3 THEMATIC INTERVENTIONS TACTICAL URBANISM GUIDEBOOK | November 2020 CONNECTING PLACES AND PEOPLE Extended Sidewalks REDUCING CONFLICT BETWEEN MOBILITY AND LIVABILITY Streamlining carriageway IMPROVING ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT Bus stop improvements Bus lanes/ Bus bay marking PLACEMAKING TO IMPROVE LIVABILITY Shade structures Seating Stationary activity zones Art in the street WAYFINDING TO IMPROVE LEGIBILITY Sign boards Floor signage Trail markings 42 43 CONNECTING PLACES AND PEOPLE EXTENDED SIDEWALKS POP-UP BIKE LANES TACTICAL URBANISM GUIDEBOOK | November 2020 REQUIRED DATA AND MAPPINGS Neighbourhood scale & connection to wider networks A map showing the major landmarks such as commercial, recreational, public amenities, healthcare, religious centres, institutional, transit hubs and movement pattern within one kilometre radius of the selected stretch or one kilometre extent on both sides of the selected stretch. This mapping is useful to understand the context of the selected stretch at neighbourhood scale, the urban structure, neighbourhood character, pedestrian and vehicular movement patterns and whether there is scope for rerouting if needed. Metupalayam Road Brooke Bond Sample mapping R.S Road PURAM Big Bazaar Road, Coimbatore showing 948 us di Avinashi Connections ra Road neighbourhood scale e CSI Immanuel tr Thandu Church e Mariamman to wider m Temple context and key lo GD Matriculation i Higher Secondary Police k School KG Hospi- networks e India Post tal Coimbatore movement corridors n District KG Cin- O Coimbatore Head Court emas Big Bazaar Road serves as the shortest Coimbatore Corpo- ration Girls Hr. Sec. Shanthi The- connecting spine between the Coimbatore School 50 atre 0 Railway Station and the city’s commercial/ m Commercial et Nawab Hakim r Road Variety Hall e trade district and is hence a primary arterial Road ra Tamil Nadu Govern- road inRecreational the city’s street network. d Police Mu- ment Arts iu seum College sGood Shed Road Coimbatore Junc- Oppanakara Street tion Public Amenties volume crossing east-west through Big Government Raja Medical Col- Girls Higher Street lege & Hospi- Bazaar Road has been dispersed onto the Corporation Parking Coimbatore Railway Secondary Sub Register Police Station tal Lot Ukkadam Sungam Bypass road which runs school C.S.I Christ Thiyagi Clock Trichy Church Religious Buildings Kumaran Big Bazaar Tower Road almost parallel to Big Bazaar Road in the TK Market Road Market southern side. This is especially the case for Victoria Coimbatore City Big Bazaar Town Muncipal Corpora- commutersInstitutions who may not have a need to Road Hall tion come to the core city areas but are moving towards Ukkadam or other neighbourhoods Valanku- lam in the south-western side of the city. Govt. Higher Secondary Chinna Kulam Saravana School Store UKKADAM 500m radius Ukkadam Ukkadam Bus Fish Mar- Stand Ukkadam Sungam Bypass ket Road Commercial Palakkad Main Road MMA Market Recreational Public Amenties MM Old Market 948 Perur Bypass Ukkadam New Whole Sale Fish Road Market Religious Buildings Institutions Periya Kulam 44 45 Street Right of Way (RoW) A drawing of the street section of the selected stretch showing the current right of-way distribution. This is an extremely important step to determine the need and feasibility for intervention. Foot path and Vehicular Vehicular On-street Bus shelter lane 1 Median lane 2 Parking Foot path Barrier free access A drawing showing the locations that are not accessible by persons This mapping is important to determine if any minor interventions/ ramp additions can make the stretch barrier free. Timesaver tip TACTICAL URBANISM GUIDEBOOK | November 2020 USER SURVEYS Perception on navigation & road safety Understanding user perception on road safety and ease of navigation along the stretch helps to determine priorities in terms of interventions. How safe is Sample survey this street to response data on walk? 18 % 37 % 22 % 15% 8 % road safety and ease of navigation How easy is it to navigate this stretch ? 33 % 38 % 21% 5% 3 % RELEVANT STANDARDS AND THUMB RULES Sidewalk design standards Minimum obstacle free walkway width in residential/ mixed 1.8 metres use areas Commercial/ Mixed use areas 2.5 metres Shopping frontages 3.5 to 4.5 metres Bus stops 3 metres High Intensity Commercial areas 4 metres • In busy areas like bus stops, railway stations, recreational areas, the width of sidewalk should be suitably increased to account for accumulation of pedestrians. • No obstructions allowable within this clear height. • Tree branches within this height to be pruned with due permissions; All advertisement panels, posts, poles, junction boxes, public utility structures etc. to be removed. 