STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN ROAD AND LALA LAJPAT RAI ROAD G-SOUTH WARD, MUMBAI
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Report submitted on 24 February 2020 Cover Photo: Rohit Tak
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Acknowledgment This road safety inspection report was made possible through funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies under the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS). WRI Sustainable Cities would like to acknowledge the support and coordination provided by the G/South ward officer Mr. Sharad Ughade of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. We appreciate the efforts of the Executive Engineers Mr. Umesh Bodkhe and Sub Engineers from the ward who accompanied the team on the inspection and to all WRI staff across our network for their review and feedback. Their participation in the inspection visits was extremely helpful for the WRI inspection team to gain insights on the local conditions as well as technical clarifications regarding on-site issues.
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Existing Condition of Pedestrian Infrastructure on Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road.
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Introduction As announced in 2020, Mumbai is one of 15 global cities to be selected for the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS). Under this initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies will support Mumbai for a period of 6 years (2020-2025) on key road safety initiatives, spanning best practice policies, excellence in road safety data systems, speed management, infrastructure designed to protect vulnerable road users, innovation or best practice in road safety enforcement, vehicle safety, etc. WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities is one of the partner organizations in this initiative, focusing on the areas of Safer Streets and Safer Mobility. WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities will support the 15 BIGRS cities, which includes Mumbai, to enhance safety through better road engineering and improved public transit, nonmotorized transport and overall mobility. In January 2020, WRI and representatives from the G/South ward of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) inspected the Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Street and Lala Lajpat Rai Street in Worli area of Mumbai to understand the road safety risks along the road and at the intersections. WRI is responsible for providing the technical inputs to the project. This Report documents the findings and recommendations from inspection of the above mentioned roads. This road safety inspection report was made possible through funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies under the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS).
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G South Ward Officer Mr. Sharad Ughade Inspecting Roads with WRI Team
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G South Ward Officer Mr. Sharad Ughade and EE Mr. Bodhake Understanding Design Recommendations
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgment Introduction Table of Contents Project Preamble Street Improvement Vision Mapping of Existing Road Safety Issues Proposed Quick-Fixes
Existing Conditions Proposed Quick-Fixes Existing Conditions Proposed Quick-Fixes Special Area: Worli Dairy Colony Proposed Design: Maintaining Footpath Continuity
3 5 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 16
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Project Preamble THE SEA FACE ROADS: KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN AND LALA LAJPAT RAI ROAD, WORLI After inspecting the above two roads, we understood that, these roads are provided with relatively better vehicular infrastructure but lack pedestrian safety majors like protected refuge areas, pedestrian ramps and universal access to one of the main urban open space of Mumbai; the Sea Face Promenade! Keeping this in mind, the vision was developed focusing at quick fixes which could be implemented in order to make this street accessible for all the users!
KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN ROAD Length : 2.63 km Carriageway width : 21 m Footpath width : ~ 2.5 - 3 m
Length : 1.84 km Carriageway width : 21 m Footpath width : ~3 - 3.5 m Lala Lajpat Rai road starts at Mela chowk and extends till Haji Ali junction. The adjacent land uses are mostly commercial and institutional with an access to Mahalaxmi Racecourse
KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN ROAD
LALA LAJPAT RAI ROAD
J K Kapur Chowk
Bindu Madhav Thackeray Chowk
Mela Chowk
LALA LAJPAT RAI ROAD
Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan road starts at J K Kapur chowk and extends till Mela chowk. It has predominantly residential land-use with some institutional and commercial land uses.
Rajni Patel/ Lotus Chowk
Haji Ali Junction
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Street Improvement Vision “To build a dialogue between the built-form and the urban open space along worli sea face, through safer street design prioritizing and universal access”
An urban open space in a city is a democratic space accessible to all street users.
Image showing Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road with the proposed elements making the sea face promenade accessible to all street users including senior citizens, differently-abled and pedestrians. wri-india.org
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Mapping of Existing Road Safety Issues Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road and Lala Lajpat Rai Road, were inspected from the point of view of physical parameters, accessibility, pedestrian infrastructure and speeding. Following map shows the road safety concerns at various locations along the roads, as observed during road safety inspection.
