows elderly (60+) and disabled residents to use public transport for free, is funded by the parking fees collected in many boroughs. You can find more about these cases and other best practices in ITDP’s publication, Europe’s Parking U-Turn: From Accommodation to Regulation.

Parking reforms not only reduce congestion and pollution, but also provide resources to improve walking, cycling, and public transport infrastructure. Moreover, demand-based pricing ensures that vacant spaces are available in high-demand parking zones for short-term high-value car users while preventing overuse by all-day, low-value users. Removing minimum parking requirements for zones with good transit access help slash development costs, creating an opportunity for cities to develop affordable housing and other uses with its urban cores.

More resources from ITDP on parking reform:

InFocus: Revolutionary Parking Reforms

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InFocus: Revolutionary Parking Reforms

23rd February 2015 by admin

ITDP brings you a monthly digest of sustainable transport and urban development news from around the world. From Chicago’s parking-lite apartments to Mumbai’s new parking policy, this month’s InFocus is all about revolutionary parking reforms introduced by cities across the globe.

Parking is a mystery. Many governments push for more parking in buildings, but rather than alleviating the parking problem, it leads to massive traffic jams, severe air pollution, and more road deaths. Under the illusion that density creates congestion, governments also control building density. What they miss is that parking, not density, creates traffic congestion. An excessive supply of cheap parking induces people to use personal motor vehicles—even when good public transport is provided.

Many cities across the world are now realising their past mistakes. They now follow a simple mantra: build transit, add density, cut parking. Put another way, where there is good connectivity to mass rapid transit, building density is welcome but parking is not. Parking fees are pegged to parking demand. When demand increases, the fee also increases. Parking revenue is used to build better walking and cycling infrastructure and to expand public transport.

“Chicago’s new law requires only half as many parking spaces for housing and no parking spaces for shops or offices in buildings within walking distance of a rapid transit station.”

Chicago:New zoning ordinance cuts parking minimums in half

Many new parking-lite apartments are rising along the Chicago Transit Authority’s rail lines, thanks to a recent change to the city’s zoning ordinance that has made it easier to build buildings with significantly lower parking requirements near rapid transit. Streetsblog reports.

Mumbai introduces progressive parking policy

From demand-based charging of on-street parking to new regulations on off-street parking, Mumbai takes a bold move to manage parking in the city. Though the implementation of the new on-street parking system—which sought to encourage the use of public transport—set off a fierce debate , the details of the policy, as reported by Times of India, are definitely noteworthy. The city is also tackling off-street parking head-on by slashing parking minimums near rapid transit stations. Midday reports.

Parking spots to Parklets: SF’s secret to increasing foot-traffic

The phenomenon turning parking spaces into “parklets” in San Francisco has led to greater foot traffic and higher sales for the units establishing and running such parklets. The New York Times captures the details.

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InFocus: Leading the way for sustainable transport

13th January 2015 by admin

ITDP brings you a monthly digest of sustainable transport and urban development news from around the world. From Ahmedabad’s new transit-oriented master plan to Paris’ plans to restrict car use, this January 2015, InFocus takes a look at what leaders around the world are doing to improve their cities.

Ahmedabad commissioner outlines plans for a congestion-free city

Ahmedabad’s path to become a people-oriented city began in 2009 with implementation of the Janmarg bus rapid transit system, followed by the creation of a transit-and people-oriented master plan. In an article for India Today, D.Thara, Municipal Commissioner, reflects on the journey so far and the way forward.

Chennai mayor says ‘NO’ to building flyovers

Recognising that flyovers are not the solution to traffic problems, Saidai S Duraisamy, Mayor of Chennai, declares that the city corporation will not build any more flyovers. Times of India reports.

Paris mayor announces plans for a car-free city centre

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, plans to tackle traffic and pollution in the French capital by restricting car use and building cycle tracks in the city’s historic centre. Citylab reports on the details.

A growing number of mayors in the US push for better cycling policy

From obvious health benefits to bridging social divides and providing last mile connectivity, cycling is increasingly seen as an important component of urban transport. StreetsblogUSA talks to mayors from Philadelphia, Memphis and other cities in the US to find out reasons for their interest in investing in cycling.

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