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What is Tactical Redesign?
Tactical Redesign is a test of street design, planning and infrastructural interventions to gauge effectiveness of road user safety. It especially focuses on safeguarding the most vulnerable road users (VRUs) like pedestrians, cyclists and other two-wheeler riders. The Redesign efforts involve relatively low-cost, temporary interventions, helmed by citizens or public groups. If found successful, the interventions may be recommended to the relevant authorities for permanent implementation.
Tactical Redesign allows for cheap and quick testing of ideas in real-time. It also helps gather data which helps assess the effectiveness of proposed infrastructure changes. The redesign is a cost effective method to prevent road crashes in dangerous crash prone areas, also known as ‘Black Spots’.
Location
The ZFC project stretch is a 12km high-fatality corridor on Delhi’s Outer Ring Road, situated between Signature Bridge and Bhalswa Chowk. It features 4 Black Spots, out of which Bhalswa Chowk was chosen as the Tactical Redesign site for the first phase of the ZFC project, based on a comprehensive Road Safety Audit conducted for the stretch.
Our Approach
The Tactical Redesign at Bhalswa Chowk, a designated black-spot in Outer Delhi, is a multi-stakeholder project helmed by SaveLIFE Foundation (SLF) to improve road safety at a high-fatality intersection. The project is part of the Delhi Zero Fatality Corridor (ZFC) initiative, a program by SLF in partnership with the Delhi Government to reduce road crash fatalities and improve emergency care along high-fatality road corridors. To achieve this, SLF has created a unique strategy. The ZFC programme in Delhi revolves around a 6-part strategy designed for its smooth execution and implementation:
The Redesign was preceded by a detailed Road Safety Audit study, which determined the issues and opportunities along the project stretch. Based on this, a proposal for the Bhalswa Chowk Tactical Redesign was developed and executed over an area of approximately 12,000 square meters.
The Redesign strategy involved 5 key elements:
Modify street geometry.
Introduce traffic calming measures.
Introduce new pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, and improve connectivity and safer refuge spaces.
Relocate public transit stations and designated stands for feeder transportation.
Introduce new signage and road markings.
Impact
The Tactical Redesign achieved an improvement in perceived and quantified safety, as indicated from the following results:
Zero deaths and zero serious injuries
Reduction in pedestrian exposure to conflict and road crashes
Improved perception of road safety
Improved compliance of infrastructure by vulnerable road users
Reduction in illegal vehicular driver behaviour
Reduction in pedestrian conflict
Reduction in vehicular conflict
Reduction in two-wheeler conflict
Milestones
SLF gets a four year extension of the MoU to improve road safety in the city from the Government of National Capital Territory Delhi.
eg. On 11 th February 2021, our team met the Hon’ble Minister of Transport, GNCTD, Mr. Kailash Gahlot at Delhi Secretariat to discuss the progress made on SLF’s Delhi Zero Fatality Corridor (ZFC) Project and to renew the MoU (originally dated 15 th (November) between SLF and GNCTD for another four years.
The results and analysis formed the basis of recommendations for permanent design and policy changes which were compiled in a Final Report and submitted to the Transport Department on 15th June 2020.
A glimpse of change
SLF gets a four year extension of the MoU to improve road safety in thecity from Government of National Capital Territory Delhi
On 11th February 2021, the team at SaveLIFE Foundation met the Hon’bleMinister Kailash Gahlot, Minister of Transport, GNCTD at Delhi Secretariat todiscuss the progress made on SLF’s Delhi Zero Fatality Corridor (ZFC) Project andto renew the MoU (originally dated 15th November) between SLF and GNCTD foranother four years.
The meeting was attended by senior bureaucrats and officials from the DelhiGovernment like Sh. Ashish Kundra, Principal Secretary and Commissioner,Transport, GNCTD, Sh. KK Dahiya, Special Commissioner, Transport, GNCTD,Smt. Shashi Kaushal, Special Commissioner, Road Safety, GNCTD, Smt NiyatiKashyap, ACP (Traffic), Delhi Police and Sh. MohanLal, Superintendent Engineer,PWD, GNCTD.
During the Project Review Meeting, SLF apprised the Hon’ble Minister about itssuccessful Trials (initiated on 16th January, 2020) for the temporary redesign ofthe high-fatality Bhalswa Chowk, a designated Black Spot in Delhi, to transform itinto a safe mobility zone. SLF also informed the Minister about its crash-prevention training for 1077 DTC bus drivers and life-saving skills training for 718youth volunteers.
The Hon’ble Minister appreciated the impact of the project and noted, amongother things, the marking of cycle tracks on the Bhalswa intersection anddirected the Special Commissioner, Road Safety to ensure propermarking/painting of cycle tracks throughout the city. He accepted the suggestionthat SLF provide technical expertise and technical support to the TransportDepartment on crash data analysis and other road safety matters. He furtherdirected the Transport Department to create a more efficient and time boundprocess of informing SLF about crashes. He clarified that all crashes must beinvestigated in partnership with SLF and that Delhi Police should provide timelyinformation. SLF was requested to lead a Workshop on Scientific CrashInvestigations and provide technical leadership and expertise on the matter; incoordination with the Transport Department. The Hon’ble Minister instructed theTransport Department to share monthly updates (1st Monday of every month) onall activities regarding road safety and training done. He also directed SLF toformally submit draft Rules on Section 210D and 138 for the consideration of theDepartment. Section 210 D gives the power to the State Government to makerules for design, construction, and maintenance standards for roads under itsjurisdiction while Section 138 (1A) of MVAA’19 gives the power to StateGovernments to regulate the activities of pedestrians and non-motorized roadusers in a public place.
The draft addendum to the MoU was presented to the Hon’ble Minister by Sh.Piyush Tewari. The Chair agreed to the extension of the MoU for another fouryears. Pursuant to the MOU, SLF shall submit a proposal articulating theinterventions to be undertaken, including the adoption of additional junctionsand technical support to the Transport Department. The interventions will further help in reducing fatalities around black spots, thereby improving road safetyoutcomes in the city.
bringing together all dedicated, like-minded stakeholders and partners on a common platform for a shared cause.The journey formally began with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Transport Department, Government of NCT of Delhi on 15th November, 2018 which helped bring all stakeholders together.
We collected and collated reliable and authentic data from various sources to better understand and document the problem. This included looking at FIR data, Traffic Survey data, interviews with road users etc.
An audit of the stretch was conducted which helped us in speed assessment, road geometrics and carriageway assessment , assessment of existing road inventory/ traffic control devices and risk assessment for VRUs. Analysis of the available data helps in recommending countermeasures and plan targeted tactical on-ground interventions.
this is the action component of the strategy that involves the use of effective communication and collaboration with relevant partners to push for solutions and the mobilisation of community and other stakeholders for improving on-ground road safety outcomes. The redesign was deployed in January 2020 and 12,000+ community members educated and engaged on road safety.
Qualitative and Quantitative 3rd party impact measurement was conducted for the tactical redesign to evaluate the impact of the project. The project led to 70% reduction in pedestrian exposure distance
The Tactical redesign at Bhalswa Chowk helps in showcasing a scalable model that can be replicated on other Accident Prone Zones and Junctions throughout the country.