46 47 Obstruction free minimum horizontally and vertically. signage or any kind of obstruction should be zone’ in future. Frontage zone or dead width standards For footpaths in shopping area, an extra one metre should be added to the stipulated 4 metre width. In other situations where footpaths pass next to buildings and fences, a dead width of 0.5 metres can be added. TACTICAL URBANISM GUIDEBOOK | November 2020 Kerb ramp standards 1:12 minimum slope at all level change points; 1.2 metres is the minimum width of ramp. Cycle track standards When vehicles using the route is more than 200 per hour, separate Width of cycle track Capacity in number of cycles / hour Two lanes 250 to 600 50 to 250 Three lanes over 600 250 to 600 Four lanes ---- over 600 KEY LEARNINGS FROM ON-GROUND STUDIES REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN DESIGN DETAILS FOR THIS THEMATIC INTERVENTION • • • • • • • 48 49 MATERIAL PALETTE FOR THIS THEMATIC INTERVENTION 3 2 1 1 RoW Demarcation • • Delineators • Jersey barricades • • Pavement markers • Nylon ropes • Wooden pallets • Tyres • Floor marking tape • Duct tape • 2 • Acrylic distemper paint • Floor coat emulsion paint • Water based epoxy paint • Thermoplastic paint • Spray paint • Aerosol line marking machine 3 Signage • Acrylic distemper paint • Thermoplastic paint • Spray paint • • Easels • Mill board/ MDF board • Cardboard 50 51 REDUCING CONFLICT BETWEEN MOBILITY AND LIVABILITY STREAMLINING CARRIAGEWAY INTERSECTION FIX PEDESTRIAN CROSSING TRAFFIC CALMING PARKING REORGANIZATION TACTICAL URBANISM GUIDEBOOK | November 2020 REQUIRED DATA AND MAPPINGS City context map A map showing the neighbourhoods and major landmarks such as recreational, public amenities, institutional and transit hub at a city level This mapping is important to understand the history and context of Towards Metupalayam / to the overallOoty movement patterns in the city. Big Bazaar Road, Coimbatore Sanganur Stream ContextSample mapping- City scale At theshowing city scale, Big theBazaar selectedRoad is located in the Town Hall Area, named after Coimbatore Metupalayam Road Townstreet Hall, a neo-classical stretch municipal in relation building GANAPATHYPUDUR built in 1892 in honour of Queen Victoria. to the overall street Metupalayam Bus Stand The Town Hall area also forms the core city areanetwork and is geographically for locatedthe incity the Sathy Road Sanganur southern end of the metropolitan area. Towards Airport Stream PSG Group of Omni Bus Stand SAI BABA Coimbatore North Institutions PEELAMEDU COLONY Railway Station GANDHIPURAM Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road Cross Cut Thiruvalluvar Bus Stand Road Town Bus Stand TNAU Central Bus Stand Avinashi Road RAM NAGAR R.S PURAM VOC Park & Zoo Sanganur Stream Selvampathy Dr. Nanjapaa Road Lake Kumaraswa- ANUPPERPALAYAM my Lake Gandhi Park Coimbatore Junction RAMANATHAPURAM Religious Trichy Road Big Bazaar Road Trichy Road Victoria Selva Town Hall Chinthamani Chinna Kulam Kulam Major landmarks Ukkadam Sungam Bypass Transit Ukkadam Bus Stand Road Road Palakkad Main Main Palakkad Commercial Recreational UKKADAM Public Amenity Periya Kulam Healthcare Noyyal River Religious Noyyal River Institutional Transit Towards Pol- lachi Palakkad Main Road Block Structure A map locating the major crowd generators such as commercial, recreational, public amenities, healthcare, religious centres, institutional, transit hubs and movement patterns within 500m radius of the selected stretch. 52 53 This mapping is important to understand the street networks, the level of permeability, places of public gathering and movement pattern at the neighbourhood level in relation to its grain. Coimbatore Corporation Girls Big Bazaar Road, Coimbatore Higher Secondary School Masjid Sample mapping showing s C.C.H.S Block Structure iu N ad Variety Hall r Road the block structure e Good Shed Big Bazaar Road is located in the core tr Road e city area of Coimbatore, an area that is m within a 500 metre radius 0 0 with a highly permeable street network 5 China of the chosen stretch Bazar Coimbatore St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Latin Cathedral Masjid T.E.L.C Christunathar Ahlehades Aalayam Coimbatore Junction St. Michael’s Railway Station Nawab Hakim Road Matriculation School Oppanakara Street Raja St. Michael’s Higher Street Secondary School Corporation Parking Lot Presentation District Convent Library Clock Trichy Tower Road The Carnatic Chennai Pothys Big Bazaar Cinemas Silks GandhiRoad Arulmigu Athar Jamaath Statue Koniamman Masjid Temple Victoria Coimbatore Bhura Town Hall City Market Jain Temple Municpal Corporation PWD Good Shepherd Campus High School Vysial Street Koteeswarar Temple Religious Kerala Jamath Masjid Naaz Theatre Palakkad Main Road Govt. Higher Secondary School Commercial Recreational Public Amenties Chinna