Navdeep Asija
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Civil Engineering, Graduate Student
- Civil Engineering, Sustainable Transportation, Road safety, Safe Road Infrastructure Design, Toll Plaza Safety, Road safety, Traffic engineering , Transportation engineering, and 11 moreSustainable Communities, Pedestrian Walkability (Architecture and public spaces), Pedestrian Movement, Fazilka, Dial-a-Rickshaw, Cycle Rickshaw, Non Motor Transport, Pedestrianisation, Graduates Welfare Association Fazilka, Car Free, and Transport Planningedit
- Specializes in the field of road safety and sustainable transport, having over 23 years of experience in consulting, the public sector, and academia.edit
- Dr Geetam Tiwariedit
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Massive Road building and development is being taken up in India, under various schemes, such as National Highway Development Project (NHDP) and Prime Minister's Rural Road Development Schemes (PMGSY). Activities of improvement of about... more
Massive Road building and development is being taken up in India, under various schemes, such as National Highway Development Project (NHDP) and Prime Minister's Rural Road Development Schemes (PMGSY). Activities of improvement of about 45,000 kms of National Highways and around 400,000 kms of rural roads besides numerous urban roads are going on, all across the country. To ensure safety of all, there is a need to adopt an efficient and effective plan for management of traffic in work zones which are already blackspots. Work Zone Traffic Management Plans (WTMPs) are required to meet the safety needs of regular traffic as well as works traffic, ensuring minimum disruption in access to properties and movement of pedestrians. This research is a case study of road accident scenario on NH-152(Ambala-Zirakpur section). In 28.05 kilometers long stretch it has 24 identified accidental black spots, indicates that about 12-13 km of the road length has engineering faults and lack adequate infrastructure as per the requirements of the vehicles/pedestrians. This research talk about management of activities involved during its blackspot rectification work in work zone areas. As per this approach we have divided whole stretch into 5 corridors and described management of activities with main concern of safety, cost and time. At last, we have compared traditional approach of blackspot improvement and corridor approach of black spot improvement and finally concluded our study in form of guidelines which can be adopted during black spot rectification using corridor approach.
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: This paper talks about the Improvement method of road accident black spots. In this study we have used one of the pronounced method of Black spot analysis i.e. Corridor analysis in which whole section is divided in no. of segments and... more
: This paper talks about the Improvement method of road accident black spots. In this study we have used one of the pronounced method of Black spot analysis i.e. Corridor analysis in which whole section is divided in no. of segments and then improvement of black spots is done in sequential manner of each segment. By following this technique hazardous nature of whole stretch is rectified in a sequential order making whole stretch safe from one side which cannot be done in conventional method of black spots improvement. At last we have concluded our study by suggesting remedial measures for each black spot to make it safe.
Many people believe that nonmotorized modes (walking, cycling, and their variations) have an inferior right to use public roads compared with motor vehicles. This reflects the belief that motor vehicles are more important to society than... more
Many people believe that nonmotorized modes (walking, cycling, and their variations) have an inferior right to use public roads compared with motor vehicles. This reflects the belief that motor vehicles are more important to society than nonmotorized modes, and that roads are funded by motorists. Pedestrians and cyclists are sometimes forbidden from using a particular public road to avoid delaying motorized traffic.Thats the reason transportation planning practices are often unintentionally biased toward motorized travel. A city is a social structure and not merely a physical structure. To quantify the benefits of nonmotorized transportation facility, 300m long stretch of Fazilka city local road was converted into Pedestrian Street. Case study was performed to quantify the direct and indirect benefits of Nonmotorized facilities within the city. Fazilka has an estimated urban population of 67,424 (2001) and registered motor vehicles 45000 (Appox.) This paper highlights the results of...
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The first 63 clauses of the new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act aim to usher in reforms primarily in the road safety and transport sectors. But instead of improvement, the new law might widen the police-public gap because of the challenges... more
The first 63 clauses of the new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act aim to usher in reforms primarily in the road safety and transport sectors. But instead of improvement, the new law might widen the police-public gap because of the challenges faced by the traffic police across the country.
