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City Beautification Project Nanded City. By Prof. S. L. Dhingra IIT Bombay http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dhingra. Overview. Introduction Beautification of City - Case Studies Road Side Amenities Traffic Management Traffic Control Devices Parking Management Conclusion References.
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City Beautification Project Nanded City By Prof. S. L. Dhingra IIT Bombay http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dhingra
Overview • Introduction • Beautification of City - Case Studies • Road Side Amenities • Traffic Management • Traffic Control Devices • Parking Management • Conclusion • References
Introduction • Nanded, a well known Sikh Pilgrimage Center • One of the Five Sikh Takhats is located here named as Hazur Sahib • A famous gurudwara at Nanded, a replica of the golden temple of Amritsar will be celebrating 300 years in 2008 • There will be expectancy of millions peoples to be arrive for this event • Proper event management should be done to complete this event successfully
Chandigarh • Called The City Beautiful serves as a capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana • Le Corbusier produced a plan for Chandigarh that confirmed to the modern city planning principles, and a hierarchy of road and pedestrian networks • Divided the city into units called 'sectors', each representing a theoretically self-sufficient entity with space for living, working and leisure
Chandigarh • The sectors were linked to each other by a road and path network developed along the line of the 7 Vs, or a hierarchy of seven types of circulation patterns • The city plan is laid down in grid pattern • The sectors were to act as self-sufficient neighborhoods, each with its own market, places of worship, schools and colleges - all within 10 minutes walking distance from within the sector
Chandigarh • The original two phases of the plan delineated sectors from 1 to 47, with the exception of 13 • The city was to be surrounded by a 16 kilometer greenbelt that was to ensure that no development could take place in the immediate vicinity of the town, thus checking suburbs and urban sprawl
Chandigarh • One of the unusual and popular features of Chandigarh is the Rock Garden of Chandigarh • Chandigarh IT Park (also called Kishangarh IT Park) is the city's attempt to break into the IT world • Divided into identical looking sectors, each sector measures 800m x 1200m. The sectors were to act as self-sufficient neighborhoods, each with its own market, places of worship, schools and colleges
Nagpur • Winter capital of the state of Maharashtra • Affectionately called as “Orange city” and also declared as a second “Green city” of India • Planning process implemented by Dr. T. Chandrasekhar put the road network of Nagpur city in very good condition
To Surat To Bangalore To Delhi
Thane – Landmark Development • Received “Clean City“ Award from HUDCO India for 1999-2000 • Widened 133 city roads (195 kms) under the IRDP • Used “Bio-remediation” process for cleaning two main lakes transforming them from dumping pools to scenic & beautiful picnic spots • Beautification of junctions by providing fountains, channelizers, green chowks, illuminations etc.
Thane – Landmark Development (Cont…) • City’s health solid waste management development ensures cleanliness on roads, gutters & at the public places etc. • Independent Pollution Control Department to check air & water quality through its monitoring stations • Welcome Gates, Auditorium, swimming pools, stadium, open grounds, gardens, high mast lighting are some of the other areas where The TMC has created landmarks • Maintaining and creating green cover. More then 3 lakhs have been planted with a survival rate of 90%
Ujjain • One of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, and the Kumbh Mela religious festival is held there every twelve years • Last Kumbh Mela was held at Ujjain in April, 2004
Location of Kumbh Mela To Indore
Event Management for April, 2004 • At a time, for 6000 peoples on the ghats, with the help of volunteers, each pilgrims took bath to six minutes, meaning 250,000 took bath in one hour • For million peoples visited ujjain in 2004, artificial long roadswere created in 20 hectres of field near the ghats for holding capacity of one million • With this plan, 1.4 million peoples were managed at a time, and 5 million peoples were handled during a day
Event Management for April, 2004 (Cont…) • Arrangement was made in such a way that individual pilgrim needs to walk at most one kilometer and wait at most 2 hours • All of this was observed through closed circuit video • In addition to all this, mass transit was arranged so pilgrims can get to the major points of interest in Ujjain itself after their bath • For big concern like Terrorism attack, 15000 police, that’s an entire army division, including 25 commando teams were provided
Solapur IRDP • MSRDC is executing works of construction of roads and junction improvement under IRDP • The VIP road constructed as a model road • Plants which grow thick but not tall are provided to avoid glare of headlights of incoming vehicles • Also flowering plants which grow tall particularly on either side of the road for improved aesthetics are also provided
Road Side Amenities • Footpath • Arboriculture • Landscaping • Benches, Shelters, Drinking Water • Toilets, Dust bins, etc.
