Rutul Joshi

#Policypost 🌏'India is a land of walkers. An estimated 45 million walk to work daily, compared with a mere 54 lakhs who use motorized personal transport. However, the infrastructure that is in place for road users is skewed against Non-motorised Transport (NMT), either pushing pedestrians to the margins of the road networks, or even worse, compelling them to jostle for space with motor vehicles, thereby exposing them to injury or death.' -Geetam Tiwari, a professor at the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre, IIT Delhi, emphasizes the need to prioritize pedestrians in road design through this article. 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻🌳 ⭕ Key points from the article include: 👉 A 2019 survey in selected cities revealed that 63% of all trips were walking trips, making pedestrians the largest category of road users. 👉 In urban areas, 31% of Indian workers walk to work. 👉 More women walk to work than men, with 55% of women walking compared to 28% of men. 👉Every public transport trip involves walking segments to access and exit, meaning at least 50% of urban commutes include walking. 👉 Pedestrian fatalities account for over 50% of all road traffic deaths in Delhi and Mumbai. The cost of pedestrian fatalities and injuries is estimated at Rs. 2,38,728 crore (MoRTH, 2020). 👉 Studies show that unenclosed travel modes in Delhi experience 10-40% higher particulate matter (PM) concentration than traveling in an air-conditioned car. Read the full article here - thehinducentre.com/the-arena… (Data source is included in the article) @manashuman @SarikaPanda @MunCorpGurugram @MCD_Delhi @tweetndmc @MCF_Faridabad @DC_Gurugram @MORTHRoadSafety @MORTHIndia @nitin_gadkari @cmohry @nishantyadavIAS @RoadSafetyNGOs @HRYVisionZero @OfficialGMDA