BETTER STREETS BETTER TRANSIT BETTER CITIES BETTER LIVES
BETTER STREETS | BETTER TRANSIT BETTER CITIES | BETTER LIVES
ITDP Network Worldwide 50 Cities Active Engagements 30 Years of Results 100+ Staff in over 7 Regions
Catalyzing Transformation in Over a Third of Urban India *Percentages of India’s urban population
BETTER STREETS BETTER CITIES BETTER TRANSIT BETTER LIVES
Our Approach INSPIRE CREATE EMBED Media, Events, Advocacy, and Partnerships Tools & Model Projects Policies, Standards & Finance EXPAND Train at Scale to Build Capacity
The Context
How do urban Indians travel? Car Motorcycle Walk Taxi Bus + IPT Cycle
More than a third of all trips on foot BUT BARELY ANY FOOTPATHS
More people on cycles than on cars BUT NO FACILITIES FOR CYCLISTS
30% of trips on public transport BUT BARELY ANY BUSES
Only 20% of trips on personal motor vehicles BUT THEY OCCUPY OVER 2/3 rds OF SPACE
9/10 trips by women are on foot or public transport
31. 6 13. 8 15. 8 7. 7 rs Ca s xi Ta os Au t Tw ow tr an sit ra Pa s Bu he el er s 1. 3 0. 9 Representative Sample: Tamil Nadu (2012 -2015) Subsidy per trip by mode (Rs. ) Lopsided Budgetary Priorities
Actual Needs vs Lopsided Priorities City population category < 1 million 1 -5 million Walking & Cycling Infra Buses & Paratransit BRT - Metro - - > 5 million
A glimse of the journey so far…
REINVENTING CYCLE RICKSHAWS (1997 -2003) Tangible Transformation @ Scale From 5 prototypes to 500, 000 modern cycle rickshaws 4 -5 million zero-carbon trips daily; Dignified livelihood to over a million.
RE-IMAGINING BUS TRANSIT (2003 onwards) AHMEDABAD JANMARG: India’s first (high-quality) Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Inspiring Cities in India and Worldwide
PUNE RAINBOW BRTS Making Public Transport Fast, Convenient, and Accessible for All
CREATING STREETS FOR ALL (2009 onwards) CHENNAI: First Indian city with NMT-first Policy Hundreds of kilometers being retrofitted; Inspiring cities locally and nationally
PUNE: First Indian city with Street Design Guidelines Informing state & national guidelines
BUILDING TRANSIT-ORIENTED CITIES (2011 - ) Ahmedabad: First Indian city with a TOD Master Plan Jharkhand: First Indian state with TOD Policy Maharashtra: First Indian state with Urban Mobility Policy
MAKING TRANSPORT GENDER-RESPONSIVE (2017 - ) Bringing Gender and Transport onto the National Agenda
STATE & NATIONAL POLICIES National Policies/Standards State Policies/Standards Indian Roads Congress (IRC): Guidelines approved • Bus Rapid Transit • Motorized Traffic Control • Street network planning • Geometric design • Parking management Maharashtra • State Urban Transport Policy published • Urban Habitat Policy in prep Inputs to national policies: • NUTP (2006) • National Mission for Sustainable Habitat (2013) • TOD policy (2017); • Metro (MRT) Policy 92017); • Green Urban Mobility Scheme Jharkhand • State TOD Policy adopted • State Parking Regulations adopted Tamil Nadu • Intermodal integration standards in prep • Street Design standards under review
The way forward …
Urban India is Exploding Over 200 million new residents in 2 decades Total urban population 600 590 m City population > 5 million 500 400 380 m > 5 million 300 1 -5 million City population > 5 million 1 -5 million 200 <100 1 million < 1 million 0 2011 2021 City size < 1 million 2031
What are the alternatives before us? More Traffic Jams vs. Mobility for All
Transport Infra Needs (per million) 80 km Complete Streets 400 -600 City Buses 20 -30 km Rapid Transit (in case of million + cities)
By 2031, Urban India needs… 30000 km Streets for All! 250, 000 Buses in Action! 5000 -km Smart Rapid Transit!
THE TRANSFORMERS: 25, young, and growing!
Better Streets – Better Cities – Better Lives HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACTIVE EDGES PARKING REFORM WALKING & CYCLINGS
“There is enough for everyone’s need; Not enough for everyone’s greed. ” Mahatma Gandhi
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Links to Selected Resources Street Design & Parking Management • • Better streets, better cities: A guide for designing complete streets in urban India Footpath Design: A guide to creating footpaths Parking Basics: A primer on the key principles and steps involved in managing on-street parking and regulating off-street parking Europe’s Parking U-Turn: From Accommodation to Regulation: Case studies on parking policy and management Public Transport & Transit-Oriented Development • The BRT Standard: A scoring system to evaluate BRT systems and recognise high-quality systems • The BRT Standard Basics: An infographic based on the BRT standard • The TOD Standard: It outlines eight core principles of transitoriented development, each supported by specific performance objectives and easily measurable indicators. • Eight Principles of Transit-Oriented Development: An infographic based on the TOD standard
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