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Planning and design for access to heritage areas

Planning and design for access to heritage areas. Ravi Gadepalli Transport Planner, iTrans Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Ph.D Student, IIT Delhi, New Delhi. Innovative Transport Solutions ( iTrans ) Pvt. Ltd. www.itrans.co.in. Accessibility to heritage areas. Whats happening?

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Planning and design for access to heritage areas

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  1. Planning and design for access to heritage areas Ravi Gadepalli Transport Planner, iTrans Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Ph.DStudent, IIT Delhi, New Delhi Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) Pvt. Ltd. www.itrans.co.in

  2. Accessibility to heritage areas • Whats happening? • Presence of both traditional non-motorised modes and modern motorised modes • Roads designed for neither of them • Conflicts between modes leading to inefficient usage of space • What do we need? • Minimise conflicts and make them universally accessible • How do we achieve universal accessibility? • Understanding the varying user needs-mode wise • Identifying their space requirements • Distributing the available road space equitably • Designing these spaces for universal accessibility

  3. Case Studies-Two world heritage sites • Shahjahanabad Area, Delhi, India • Built in 1638 AD by emperor Shahjahan • Border between Old-Delhi and New-Delhi • Delhi gate, Turkman Gate, Heritage trees, New Delhi Railway Station, Delhi Stock Exchange, Kamala Market • Humayun Tomb, Delhi, India • Built in 1562 AD by Humayun's wife HamidaBanuBegum • Also comprises of HazratNizamuddinbasti, Sunder nursery • Visitors expected to grow to 1,00,000 per annum from the current 60,000 per annum

  4. Case 1: Shahjahanabad Area New Delhi Old Delhi

  5. Traditional Modes… • Animal Drawn vehicles • Hand-carts/ Push Carts for goods movement • Cycle Rickshaws • Cycles

  6. Increasing trends in motorised vehicles

  7. Conflicts between modes • Differential speeds • Different road space requirements

  8. Case 2: Humayun’s Tomb

  9. Existing Scenario

  10. Understanding the user needs • Activity Surveys • Traffic demand analysis • Parking surveys • Road inventory surveys

  11. Activity Surveys Shahjahanabad Humayun’s Tomb

  12. Traffic Demand analysis • Focusing on moving people rather than vehicles • 1 Car = 2.3 persons 1 2-Wheeler = 1.1 persons 1 Bus = 60 persons 1 3-Wheeler = 1.8 persons 1 Bicycle = 1 person 1 Rickshaw = 1 person

  13. Existing Modal Split PassengerModalShares-Shahjahanabad

  14. Passenger Modal Share-Humayun Tomb

  15. Findings from Surveys • Existing road designs not catering to the activities along the roads • Pedestrians and Public transport users form majority of the traffic • High speed differential between modes sharing the carriageway leading to conflicts • Existing road designs are car-oriented and an equitable approach towards road design is required

  16. CapacityAnalysisonMajor Roads-Shahjahanabad • JLN Marg • Minto Road • DDU Marg • morning • morning • morning • Asaf Ali Road • BhavbhutiMarg • evening • evening Source: Final Feasibility Report – “Traffic management plan on roads leading to NDRS and Civic Centre building at New Delhi”, Volume I & II, March 2008

  17. Design Solutions • Jawaharlal Nehru Marg • DDU Marg

  18. Plan View-JLN Marg

  19. Minto Road • BhavbhutiMarg

  20. Hamdard Chowk Design Proposal Gender Safety Audit recommends activity at intersections Recommendations Activity at nodes Bird feeding activity retained at Round about. Landuse Hamdard Building LIC Office Sarvodaya School Ramlila Ground Parking Character Parking of cars, scooters and 3 wheelers

  21. Location of Amenities Proposed Bus Stops (Delhi Gate to Ajmeri Gate) Proposed bus stops are provided at a distance of 400m to 600m (5min walking distance) from each other. Zone of Influence is taken as 400m radius (800m dia.) All bus stops must be universally accessible. • Bus Stops should preferably be located within the Multi-Functional Zone – so that they do not interfere with the 1.8 M clear walking zone for passing pedestrians at the back. Source - page 103 of Pedestrian Design Guidelines, UTTIPEC, Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi HAMDARD CHOWK AJMERI GATE KAMLA MARKET DARYAGANJ NEW DELHI METRO STATION TURKMAN GATE DELHI GATE RAMLILA GROUND DELITE CINEMA CIVIC CENTRE EXISTING MCD PARKING ASAF ALI ROAD MINTO ROAD NEW DELHI RAILWAY STATION ZAKIR HUSSAIN COLLEGE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MG. BHAVBHUTI MARG KOTLA FIROZ SHAH TURKMAN ROAD KHUNI DARWAZA MIRDARD LANE LEGEND PROPOSED BUS STOPS (PLYING FROM DELHI GATE) TO AJMERI GATE ZONE OF INFLUENCE CONNAUGHT PLACE KOTLA ROAD DEEN DAYAL UPADHAYA MG. RAJA RANJEET SINGH ROAD

  22. Humayun Tomb Re-design

  23. Is that enough?

  24. Conclusions • Focus should be on moving people rather than vehicles • Spatial segregation of motorised and non-motorised modes is required to resolve the traffic conflicts in Heritage areas • Prioritize access by walking, cycling and public transport ahead of private motorised modes • Make designs as per ‘Universal Design Guidelines’

  25. Acknowledgements • Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) Pvt. Ltd (www.itrans.co.in) • SG Architects, New Delhi • INTACH-Delhi Chapter • Aga Khan Trust for Culture

  26. Thank You Ravi Gadepalli ravi@itrans.co.in +91-9911628255

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