Pune Dec 23 PTI With a view to bring down the number of accidents taking place at the intersections on the old Mumbai-Pune highway the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation MSRDC in association with a voluntary organisation and a leading car maker has launched tactical urbanism trials at Karla Phata near Lonavala Tactical Urbanism TU trials are temporary quick and relatively low-cost interventions which 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 users a release said As part of the Vision Zero Project with MSRDC and SKODA Auto Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd SaveLIFE Foundation is currently testing temporary design interventions to improve safety for pedestrians cyclists and other road users The intersection had discontinuous footpaths in poor condition no waiting space for pedestrians and since the junction on the Highway is used by the villagers there was high exposure to conflict the release said Talking about the initiative Dr Chandrakant Pulkundwar joint managing director of the MSRDC said that Karla Phata on Mumbai-Pune highway has a heavy pedestrian footfall with over 250 pedestrians using the intersection during the peak hour Through these trials at Karla Phata we aim to test a methodology to treat high-risk intersections on national highways and use pre-emptive measures to reduce conflict and therefore any risk to human life We also aim to use this methodology on other intersections on the Old Mumbai -Pune Highway he said PTI SPK NP NP
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