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MANTRI SQUARE MALL, MALLESHWARAM
W O R K I N G G RO U P
RADHA CHANCHANI, Urban Designer/Planner
FAG UN R AJ KOT I A , Ur ban P lan n e r
M a D e P r o 2 0 1 2 – 2 8 T H F E B RUA RY 2 0 1 2
CiSTUP
Indian Institute of Science
CONTEXT
Urban Fabric
MALLESHWARAM
~ One of Bangalore's early residential
extensions (laid out in 1900-01)
~ Well-planned area
Sheshadripuram
~ Urban fabric: fine grain
- smaller building footprints
- low to mid-rise buildings
Land use map of Malleshwaram Planning District
- higher ground coverage
Source: Planning District Report, Bangalore Master Plan 2015
CONTEXT
Roads, Traffic & Transportation
~ Sampige Road - connections at northern,
southern ends, and branches to the west
Study Area
ANALYSIS
ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATE
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
North
Comparison and estimation of % oversaturation on major roads
SURVEYS & ANALYSIS NOTE: The Indian Road Congress standards stipulated for urban roads
Traffic Flows & Volumes date back a few decades – need to update as per current contexts, theories
~ All roads have crossed their Traffic Existing peak Tentative carrying % Over
provisional traffic carrying capacities Road Name
Flow hr PCU -survey capacities (IRC) Saturation
and have oversaturated flows
Platform 2-way 4640 3250* 42%
~ Good number of
TOTAL VEHICLES - ACROSS SAMPIGE ROAD (10th Sept 2011 Saturday – 5:30 to 8:30pm)
two-wheeler users
Two- Tempos
park on nearby Cycles Autos Cars Buses Mini Buses Trucks TOTAL
streets - either due to wheeler / LCV
insufficient parking 39 3556 1787 172 2236 429 83 91 8354
availability at mall or
0.5% 42.5% 21.5% 2% 26.5% 5% 1% 1% 100%
to avoid paid parking
fees (Rs 20/hr - 2W, VEHICLES ENTERING/ EXITING MANTRI MALL (10th Sept 2011 Saturday – 5:30 to 8:30pm)
Rs 30/hr - 4W) 411 / 467 667 / 669
11.5% of all 2-wheelers and 5% of 29.8% of all cars and 8% of total vehicles over a 3-
Mantri Mall parked total vehicles over a 3-hr period hr period
13% of total vehicles
Traffic volume counts across Sampige Road in front of Mantri Mall
~ Area also has very heavy volumes of pedestrian traffic, given
SURVEYS & ANALYSIS presence of multiple bus stops, office/commercial establishments
Traffic Flows & Volumes
~ Bi-monthly traffic counts across Sampige Rd
April 2010-July 2011 (mall management):
1. Traffic loads maximum
-- weekends (Fri-Sat-Sun)
-- festival/holiday seasons (Oct & Dec)
~
~ Public parking fees
Well-designed shouldand
crossings be levied
walkways that are convenient,
universally accessible and safe
have to be integrated into the
road section design
~ Pedestrians should be
provided shortest, direct routes;
footpaths should be broad,
continuous, of good-quality
PROPOSALS & ASSESSMENT
Assessment & Add. Suggestions
Praja’s Medium and Long-term Strategies
~ The question of ‘development thresholds’ for an Where would you allow ‘India’s Largest Mall’ to
area – nature and volumes ? Just Notional? come up in the city?
Considerations/ Pre-requisites?