As per the recommendations of National Urban Transport Policy, DDA, Delhi has notified Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Plg. & Engg.) Centre (UTTIPEC) to enhance mobility, reduce congestion and to promote traffic safety by adopting standard transport planning practices, capacity building, enforcement measures, road safety audits, traffic engineering practices and better organizational co-ordination for improved traffic management by efficient lane capacity and work zone management, utilities coordination, developing traffic culture and avoiding transport planning pitfalls in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. As per the notification now onward, all transportation projects/transport engineering solutions in Delhi by any agency having road engineering/infrastructure implication would require clearance of the centre (UTTIPEC).
Recently UTTIPEC has published street design guidelines to promote sustainable transportation system for our cities with equitable allocation of road space. Few of you in this group must be aware of it and might be the part of it. Sharing the link of Guideline book, which can act as good bench mark for various cities of Punjab as well. Books is can be downloaded at
http://www.uttipec.nic.in/StreetGuidelines-R1-Feb2011-UTTPEC-DDA.pdf
Kindly share if you have such similar documents to overall improve transportation infrastructure of our cities.
Kind Regards,
Navdeep Asija