Pedestrian Oriented Design Of Neighborhood

Introduction

Transportation network has become nerve of any city, the paradox here is that though meant for human travel, these roads hardly provide any quality
space for pedestrian. There is a requirement of combining traffic issues with pedestrian in a comprehensive manner and will make it as important part of
road design. Workable public transit and more occasions for walking should be prime objectives of urban planners. The Pedestrian Zone is the primary
component of every street in a city. It is not only a zone to ensure smooth, comfortable, conflict free movement of pedestrians and public transport
users, but also an area which shapes social interactions, safety and quality of life of people in a city.

Pedestrianization is a step towards Soft Mode of Transportation is first "pedestrianization " of a present street appears to have taken area "around
1929" in Essen, Germany. Celebration of car free day every year on “2nd September” is known to provide an effective way encourage car free streets
and pedestrian 'malls' across the globe. Pedestrianization is seen as an effective approach towards the Revival of the Commercial area, thus gaining
its charm and lost life. Lucknow is the capital city of most populous state of India i.e. Uttar Pradesh. Fastest growing metropolitan city traditionally
known for its rich cultural heritage. It is famous for chicken embroidered garments. The Bazaar of Lucknow has operated since the time of the
Nawabs and is the biggest retail market of Lucknow.
 Indira Nagar
 Pedestrian Zone
Indira Nagar (originally named as Ram
Pedestrian zones are areas of a city reserved for pedestrian-only use and in which most or all automobile traffic may be Sagar Mishra Nagar) was a colony originally
prohibited. Converting a street or an area to pedestrian-only use is called pedestrianization. planned to have four blocks. It expanded to
Pedestrianization usually aims to provide better accessibility and mobility for pedestrians, to enhance the volume of encompass 25 blocks. Surrounding villages
shopping and other business activity in the area or to improve the attractiveness of the local environment in terms of merged with the colony during the
SOME USE AS SHOPPING aesthetics, air pollution, noise and accidents involving pedestrians. expansion.
ZONE
 Physical Features
 The urban design literature points to
numerous perceptual qualities that
may affect the walking
 experience.
 Physical features influence the quality
SOME USE AS SITTING of the walking environment both
AREA CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TREES AS A HINDRANCE IN PEDESTRIAN directly and indirectly through

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  Need For Pedestrianisation

According to 44th ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) Congress 2008 held in Iran the need of Pedestrianization in
commercial areas of developing countries is increasing continuously because-:

• For the Revival of the Commercial area since it has the maximum flow of pedestrians thus gaining its charm and lost life as they have become
dead.
• For Cars/For People - vehicular access are overcoming in urban communities, in result the participation of passerby in urban spaces is ending
up plainly less and less. Cities are for people but trends of development in transportation infrastructure within the city have prioritized vehicles over
pedestrian. Even due to road tax policies vehicles edge out pedestrian from road space.
• Pedestrianization an extraordinary need in urban outlining to make a manageable city in creating nations. Instead of creating an unsafe,
unpleasant and dangerous environment we would be enabled to respect pedestrian as a main user in urban web in urban designing.
• Since the ongoing Smart City Mission also includes for the creation of Walkable Communities.

• Pedestrian Phase Signals at Intersections

The following list of intersections has been selected based on the pedestrian volume study for
installation of pedestrian only signals along with necessary road markings and barricaded footpaths

o Novelty Cinema Chowk, Lalbagh

 Pedestrian Volume Count/Footfall Analysis
o Kaiserbagh Rotary
The pedestrian count is a way to measure the volume and direction of pedestrian traffic in the Indira Nagar through
o Nehru Crossing , Rakabganj
time & location. To see whether the pedestrian flow is uniform on all the days the survey is done on a randomly
o Ganga Prasad Intersection, Aminabad
selected weekday and a weekend.
o Naka Chowk NOTE-: According to Car track survey done Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) in 2010 [5] mainly at Indira
Nagar, the peak duration/rush hour for the market is 16:00-19:00 pm. Therefore, the footfall analysis and traffic
o Aminabad Chowk (GB Road)
surveys for the market is done in these three hours only, which would help in calculating the peak flow and the peak
o Gautam Budha Road Chauraha
hour of the market. INDIRA NAGAR (MUNSHIPULIA)

VEHICLES
PEDESTRIAN BASED ACCOMMODATED IN A VEHICULAR BASED
TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN AREA PLANNING

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 Road Inventory  Parking Demand Analysis
Given below is the Existing Scenario of facilities which should have been present as per norms in
Present Capacity of off street Parking- 2W-300 4W-180
Indira Nagar.
Day 2W 4W Demand Demand-
-2W 4W
Sidewalk, Highest Pedestrian Flow, Streetlight, Weekday 18% - 11% - 205 128
Eateries, Police Booth, Narrow Street (<15m), Para- 505 308
transit Node, Hawkers & Vendors, Parking Weekend 25% - 13% - 233 97
533 277
Vegetation, Benches, Dustbin, Signage, Kerb Stones,
Drinking Water, Artwork, MUZ, Footover Bridge, Subway,
PCO, Planning for Disabilities, Public Toilet, Emergency Average Parking Duration-: 1-1.5 hrs
Route
Fulfilling the above parking demand with pedestrianisation will encourage more and more
people to use off-street parking facility rather than on-street and will attract more people
Present Absent
towards the market.

