A New Meaning to Women's Day
This Women's Day, lets celebrate different forms of womanhood and fight for independence to be who we want to be. A call to challenge societal judgments and embrace authentic self-expression.
The Urban Dispatch
58 articles on mobility, climate action and urban policy, since 2018.
Articles
ಮರುವಿನ್ಯಾಸ — Redesign
The pandemic and climate emergency provide us an opportunity to redesign infrastructure and governance systems. A call for Karnataka to prioritize walking, cycling infrastructure and pass revolutionary transport bills.
Rewards of Collaboration
Examining the path to creating Bengaluru's Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA) and how collaboration between agencies can improve urban mobility.
Pedestrianised Streets & Urban Wellbeing
Impact assessment of Church Street First initiative showing improved air quality, increased foot traffic, and strengthened urban vitality through pedestrianisation.
Establishing Virtue Signalling
How Bengaluru established cycling as a priority through quick action on removing anti-cycling signboards and launching the Council For Active Mobility.
#PedalForLife on #WorldBicycleDay
Relief Riders campaign launch on World Bicycle Day 2021 - celebrating cycling's positive impact through community service.
Deja Vu
Observations on India's vaccination drive bottlenecks and the urgency needed to scale up vaccination centers in Bengaluru.
Who is to blame?
Examining who bears ultimate responsibility for climate-friendly infrastructure progress - individuals, businesses, or political leadership.
Active Mobility Goals
Defining what an Active Mobility Act should contain - ensuring outcomes for walkability, cycle-ability and safety through legislative action.
How do you invert the mobility pyramid?
Making the case for legislative action on active mobility as affirmative action to restore equity on Indian streets.
Pandemic Blessing
How the pandemic brought to focus the frailties of human nature and created an opportunity for cycling to surge in Bengaluru through Relief Riders and Reset With Cycling campaigns.
Cities, Climate and Behaviour Change
Cycling is the future. Cities influence our direction as a country in thoughts, ideas and the environment through everyday consumption and usage choices.