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2019 · Delhi

Walkability — Taimoor Nagar and New Friends Colony

A street audit of two adjacent Delhi neighbourhoods, scored section by section and plotted against the things that were measured on the ground.

Source
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Category
Studio / Street audit / Transport
Year
2019
Place
Delhi
Role
Street audit, scoring and visualisation
Figures
4 charts

Context

Taimoor Nagar and New Friends Colony sit next to each other and are not walked the same way. The studio scored the streets of both against a fixed instrument, which makes the comparison a matter of record rather than impression.

Role

Street audit, scoring and visualisation

Audited and scored streets by section, then drew the results four ways — as a heatmap of every street and section, as a profile by road hierarchy, and as two scatters testing the score against footpath width and against vehicle speed.

Process

A score is only as good as what it is tested against. The two scatters exist to check the instrument: if effective footpath width and driver behaviour do not move with the walkability score, the score is measuring something other than walking.

The audit

Walkability scores by street and sectionFig. 01

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Walkability profile by road hierarchyFig. 02

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Testing the score

The score plotted against what was measured on the street.

Effective footpath width against walkability scoreFig. 03

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Vehicle speed against driver behaviour and safety scoreFig. 04

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