“Zero-Fatality Corridor” trials at Khadi Machine Chowk and Undri Chowk in Pune

SaveLIFE Foundation with support from Mahindra and Mahindra and in close partnership with the Pune Municipal Commission and the Pune Traffic Police has launched Tactical Urbanism trials at the Undri Chowk and Khadi Machine Chowk. Between 2017 to 2020, the Khadi Machine Chowk witnessed a total of 65 road crashes. The Undri Chowk, from 2017 to 2019, registered a total of 34 road crashes.
Tactical Urbanism (TU) trials are temporary, quick, and relatively low-cost interventions that test out urban design, transportation planning and infrastructural changes for improving road safety for all road users, especially the most vulnerable, like pedestrians, cyclists and other non-motorised transport (NMT) users. Once the interventions are proven, the relevant Government agencies are expected to make them permanent.
As part of the Zero Fatality Corridor (ZFC) Project, SaveLIFE Foundation is testing temporary urban design interventions to improve safety for pedestrians and other road users in various cities across India. The Pune trials include reclaiming spaces to create a wider, more continuous public realm, including safer walkways, traffic islands, pedestrian refuges and, shorter, safer and more comfortable crossings. The other interventions include orienting and pre-informing users through wayfinding and signages and geometric correction through T junctions to streamline traffic. The Undri Chowk and Khadi Machine Chowk interventions are the first such endeavours underway within Pune city. SaveLIFE Foundation has thus far conducted similar tactical redesigns at Karla Phata and Kanhe Phata on NH48 in Maharashtra and at Bhalswa Chowk, Rajghat Intersection, Burari Chowk and Gandhi Vihar in New Delhi.