URBAN DESIGN – TRANSPORTATION CHECK LIST

1. Evolution and time line:

 Evolution of transportation routes (isometric view)
 Time line and cost of construction
2. Accessibility:
 From roadways and railways
 Frequency of trains and buses
3. Classifications of roads:
i. General data:
 Map identifying express ways, arterial, sub-arterial, collector, local, cul-de-sac
ii. Classification of roads based on speed & accessibility:
 Express way, arterial roads, collector roads, local roads.
 Speed limit of Avadi
iii. Classification of roads based on location & function:
 National highway, state highway, major district roads, other district roads, village
roads.
 Road width & standard
 Section of road & flyover
 Hierarchy of roads based on traffic volume & load transported (graphical
representation)
iv. Classification of roads based on materials:
 Earthen, gravel, murram, kankar, bituminous, concrete.
v. Classification based on traffic:
 Pedestrian, cycle tracks, motor ways
 On traffic volume – on load transported

no. of vehicles/day tones/ day

vi. Plans of roads:

 Pedestrian path, median, roadway, verge
 Carriage types: double carriage way and single carriage way
4. Classifications of junctions and nodes: (plans of all nodes)
 Based on difference in levels (at grade intersection, grade separated interchange)
 Based on the number of roads converging (3 way, 4 way, 5 way, 6 way)
 Based on the level of control
 Identify problems in the junctions and propose solutions
 Function of each node and their buildings.
 Road section of each nodes
 Primary nodes, secondary node, tertiary nodes (justification of the name)
5. Street infrastructure and character analysis:
 Auto stand, bus stand, industrial area, transitional area
 Place of intense traffic congestion
 Comparison of pedestrian and vehicular activity at day & night
 Map indicating pedestrian and vehicular flow
 Traffic analysis of morning, afternoon, evening, night
 Traffic analysis on nodes
  Kevin lynch principle
 Plans of all nodes and roads
6. Proximity analysis:
 Access to people, goods and information
 Comparative study of public and private transportation
 Train route maps
 Bus route maps
 Share auto maps
 Population density compared with no. of vehicles per hr
 Proximity map
 Proximity Maps bus stops, auto stand
 Inference
7. Overall traffic analysis
 Based on land use pattern
 Based on zones of intersection
 Based on vehicular parking
 Based on pedestrian movement
 Based on hawker’s existence
 Traffic congestion map of morning, afternoon, night and reasons for the traffic
 Live survey based on 150+ responses
 At what time the traffic is heavier?
 At what time the traffic is lesser?
 Is there a necessity of cycle tracks?
 Modes of road transport ?
 Industrial traffic
 Orientation diagram
 Road way
 Railway
 Edge
 Industrial, residential, institutional
 Node
 Major, minor
 Landmark
 Area of confusion
 Point of decision
 View direction
 Narrowing road
 Orientation of field
 Pie chart of percentage of 2-wheeler, heavy vehicle, car, bus, auto
8. User experience mapping
 Principle objective in shaping the highway visual experience
 Time calculation based on the distance time + disturbance diagram

Range Distance Typical speed Time taken Cumulative time

taken
0-500 M 500M 80 KM/Hr 500 / 22.2 = 22.5s A +22.5 s

 Sequential serial vision images

  Distance-time + disturbance diagram
 Congestion intensity map
 General zones of congestion
 Major type of congestion
 Zonal congestion intensity map analysis
 Identify major zones of congestion: study and analysis, inference
 Zones of congestion due to encroachment: justify each space & inference
 Type of pedestrian
 At what time
 Why pedestrian crowd?
 How congestion?
9. Defining urban safety:
 Map indicating accident prone area, police station, dim streets
 Urban safety standards
 Visibility of areas
 Light and safety
 Pedestrian pathways (compare well designed streets with improper streets)
 Pie chart:
 Visibility (hidden, noticeable, apparent, completely visible
 Light & safety (none, dim, bright)
 Openness (not open, partly open, mostly open, completely open)
 Pedestrian path (none, poor, fair, good)
 Major concerns: ( point these area in map and blown up view of these spots)
 Discontent road, flooded road, uneven road
 Unsafe for women
 Vehicles no entry
 Median crossing
 Accident
 Illegal parking
 Disputes and chaos
 Construction work
 No street light
 Bottleneck
 Congestion
 No traffic signal
 Non-pedestrian friendly
 Cctv zones
 6 Ds
 Dreadful drive
 Driveway encroachment
 Dangerous stretch
 Dejected medians
 Deviating bottle neck
 Deadly spot
10. Environment and pollution
 Air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution maps
 Solid waste management
 Flora map and all the different types of trees
  Soil type
 Shade analysis
 Public park and open spaces
 Map showing HT lines, LT lines and transformer
 Power distribution system – TNEB
 Climate analysis
11. Activity
 Segregation of types of day to day work
 Type of activities
 Analysing types of shops in study area
 Taking a survey of density
 Distribution timeline in study area
 Analysing people and spaces
 Proposals and guidelines
 Examining pros and cons
 Design proposals
12. Railways station documentary
13. Bus stand documentary