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Through a longitudinal case study we illustrate how a social enterprise was able to blend mobile communications technology and web applications with a traditional local transport system of cycle rickshaw in order to create a community... more
Through a longitudinal case study we illustrate how a social enterprise was able to blend
mobile communications technology and web applications with a traditional local transport
system of cycle rickshaw in order to create a community driven low-cost social innovation. We
demonstrate how this intervention catapulted an entire ecosystem resulting in inclusive
development at the extreme end of the bottom of the pyramid.
On the basis of our findings, we propose that social entrepreneurship originates in the context
of absence of opportunity, may be even at a cost to oneself and while evaluating the solution
to social problems, social entrepreneurs may not quit as readily when they find the solution to
be financially unattractive, rather make an attempt to make it financially sustainable. We
recommend that during the entire social enterprise creation process, social entrepreneurs
need to frame the social problem around the lives of beneficiaries and develop a holistic
approach that goes beyond offering a product/service.
mobile communications technology and web applications with a traditional local transport
system of cycle rickshaw in order to create a community driven low-cost social innovation. We
demonstrate how this intervention catapulted an entire ecosystem resulting in inclusive
development at the extreme end of the bottom of the pyramid.
On the basis of our findings, we propose that social entrepreneurship originates in the context
of absence of opportunity, may be even at a cost to oneself and while evaluating the solution
to social problems, social entrepreneurs may not quit as readily when they find the solution to
be financially unattractive, rather make an attempt to make it financially sustainable. We
recommend that during the entire social enterprise creation process, social entrepreneurs
need to frame the social problem around the lives of beneficiaries and develop a holistic
approach that goes beyond offering a product/service.
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Gurgaon TukTuk, Punjab Ecocabs and Mumbai Rickshawala, these three start-ups are on the route to success
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Mahatma Gandhi once quoted “I would prize every invention of science made for the benefit of all.” and embracing upon Mahatma’s idea of “doing more, for less, for more”, Fazilka, the town of god-fearing and hopeful people have given... more
Mahatma Gandhi once quoted “I would prize every invention of science made for the benefit of all.” and embracing upon Mahatma’s idea of “doing more, for less, for more”, Fazilka, the town of god-fearing and hopeful people have given something innovative to this world by following the legacy of great Gandhian Engineering named “Ecocabs”. Low cost solutions under the concept of democratize technology as a Para transit mode of public transport solution to the already existed Indian Rickshaw operation in the India for the world’s poorest citizens, while aiming to creating profit for them and making it improvising traditional rickshaw and overall well managed operations to benefit each stakeholder.
Ecocabs are the name given to Traditional Indian Rickshaw operation by adding it with facilities like dial-a-rickshaw through organized network first time in the world at Fazilka. Fazilka is an Indian Border town in Punjab state with population less than hundred thousand.
Ecocabs are the name given to Traditional Indian Rickshaw operation by adding it with facilities like dial-a-rickshaw through organized network first time in the world at Fazilka. Fazilka is an Indian Border town in Punjab state with population less than hundred thousand.
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Many people believe that nonmotorized modes (walking, cycling, and their variations) have an inferior right to use public roads compared with motor vehicles. This reflects the belief that motor vehicles are more important to society than... more
Many people believe that nonmotorized modes (walking, cycling, and their variations) have an inferior right to use public roads compared with motor vehicles. This reflects the belief that motor vehicles are more important to society than nonmotorized modes, and that roads are funded by motorists. Pedestrians and cyclists are sometimes forbidden from using a particular public road to avoid delaying motorized traffic.Thats the reason Transportation planning practices are often unintentionally biased toward motorized travel. To quantify the benefits of nonmotorized transportation facility, 300m long stretch of Fazilka city local road was converted into Pedestrian Street. Case study was performed to quantify the direct and indirect benefits of Nonmotorized facilities within the city. Fazilka has an estimated urban populated of 67,424 (2001) and registered motor vehicles 45000 (Appox.) This paper highlights the results of statistical analysis performed amongst the selected visitor of Pedestrian Street through random sampling and importance of nonmotorized facilities for the sustainable development of city.
