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10 reasons to
make Bengaluru
walkable again! 

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Footpaths are replete with issues

Infrastructure failures like inactive traffic lights and inappropriately-timed crossing signals, no wayfinding and pedestrian navigation systems, and lack of street lighting at night, make pedestrians more vulnerable

Source: Citizen Matters

  • Park Better, Walk Better
    Park Better, Walk Better
    Fri, 12 Apr
    Webinar
    12 Apr 2024, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm IST
    Webinar
    In this webinar, we will share insights from Walkable Bengaluru, on the negative impacts that mismanaged and unplanned parking has on pedestrian movement in our cities; and through the experience of 4 experts in 5 different cities, we will explore potential approaches & solutions in solving for it!
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  • Data Jam - Dec 2023
    Data Jam - Dec 2023
    Sat, 02 Dec
    Bengaluru
    02 Dec 2023, 10:10 am – 5:00 pm
    Bengaluru, Shreyas Point, S End Rd, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560004, India
    Explore trends and patterns in the walkability audit data that give us better insights into pedestrian infrastructure in different parts of the city, its impact and potential entry points for intervention.
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Challenge cities face:

  • City budgets are highly insufficient to build or even maintain footpaths on all roads ​

   

  • Too many different structural and recurring challenges make it difficult to solve the problems holistically and effectively

Parisian Pavement

Changing the status quo requires prioritising our efforts and resources and leveraging citizens as end users to achieve the most speedy and effective outcomes

Introducing 

A new civic tool to give power to citizens to collaboratively create local walkability plans - integrating all the requirements of issue mapping, solution identification, and budget estimation in one place.

Step up

Fast

2 volunteers, 30 min to audit both sides of 500m of footpath

Accurate

Issues are mapped on-site as geo-spatial points with photographic evidence

Actionable 

Different issues are matched with solutions for each stretch to automatically calculate budgets

Social 

Find friends, allies and a community of change makers

Audit process

       Train 

how to use phone-based audit app to map footpath issues

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     Walk 

along footpaths and map different types of issues using a digital app

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     Match 

solutions to the issues as a group to aid budget calculation

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Walkable Bengaluru

Fixing walkability across 20 wards

Progress so far!

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Investing just 10% of the city’s annual budget on walkability for the next 5 years, we can achieve a city that is safer, healthier, and universally accessible!

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