This report consists of an analysis of findings from Design, Observation & Perception surveys carried out across 11 selected streets in Pune.
Pune’s Walk & Cycle Analysis
Gap Assessment Report
The report assesses existing sustainable mobility policies, plans, and guidelines in relation to infant, toddler, and caregiver-friendly mobility.
The ITDP India Programme prepared the gap assessment report as part of the project, ‘Transforming Urban Mobility to nurture Early Childhood Development in India’, supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation under the Urban95 programme. This report explores the various governance tools/documents—policies, plans, and guidelines—that directly and/or indirectly impact the mobility of young children and their caregivers in Indian cities. This report aims to understand whether these policies, plans, and guidelines address the mobility needs of infants, toddlers, and their caregivers comprehensively and will be useful for city officials who wish to improve these documents. It will also be useful for anyone interested in understanding how these different documents impact the mobility of young children and caregivers in Indian cities.
Publication Team: Aswathy Dilip | Aila Bandagi | A V Venugopal | Parin Visariya | Pranjal Kulkarni | Vaishali Singh | Avishek Jha | Keshav Suryanarayanan | Aishwarya Soni | Bala Nagendran M
Pune’s Sustainable Transport Journey
Created by the ITDP India Programme for the Pune Municipal Corporation, the Pune’s Sustainable Transport Journey publication documents the city’s transformation and the various initiatives to improve walking, cycling, and public transport that led to Pune winning the international Sustainable Transport Award 2020. The Pune Municipal Corporation launched the publication in February 2021.
Pune has shown the way in embracing a holistic approach to sustainable transport. Over the last two decades, Pune has consistently taken steps to improve walking, cycling, and public transport across the city. The city has created safe, healthy, and happy streets for its people by improving walking and cycling infrastructure. The city’s foresight in launching CNG and electric buses to accelerate a shift to cleaner and greener transport has made Pune a role model for cities across the country. Lastly, Pune’s focus on putting people first by improving accessibility and inclusivity shows a citizen-centric approach to decision making.
The city’s transformation will serve as an inspiration for other Indian cities to follow Pune’s lead and take a leap towards sustainable urban mobility.
Publication Team: Aswathy Dilip | Naveenaa Munuswamy | Suvetta Lakshminarayanan | Pranjal Kulkarni | Anuj Dhole | Keshav Suryanarayanan | Avishek Jha | Aishwarya Soni | Archna Menon | Shrishti Chatterjee
Post-lockdown guidelines to create cycle-friendly cities
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a blow to urban transportation systems, forcing cities to rethink their mobility patterns. WHO has recommended cycling and walking whenever feasible. During these times, cycling has emerged as a safe, affordable, and accessible mode of travel that can support public transport. As restrictions ease further and physical distancing becomes the norm, ensuring safe cycling is important to all Indian cities. Cities must use this opportunity to reimagine their streets and provide supporting infrastructure – by creating pop-up cycle lanes, expanding cycle-sharing systems, and conducting community-driven campaigns. These temporary measures can catalyze long-term change towards creating cycling-friendly cities.
ITDP India Programme has put together short term recommendations for cities to ensure safe cycling on the streets. The recommendations guide cities towards quick and easy interventions to ensure a green recovery from COVID-19 by championing sustainable mobility.
Compiled by: Achuthan TD, Aditi Subramanian, Aswathy Dilip, Bala Nagendran M, Parin Visariya
Here is our resource on Creating Safe Streets for all, that includes short-term recommendations that help cities to create safer streets for people.
Safety Audits and Walking Assessments around Bus Terminals in Delhi
The report scores the bus terminals of Delhi on a scale of 0 to 3 in terms of women’s safety and also provides policy recommendations on ways to improve safety.
People Near Transit, Transit Near People
The People Near Transit (PNT) report establishes the levels of urban transit services in Pune Metropolitan Region and the accessibility gaps that affects its residents.
The Bikeshare Planning Guide
A resource for cities to design, plan, implement and measure the success of a bikeshare system
Over the past decade, bikeshare has contributed significantly to sustainable mobility in cities: providing first-last kilometer solutions, replacing short trips made by car, and offering a unique way for residents and visitors to explore their surroundings, among other benefits. As bikeshare continues to evolve- integrating pedal assist e-bikes, dockless bikes, and multi-operator models- cities have to understand the opportunities and risks such innovations present, as well as how to define success and measure system performance over time.
The Bikeshare Planning Guide provides in-depth guidance to city officials, practitioners and other stakeholders about planning and implementing a successful bikeshare system. The Guide encourages cities to position bikeshare as a critical piece of their transportation network, and plan- and expand- systems that prioritize transit integration, equity, and a high-quality user experience.
[Webinar] How Can Indian Cities Construct a Future for Walking
Description: In this webinar, the speakers discussed on how Indian cities can construct safe and attractive footpaths that are accessible by all. This webinar gives a brief introduction to our publication – Footpath Fix – that provides guidance on footpath construction details, especially that of different utilities.
Many Indian cities have begun to acknowledge the fundamental role of walking in everyday life but are stuck at getting the details right. This short guide is more of a cheat-sheet for urban designers, municipal engineers, and contractors on how to implement footpaths in complex urban environments. Everyone who has seen it is raving about it.
About the speakers:
Nashwa Naushad is a Research Associate – Urban Development with ITDP India and works out of the Chennai office.
Pranjal Kulkarni is a Research Associate – Urban Development with ITDP India and he works out of the Pune office.
The webinar recording can be found here.
Footpath Fix
The Footpath Fix is a step-by-step guide on footpath construction detailing for urban designers, municipal engineers, and contractors. Cities across India now acknowledge that walking plays a fundamental role in everyday life. Thereupon, good quality footpaths must be provided to make walking safe and attractive.
Basic footpath design standards such as the optimal height, adequate width, continuous and obstacle-free surface are detailed in the first volume of the Footpath Series – Footpath Design.
Attention to construction details, especially that of different utilities is articulated in this second volume – Footpath Fix. Several footpath projects have failed due to improper construction and execution; thus, this guide aims to highlight the steps, in a chronological order, from pre-excavation to above-ground construction. It also features necessary precautions, drawing from experience on-ground, that must be taken into consideration at each stage of construction.
[Webinar] IRC Guidelines on Urban Road Network Planning
ITDP India Programme is part of the H8 Committee on Urban Roads and Streets, that was constituted in the year 2015 to prepare street design guidelines for urban roads.
Watch the ITDP team talk about:
- Planning and Development of Urban Roads and Streets (Sonal Shah, Senior Programme Manager, ITDP)
- IRC BRT Guidelines (Pranjali Deshpande-Agashe, Programme Manager, ITDP)
- IRC 70: Guidelines for Regulation and Control of Mixed Traffic (Parin Visariya, Research Associate – Urban Development, ITDP)
The webinar provides information on road hierarchy and network planning, pedestrian and cycling facilities, on-street parking management, and BRT guidelines.
The webinar recording can be found here.
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