Category Archives: Pedestrian safety

Most of the fatal accidents in roads are due to pedestrians preferring surface crossing rather than subways. However a recent survey conducted, indicates that a large number of people prefer surface crossing rather than subways. One of the contributing factors … Continue reading →

Pedestrian safety remains one of the major agenda of SRRF. In a recent SRRF article, http://blog.srr-foundation.org/?p=1030; issue of reduction in road fatalities during the current year was discussed. Another issue that SRRF has been working upon is the condition of … Continue reading →

SRRF which has been actively pursuing pedestrian safety agenda in Delhi is happy to note the reduction in fatal pedestrian accidents during the current year. This year, there appears to be a welcome decline.  It is a known fact that … Continue reading →

Most members would be aware that SRRF Dialogue has been working continuously on Pedestrian Safety, considering large number of death and suffering being caused due to traffic accidents and further that almost every second person being killed in road accidents … Continue reading →

Till a few years ago, New York too had faced the challenges that Delhi faces now. The number of private vehicles was on the rise and flyovers were choc-a-block with vehicles. There was little space for parking and the number … Continue reading →

Public Works Department (PWD) conducted a survey, which shows that a large number of people prefer crossing the road on the surface rather than walking a extra paces to use a pedestrian bridge. Though constructing bridges with escalators and erecting … Continue reading →

Delhi Metro has decided to construct pedestrian subways in seven of the Metro stations on the 27km long Jankapuri West –Kalindi Kunj corridor. The corridor will be constructed as part of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s phase-3 in the next four … Continue reading →

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has planned to include a chapter on road safety in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) social science syllabus from class 6 to 10. The chapter aims to teach students how to … Continue reading →

Due to constant demand for traffic updates through SMS, the Delhi Traffic Police is in process to re-start the service through SMS very soon. Previously, the service was launched free of cost in June 2010. However, the Delhi Traffic Police … Continue reading →

Concerned over the increase in the number of pedestrian deaths due to road accidents in the City, Delhi police on Monday launched ‘Respect the Pedestrians’, a campaign by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. The traffic police campaign highlights the need to … Continue reading →