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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
How Tactical Urbanism
Can Improve Road Safety
Indian cities are going through a massive change.
Decision-makers are rethinking urban design to make
public infrastructure more useable and accessible.
For instance, public bike share systems in Bhopal and
Mysore have changed the way people commute; or
the redesigning of streets in Bangalore has created a
safe pedestrian network. In other cities like Mumbai,
Pune, Bhubaneshwar, and Gurgaon, the public right
of way is being reimagined taking pedestrians’ safety
standards into account, writes Rohit Tak, Senior
Project Associate - Sustainable Cities, WRI India.
Reclaiming the Streets with flow. Using temporal urban design
Traffic Cones and Paint strategies, street geometry, and a whole
lot of paint, busy intersections have been
Over the last year, WRI India has
been working with local authorities and transformed overnight.
stakeholders in cities in order to improve The first one was a busy intersection
the experience for pedestrians at busy in Mumbai, where two arterial roads
intersections as well as to improve traffic converge and intersect with other roads.
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