Park it Right

20th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

In most Indian cities, parked vehicles dominate the public realm by consuming more and more of our cherished parks, plazas, streets and common spaces. Each parking space consumes from 15m2 to 30m2 and the average motorist uses two to five different parking spaces every day. Hence, many cities are questioning the current parking policy which dedicates scarce public space to car parking.

Parking management is a critical tool for achieving a variety of social goals. This booklet ‘Park it Right’ is a brief illustrated guide to principles of on-street parking management.

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Public Cycle Sharing System for Gandhinagar

20th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat state and has a population of 2,08,299.2 The city’s density is
approximately 7,900 persons per sq km. Much of the city is organized on a 1.0 km by 0.7 km grid. A
typical sector layout consists of convenience shops and community park in the centre surrounded by
residences, including both government and private housing.

The Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority (GUDA) is planning a public cycle sharing system with approximately 1,430 cycles and an initial coverage area of 21.8 square kilometres. Gandhinagar is a planned city, characterized by separated land uses with government facilities comprising the central sectors. Since most of the commercial activities and institutional land uses are concentrated in specific areas and given the lack of connectivity to other uses, the city sees a high level of dependence on personal motor vehicles for short trips. Cycle sharing will help address the connectivity gap, serving as an alternate means of mobility that links the residential, commercial and institutional sectors. It will help users get to work and finish daily errands in a quick and cost effective way.

Cycle sharing also will complement public transport services, including intercity services provided by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), the local the city bus system VTCOS, and the planned Janmarg bus rapid transit link from Ahmedabad.

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Public Cycle Sharing System for Delhi

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Delhi, the national capital territory of India, has population of 17.4 million1 and covers an area of 1,483 sq km. Delhi has been at the forefront of investment in transport infrastructure. It has a Metro network of almost 200 km—one of the largest in the world—and an extensive network of roads and flyovers. Yet the city experiences some of the worst congestion in the country.

Cycle sharing is considered a key element among these strategies to serve as an alternate mode of public transport in which people have access to cycles that can be used across a network of closely spaced stations. By encouraging a shift to sustainable modes, the cycle sharing will reduce dependency on automobiles, particularly for short trips in the city centre, thereby reducing traffic congestion, vehicle emissions, and demand for motor vehicle parking.

GNCTD has requested the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) to consolidate the existing cycle sharing plans for Delhi and prepare a detailed report, including the system design, proposed station locations, and a financial plan, for implementation of a first phase cycle sharing system. The proposed GNCTD Phase 1 cycle sharing system will have approximately 3,800 cycles and an initial coverage area of about 52 sq km.

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Transit Oriented Development Workshop Posters

20th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

These posters were made for a workshop on Transit Oriented Development in India in March 2013, and are illustrations of ITDP’s Eight Principles for Transport in Urban Life.

They include photos and descriptions of the various objectives and metrics of the eight principles: Walk, Cycle, Connect, Transit, Mix, Densify, Compact, and Shift.

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The High-shift scenario for urban transport

19th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

The new report, A Global High Shift Scenario, produced by from ITDP and the University of California, Davis, is the first study to examine how major changes in transport investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transport emissions, as well as the mobility of different income groups. This infographic demonstrates, by region, the emissions savings possible from a high shift toward low-carbon transport.

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Our cities ourselves: Principles for transport in urban life

18th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

Citizens of the world do not want to sit in bumper to bumper traffic. They do not want to walk in mud, not feel threatened on a simple bike ride to work. They want to be in cities that provide for creative interaction, affordable living and healthy environment. The successful city of the 21st century will be replete with choices, including non-motorized, post fossil-fuel travel options.

Cities that meet the challenge of sustainability will leap ahead of others by attracting people who demand a healthy and culturally rich lifestyle.

Sustainability does not have to hurt. Reducing carbon emissions, conserving land, and making transport more efficient go hand in hand with improving quality of life. We aspire to lay the foundation for achieving global sustainability not through uniform technological solutions but through a global celebration of local differences and innovation based on a common set of principles. Addressing the issues of sustainability by emphasizing local issues of livability with mobility as a link between the local and the global, the principles outlined in this book will help cities significantly reduce green house gases while improving quality of life.

The Our Cities Ourselves program invites design teams from ten cities around the world to apply these principles to ten unique locations. This book illustrates the principles that lay behind the designs.

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BRT in Chennai – Towards a new paradigm in urban mobility

18th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

Chennai is a city at the cross roads between history & development, with the potential to develop into a global & cultural center that provides improved quality of life to its people. This improved quality of life can be provided through high quality transit systems that not only provide connectivity, but also ensure safety, comfort, increased mobility, brand appeal and civic pride.

Through a review of existing conditions in Chennai, the options available for mass transit systems and their performances around the world and focusing on the role of buses in public transport, this report establishes the need for a proven and easy-to-implement solution in the form of a BRT. Outlined are the key features of the BRT, analysis of existing MTC services and other mass transit facilities for phasing of corridors in Chennai.

Also identified are the steps towards implementing the BRT in Chennai including the components of a special purpose vehicle, role of private sector, funding sources and the steps towards developing a detailed project report, all of which, if implemented, could transform Chennai into a city that provides high quality transport options for both the rich & the poor.

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Principles for Transport in Urban Life

17th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

The 8 Principles for better streets and better cities highlight the key aspects of transport-oriented development that lead to good growth. For more information about these principles and best practices in TOD, see ITDP’s TOD Standard.

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A Global Rise in Bus Rapid Transit: 2004 – 2014

15th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

BRT systems are growing rapidly, bringing comfortable, fast, high quality transport to millions of people in some of the world’s fastest growing nations, at a fraction of the cost of metro and light rail. 1,849 of the 2,580 km of true BRT corridors have been built in the last ten years, with sweeping growth in many countries around the world.

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Sizing up parking space

15th August 2014 by Leave a Comment

There are many other potential uses for spaces reserved for parking. This illustration puts the opportunity costs in
perspective, showing how the private and public realm could be reshaped for higher value purposes.

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