PEDESTRIAN PLANNING IN GREATER BOMBAY

This paper describes improvements made to help the flow and safety of pedestrians around Victoria Terminal and Churchgate stations, the two principal railway stations in central Bombay. Commuter flow at each is between 60000 and 75000 people per hour in one direction. Considerable public interest was generated by the press and television coverage given to an exhibition on pedestrianisation held in February 1982 at the British Council in Bombay. Group discussions were also held leading to the formulation of solutions which could be implemented quickly and at low cost on an experimental basis. At Victoria Terminal pavements were widened, a major junction closed and commuter bus-stops relocated to reduce pedestrian conflict. Accidents as a result have been reduced by 42 per cent. At Churchgate a more radical solution required the narrowing of a junction (previously widened over the years to increase vehicular flow), the elimination of turning movements, except by buses, and new lights phased to allow people to cross at-grade. Previously these were obliged to cross by pedestrian bridge or subway. The accident rate has, however, dropped by 27 per cent. Both schemes were implemented in five months. (A) (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Pasricha, P S
• Publication Date: 1983-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 62-67
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Buses; Crash rates; Crosswalks; Improvements; Intermodal terminals; Intersection elements; Intersections; Location; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrian flow; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Pedestrians; Railroad stations; Ridesharing; Taxi services; Taxicabs; Traffic conflicts; Traffic flow; Traffic signal cycle; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Entrances; Shared taxi; Terminus
• Geographic Terms: India
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1272: Bus; 1667: Crossing the road; 576: Cycle (traffic signals); 9009: Decrease; 426: Entrance; 9108: Improvement; 8045: India; 455: Junction; 9061: Location; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 1129: Shared taxi; 1095: Station (railway); 1074: Terminus; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00377758
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-034 632
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1983 12:00AM