Footpath or Side Walks • Provided in urban areas when the vehicular as well as pedestrian traffic are heavy, to provide protection to pedestrians and to decrease accidents • Side walks are generally provided on either side of the road and the minimum width should be 1.5 m and the width may be increased based on the pedestrian traffic volume • Provided with a surface as smooth as or even smoother than the adjacent traffic lane as to induce the pedestrian to keep on to the footpath
Arboriculture • Important aspects in road side development • Trees provided on both sides of urban and rural road serve the following purposes: • To provide attractive landscape of road sides • To provide shade to the road users • To protect against moving sand in desert areas • To provide fruit bearing trees and timber • To intercept the annoying sound waves and fumes from road vehicles
Arboriculture (Cont…) • In urban areas, the road side planting is mainly for the beauty or the landscape and therefore, tests of ornamental and flowering species are generally preferred • On wide urban roads, the planting of shrubs is done on the medians or separators besides providing trees on road sides • It is desired that the crowns of the trees planted on both sides of a road do not cover the complete carriageway
Landscaping • Landscape Planning is concerned with the demographic, aesthetic, ecological and functional aspects of land use • Includes architecture design, site planning, estate development, environmental restoration, park and recreation planning, and historic preservation
Principles of Landscaping • Should help to preserve pleasing and aesthetically valuable features • The road should follow the natural terrain and harmoniously blend with it • Medians and rotary islands should be provided with flowering shrubs and plants • Turfing or shoulders and slopes should be provided with flowering shrubs and plants
Typical Cross Section of Urban Road with Footpath and Landscaping
Traffic Management • Objectives of traffic management are to make productive use of road capacity and maximize safety • It includes measures to manage the supply of road space aimed at improving road capacity and/or quality and/or safety • Seeks to adjust, adapt, manage and improve the transport system to meet specified objectives
Objectives of Traffic Management • Facilitate and enable travel of people with ease, efficiency and safety • Optimize system capacity (road and operating systems) • Maximize safety • Provide priority for public mass transport (bus) system • Facilitate convenient and safe movement of pedestrians and non-motorised vehicles • Minimize environmental pollution due to traffic
Traffic Management Techniques • Traffic circulation system • Traffic control system • Priority for public transport • Pedestrian facilities • Parking policy • Accident care and incident management • Installation of traffic signs and lane markings • Improved street lighting • Road pricing
Traffic Circulation System • The master plan for road links is to be developed to required lane widths as per estimated traffic volumes • The circulation system along them need to be re-organized introducing one-ways, no way be mode type by time period, turning movements restrictions at intersections etc. to minimize conflicts, increase capacity and maximize safety
Traffic Control System • The directional movements of vehicles and pedestrians need to be regulated • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) need to be installed to regulate traffic based on real time flows • Control systems need to accord priority for public transport modes • They must be enable easy, convenient and safe movement of pedestrians
Use of ITS • For ensuring safety • Using high resolution camera • Road side detectors • Variable message signs • For improving the transport facility • By providing real time arrival information system of transit buses • Accident avoidance systems at turning points • Incident management systems
High Resolution Camera Intelligent Traffic Lights
Priority for Public Mass Transport • High occupancy vehicles (HOVs), in particular buses, need to be given priority • Objectives are to improve operational efficiency of the bus system, reduce travel time to bus users, promote modal shift to bus system, increase safety and reduce environmental pollution
Parking Facilities • In roadway transportation system, parking facilities form the terminal • Parking facilities can be either on-street or off-street • On street: spaces near the sides of the roads where vehicles are allowed to park • Off street: spaces away from the main thoroughfare and connected to it through a service road
On-street Parking: Straight Parking On-street Parking: Skew Parking