• Sidewalk, Highest Pedestrian Flow, Streetlight, Eateries, Police Booth, Narrow Street (<15m),
Para-transit Node, Hawkers & Vendors, Parking, Vegetation, Benches, Dustbin, Signage, Kerb • Blocks length 300 to 500 feet
Stones, Drinking Water, Artwork, MUZ, Footover Bridge, Subway, PCO, Planning for Disabilities, are good for pedestrians.
Public Toilet, Emergency Route Blocks over 600 feet should
 Pedestrian Opinion not be considered pedestrian
oriented .

3% of total visitors coming to Indira Nagar on a weekday and on weekend are surveyed out of which • The ratio of building height to

50% of the surveys were taken in Peak Hour (16:30-17:30) pm and rest in Non-Peak Hours (18:00- street width is important for

19:00)pm. creating visual enclosure for

WEEKDAY pedestrians.

Survey found that out of 1362 persons on a weekday 31% come as pedestrians. 65% of people coming • Pedestrian friendly buildings

to Indira Nagar are female, so the facilities should like PCO, Streetlights etc. should have been provided use programmatic elements to

there for safety concern which is lacking at present. Most required facilities on a weekday as per engage with the outdoors.

visitor’s are-: Benches, Footpath, Vegetation Shade, and Parking Space. This would make the street • Outdoor seating brings

attractive. Nearly 57% of pedestrians say that Indira Nagar is not safe for them program out of the building
leading to an even greater
The path of movement conceived as the perceptual thread that links the spaces of a building, or
sense of exterior enclosure,
any series of interior or exterior spaces together.
and blurs the boundary of
Pedestrians can tolerate abrupt changes in direction, but require a greater volume of space
where the street begins and
relative to their bodily.
the building ends

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  Issues

• Pedestrian Infrastructure- No provision of basic pedestrian infrastructure benches, streetlights, public toilets, signage’s, Kerbstones, trees, universal design etc.
• Governance- Lack in implementation of National Level schemes like National Policy for urban street vendors & provision of dustbins, designated hawkers space, shelter for hawkers which should
have been provided as per the national policy for urban street vendors-2009 Footpaths present in the area are fully encroached by the shopkeepers which is not fulfilling its actual purpose. Hence all
this is not been even monitored by the local level authority of the area.
• Parking- Insufficient parking capacity to cater the flow of the market which is expected to increase after pedestrianisation. As About 80% of the people park their vehicles on-street as per their
convenience encroaching the carriage way

About 84% of merchants are ready for pedestrianisation from 6:00am to 10:00pm. caters to old traditional business with about 39% of shops 50
years old. There is a lack of basic pedestrian facilities in the area. Most required facilities as per merchant’s are-: Parking Space, Multi Utility zone,
Signage Streetlights, Drinking Water, and Benches. This would make the street attractive

 Site Planning

• Good vehicular bicycle, and pedestrian circulation ensures connectivity to and from the building , while
accommodating successful links of the entire urban fabric.
• Sidewalks, walkways, intersections, crosswalks, signage, landscaping, and lighting should be considered
from a master site planning scale in order to fully understand the building's impact on the surrounding area.
• Discontinued sidewalks and bike paths are just as pedestrian un-friendly as not having any of these amenities.

• The organizational stage of the design process that involves an analysis of composition and
placement of a building within its surrounding environment

This sample block plan

VEHICULAR demonstrates successful
PARKING MERGED WITH integration of vehicular and
PEDESTRIAN PATH pedestrian circulation routes.

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  Recommendations  Conclusion

• Strategies- Start this as a Pilot Project which would give people time for Indira Nagar is found congested during evening peak hours, festival seasons, when lots of users visit the
acceptance of the initiative. area to shop for different items. The road is a main road and carries high volumes of traffic. At present, the
• If required in future, Underground parking can be provided below Hanuman rate of hawking activity is growing at a high pace leading to encroachment of footpath by uncontrolled
Mandir and recommended facilities can be replicated to other stretches in the area activity because of absence of MUZ. For the same, an attempt has been made to critically examine the
too. existing problems at Road i.e. Primary surveys conducted brought out the views of the public who use the
• Municipal Corporation should revise its architectural controls mainly for the area, including, the hawkers, shop keepers and the visiting people. The available ROW for the road has
renovation and building size. been mapped and found to range between 9m-12m along the 540m study corridor. From the study, it was
• Overhanging cables should be cast underground. found out however that designated and designed place for hawkers would make it convenient for the
• Zoning of spaces should be done like all food vendors in one zone etc. hawkers, shop keepers and the pedestrians. So zoning as per hawking activities is recommended. An
• Restriction of vehicular traffic from 6am-10pm can be done by placing Automatic awareness program for the hawkers is necessary. With the formation of a welfare association of
Bollards. shopkeepers and Hawkers ―ASHA‖ for their general maintenance and regulation.
• Municipal Service should be given in the pedestrianised street which are
distributed as per ward basis- Sweeping, Washing of Street, Drinking Water, and
Electricity.
• It is recommended to put shed all over the footpath stretch if possible for
pedestrians.
• Valet Parking all the people who come to the market &park their vehicles in off-
street parking
• Free Parking Permits Issued to the residents and priced parking for rest all of the
people to get parking self- financed.
• Other facilities that should be provided at the stretch Resurfaced Pavements,
Sensors, CCTV Camera, Landscaping, Artwork, Dustbins, Vegetation, Public Toilet,
Benches, MUZ, Universal Design, Shelter.

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