PEDESTRIAN SAFETYAshish SamdariyaAchuth Vasudevan

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FOCUS ON.

• Problem & Impact

•Mitigation

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WHY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY?

Urban sprawl has often left pedestrians stranded. Wide roads have been built without sidewalks or frequent

crosswalks, and high-speed traffic makes these roadways particularly deadly. In many areas, intersections with

crosswalks may be as much as a kilometer apart, leaving pedestrians with no safe way to cross the street.

2012 data on global safety of pedestrians

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DEATHS PER BILLION KILOMETERS

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Air Bus Rail Car Bicycle Motor-bike Walk

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80%

Driver Cyclist Pedestrian MotorCycle Road Condition Weather Others

14%

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78%Who’s Failure lead to an Accident

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Truck Bus Car Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Pedestrian

Traffic Fatalities by Road User

Mumbai Delhi

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5000 pedestrians are killed

84000 pedestrians are injured

Every Year

Pedestrian accidents make up

11% Of all motor

vehicle accidents

180000 Pedestrians were killed

in motor vehicle accidents Between 1975 and 2005

60% Of accidents occurred in

Place where no crosswalks

88% of accidents occurred in

normal weather condition 64% of accidents occurred

at night 6

Pedestrian crashes typically occur during the late afternoon and early evening hours

presumably because of the reduced levels ofvisibility at a time when many people are on the road.

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Inefficient Driver

Defective Vehicle

Bad Environment

Poor Operating Policies

Lack of Education

Inadequate Enforcement

Physical Roadway

Good engineering

can reduce the effects of ...

Crash: Causes & PreventionPrevention

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CURRENT CONDITION

ON ROAD PARKING

30-40% of city roads are occupied with parking at any point of time

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CURRENT CONDITION

road width

Walkway widthRoad width = ??

street lighting, trees etc. are missing10

CURRENT CONDITION

In-appropriate design of road cross sections- designed for nobody11

CURRENT CONDITION

No designs at junctions- resulting in traffic bottlenecks and safety compromises

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“equitable space allocation

for all road users with a focus on people rather than vehicles.”

The National Urban Transport Policy, India

Photographs are from Tier-1/II cities in India, taken during 2009-2013

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BANGALORE• Rush Hour (on a10m wide road)

• Bike (1 PAX)

• Car (1 PAX)

• Bus (70 PAX)

• 1 KM of this road (No Buses)

• Approx. 300 cars & Bikes

• This reduces to only few buses if public transit to be used

• But public transit itself is in poor condition

Congestion??

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3750

7500

11250

15000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (mid)

3052

47675297

56676138

69087469

66816782

8226

9662

487735727816737864957880796875843

Fatal Non-Fatal

ACCIDENTS (BANGALORE)

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MITIGATION

If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be – community-building places,

attractive for all people

Then we will have successfully designed about one-third of the city directly and will have had an immense impact on the rest

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MITIGATION PLAN

• Bicycles lanes, Pedestrian walkways & Public Transit can:

• Reduce the amount traffic and congestion on the road

• Reduce the amount of air pollution

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MITIGATION PLAN

• Safe infrastructure (walkways, over/under-pass etc)

• Behavioral Issues (Traffic signs, Fines, Education, Culture)

• Safety engineering (Optimum speed, designs etc.)

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

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MITIGATION RESULTS

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• Pollen, dirt and debris can increase glare and reduce visibility

• Keeping windshield clean, so that pedestrians are more visible

•Defensive driving "scan and search" to include pedestrians along the road and on the sidewalks

•Older pedestrians walk slower, which makes them more difficult for the eye to pick up. They also need more time to cross the street.

MITIGATION PLANSAFE DRIVING

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For bike and pedestrian accident prevention,Give the road your full attention.

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