Cycle Track

There is a lot of change happening in Chennai infrastructure. Based on the recent Wilbur Smith report 52% of trips in Chennai are short distance trips i.e of <5kms. and currently most of it is done by walk and motorized transport. This adds to the...

Pedestrian Advice

Few weeks back there was a lot of tension on LB. Corporation and Traffic Police were removing some shops that had taken up space on the footpath. Most of us find it difficult to see something being torn down no matter how justified. There were tens of...

Electric Men To The Rescue

Like a man/woman waiting under the moonlight for his/her lover many of us have been waiting for the TNEB team to turn up and start moving the utilities to the designated Utility Strip. (Most of the time we have been waiting under the hot sun is a different...

Self Demolition on LB

Hope the following will help douse some cynicism in Chennai, for some time. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, many of the citizens who are interested in these kinds of projects believe nothing will change. Corporation of Chennai (CoC) will not do...

Construction on LB road

Marys Road Design

Due to the intense work on our other project in Lattice Bridge, the Mary’s Road project has had little progress in the last few weeks. – After seeing the progress in the LB road project, CCCF is now working with SRM University Architecture...

LB: A humbling experience

I can speak on behalf of the team. Our LB road pilot, which just involved 0.5 KM, is a humbling experience. Yet it is a very educational experience—you get to see how the city works. I am using present tense since the tendering and subsequent implementation...

Some already visible positive impact of LB pilot

We had given the CoC a set of standards as sample. This was during the initial phases of the LB pilot. These were based on the US Department of Transportation standards. A very comprehensive set of standards indeed. We expected them to say, “this is...

Airport Parking Lot Improvement: A fast track approach

One of the urgent issues is the traffic chaos at the passenger pick up and drop off zones. Since the airport is being upgraded by AAI (new buildings to be open around Dec 2010) construction sites in front of the terminals are also adding to the chaos....

LB Road Project

This is to give the reader a good idea of how the LB Road Pilot (LB for short) was done. The set of engineering diagrams, landscape designs, signage and related documents are attached. We are happy to inform you that our designs for LB have been enthusiastically...