Jaywalkers get grilles, because speed thrills
Grilles have been installed on both East-West and North-South Corridors. The grilles will also help protect the plants
Pedestrians will not be able to jaywalk across the medians below the Metro viaducts that have come up on the middle of several busy roads in the City. The
Officials confirmed that the grilles will be installed on both East-West Corridor and North-South Corridors. The grilles are expected to solve problems such as to prevent pedestrians from jaywalking, littering on the medians and stop animals like cows and dogs straying on it.
Simultaneously, the BMRCL is also beautifying the trash-filled medians by partnering with private companies and NGOs. Ornamental plants are also being planted on the medians, which are currently filled with trash or occupied by people to either sleep or sell items. In exchange of maintaining the medians, the BMRCL has allowed the
In every 100 accidents, 90 are related to pedestrians or two-wheelers. Given such high vulnerability, pedestrians should be given much importance
Prof. Ashish Verma of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and a transport expert said that the administration should also provide safe pedestrian crossing facilities and not just create an infrastructure to prevent jaywalking. “Not just at every junction, but pedestrian crossing facility should be provided on every 100-metre stretch of the busy road. If the volume of traffic is very high, there should either be overbridges of underpass facilities,” he said. An analysis of road accidents in the City, he said, has shown that pedestrians and two-wheeler riders are the most vulnerable road users in the City. “In every 100 accidents, 90 of them are related to pedestrians or two-wheelers. Given such a high percentage of vulnerability, pedestrians should be given much importance in any road infrastructure works,” he said.
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On its part, the BMRCL had announced the construction of footover bridges near six Metro stations where there is a high risk of
Bengaluru’s medians get into a mean mode
The work had been taken up by the horticulture division of the BBMP. Horticulturists are using the shrub varieties and topiary plant-Carmona microphylla for this project.
A report prepared by the Bangalore City Traffic police showed 164 pedestrians lost their lives in the City in 2020 as compared to 273 deaths in 2019 and 285 deaths in 2018. Of these, 82 pedestrians lost their lives while crossing the pedestrian crossings and 45 at non-pedestrian crossings. Three were killed while crisscrossing the road and three others while sleeping on the footpaths. As many as 29 lost their lives while walking alongside the roads.