J K KAPUR CHOWK
Greenlawns School
Hazrat Peer Sayyed Mosque
BMC High School, Worli wri-india.org
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KHAN A BDUL G AFFAR K H
Bhagwan Gautam Buddha Udyan
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BMC High School, Worli
Worli Dairy
KHAN ROAD KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR
BINDU MADHAV THACKERAY CHOWK
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Worli Dairy
Atria Mall Happy Home & School for Blind
LAL A LA JPAT RAI ROAD
MELA CHOWK
Sai Mandir
RAJNI PATEL(LOTUS) CHOWK
OAD
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STREET IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
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NSCI Stadium
HAJI ALI JUNCTION LEGEND ISSUES
Inaccessible Pedestrian Crossing Not Universally Accessible Discontinuous Footpath Special Area: Worli Dairy Colony
AMENITIES Intersection designs submitted by WRI India Four- wheeler parking
Public Toilet Market
LANDMARKS
Bus Stop Vendors Public Seating
Two- wheeler parking Accessible Pedestrian Crossing
Park
Industry
Educational
Religious
Universally Accessible
Commercial
Stadium wri-india.org
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Proposed Quick-Fixes Following map shows the locations of key road safety recommendations as mapped during road safety inspection. These recommendations are the quick-fixes for: 1. Pedestrian accessibility 2. Footpath Continuity 3. Speed Control at slip lanes, and 4. Design for Special Areas The detailed design for these quick fixes are further illustrated in the report.
J K KAPUR CHOWK
Greenlawns School
Hazrat Peer Sayyed Mosque
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BMC High School, Worli
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KHAN A BDUL G AFFAR K H
Bhagwan Gautam Buddha Udyan
AN ROA D
BMC High School, Worli
Worli Dairy
KHAN ROAD KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR
BINDU MADHAV THACKERAY CHOWK
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Worli Dairy
Atria Mall Happy Home & School for Blind
LAL A LA JPAT RAI ROAD
MELA CHOWK
Sai Mandir
RAJNI PATEL(LOTUS) CHOWK
OAD
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HAJI ALI JUNCTION LEGEND
QUICK-FIX LOCATIONS Safe Pedestrian Crossing Universally Accessible
AMENITIES Intersection designs submitted by WRI India
Public Toilet Market
LANDMARKS
Bus Stop Vendors Public Seating
Contiguous Footpath
Park
Industry
Speed Control
Educational
Religious
Special Area Design
Commercial
Stadium wri-india.org
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EXISTING CONDITIONS Typical Section of Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan Road
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2.5 - 3 m footpath
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Pedestrian ramp is not provided detail 1 - Acce Pedestrian access ramp is not provided
detail 2 - Mid-block crossing DETAIL 2: INACCESSIBLE MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN REFUGE
Mid-block pedestrian refuges, wherever present, are inaccessible for vulnerable users as they are raised 10-15 essible median refuge blockcrossings crossings accessible median refugeat at mid mid block nearnear BMCBMC high high schoolschool cm above road level
Inaccessible median refuge Inaccessible median refuge
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PROPOSED QUICK-FIXES Mid-block Crossing
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RAMP AT PROMENADE Promenade Pedestrian access ramp
(min. width: 2 m, slope -1: 10)
0.9 m
Min. 3 m
0.6 m 0.6 m
Steps Landing at road level
with bollards (width of landing: 3 m min. or as wide as the pedestrian crossing)
Pedestrian Refuge (min. width 2 m ) with bollards
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0.9 m
0.6 m
0.6 m
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Min. 3 m
MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN REFUGE wri-india.org
20 STREET IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Utility boxes reduce the effective width of footpath near Greenlawns school
detail 2 - Mid-block crossing detail 2 - Mid-block crossing
EXISTING CONDITIONS
DETAIL 3: LACK OF FOOTPATH CONTINUITY
Effective footpath width is reduced due to haphazard placement of utility boxes
Utility boxes reduce the effective width of footpath near Greenlawns school
detail 3 - Footpath ne
Utility boxes reduce the effective width of footpath near Greenlawns school
detail 3 - Footpath near the School detail 3 - Footpath near the School
Discontinuous footpath
Effective width < 1.8 m
Effective width < 1.8 m
Vehicular ramps to adjoining properties affect the continuity of footpath. Vehicular ramps to adjoining properties affect the continuity of footpath. Vehicular ramps to adjoining properties affect the continuity of footpath.
Continuity of footpath is affected by vehicular ramps at property entrances detail 4 detail 4
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SPEEDING AT INTERSECTIONS WITH FREE-LEFT TURN
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Speeding of vehicles were observed at intersections with unsignalized dedicated left turning lane
Clear footpath width is maintained but pedestrian ramps are not provided Clear footpath width is maintained but pedestrian ramps are not provided
Clear footpath width is maintained but pedestrian ramps are not provided
2.5 - 3 m footpath
21 m
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2.5 - 3 m footpath
21 m footpath
detail 4 - Footpath with licensed vending kiosk detail with 4 - Footpath wi detail 4 - Footpath licensed ven Effective width >= 1.8 m
Effective width >= 1.8 m
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PROPOSED QUICK-FIXES
CLEAR WALKING ZONE
Pedestrian Zone Min. 2.2 m clear height
Min. 1.8 m
Multi-utility Zone varies as per site
Frontage Zone 0.5 - 1 m
Existing Gate Bollards
placed to prevent entry of vehicles on footpath
Min. 1.8 m
Vehicular ramp
+ 150 mm lvl
0.9 m
(slope -1: 6)
VEHICLE ACCESS RAMP AT PROPERTY ENTRANCES
Road level
RAISED CROSSING AT INTERSECTIONS WITH FREE-LEFT TURN
Raised Crossing
(slope -1: 25)
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EXISTING CONDITIONS Typical Section of Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan Road: Near Mela Chowk
detail 6 detail 4 detail 5
2.5 - 3 m footpath
21 m footpath
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2m footpath
ear ear footpath footpath width width is is maintained maintained but but pedestrian pedestrian ramps ramps are are not not provided provided
DETAIL 4: LACK OF ACCESS TO THE FOOTPATH AT CROSSINGS detail 4 - Footpath with licensed vending kiosks Footpaths near Mela chowk lacks pedestrian access ramps at crossings and thus are inaccessible for vulnerable users
2.5 -- 33 m m 2.5 footpath footpath
detail 4 - Footpath Effective width >= 1.8 m
Parking at intersections create hindrance for crossing pedestrians
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PedestrianPedestrian ramp with bollards is access ramp is not absent at crossingsprovided detail 5 - 5: Median at intersections DETAIL LACKrefuge OF PEDESTRIAN REFUGE PROTECTION
Pedestrian crossings at intersections lack refuge protectors which makes all pedestrians vulnerable to turning vehicleswithout edian detail 5 - Median re edian refuge refuge without refuge refuge protection protection makes makes crossing crossing unsafe. unsafe.
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Median refuge is unprotected at the intersection Inaccessible refugeprotection Lacksmedian median refuge at junctions
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PROPOSED QUICK-FIXES
Crossing at Intersections
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RAMP AT FOOTPATH
0.6 m 0.9 m 0.6 m
Kerb ramp
m . 1.2
Min
Min
(slope -1: 12) with bollards
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Pedestrian Refuge (min. width 2 m ) with bollards
0.6 m
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Refuge Protection
0.9 m
0.6 m
m
(min. length 1 m )
PEDESTRIAN REFUGE AT INTERSECTIONS
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SPECIAL AREA: WORLI DAIRY COLONY PRECINCT
Inaccessible footpath force pedestrians to walk on the travel lanes.
Worli Dairy Colony located near Worli Dairy, is a mixed-use high density settlement along Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road. It is also a popular pit stop for truck and taxi drivers to access the public restroom. The community open space here, is undefined and the footpath ends abruptly creating a conflict between pedestrians and vehicles accessing this space.
DETAIL 6: LACK OF ACCESS TO THE FOOTPATH
Proposed Redevelopment Project Parking at intersections makes footpath inaccessible Pedestrian ramp with bollards is absent at crossings
Conflict between pedestrian circulation and parked vehicles near the public restroom on Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan road.
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Pedestrian-vehicular conflict at the community open space
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