Walking Project

We aim to create a safe, convenient & enjoyable walking experience across MMR through grass roots advocacy, collaboration & govt engagement 🚶‍♀️

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On World Environment Day 2026, with @BKCMoves we spent a few hours on the streets of BKC interacting with commuters, traffic police personnel, and other stakeholders, advocating for safer and more convenient walking conditions.

Better walking infrastructure improves the daily experience of commuters, supports public transport use, reduces transport-related emissions, and contributes to India's energy security.

The time for Walkable Cities is NOW!

#WalkingProject #BKCMoves

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Let's remember that one of the most powerful and simplest solutions to the energy crisis is walking. Cities that make walking safe, comfortable, and accessible reduce dependence on fossil fuels, strengthen energy security, and lower emissions.

Every trip made on foot is a trip that requires no fuel, produces no emissions, and strengthens community resilience. Safe walking isn't just a mobility issue, it is an environmental and public health issue

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#WorldEnvironmentDay #SaferWalking #WalkingProject

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🌍 World Environment Day
As cities grapple with energy insecurity and environmental challenges, creating safe conditions for walking is crucial.

Join citizens across different neighborhoods in a coordinated banner engagement to advocate for streets that are safer, and less dependent on fossil fuels.
While we have listed locations with active participation, this is the perfect time to become an advocate for your own neighborhood, anywhere across Mumbai or elsewhere in India. Express your interest in participating this World Environment Day.

Scan the QR code or click the link to register and join the action
🔗 https://t.co/k2IymyLBPv

#EnvironmentDay #Walkability #SustainableCities

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🌍 World Environment Day
As cities grapple with energy insecurity and environmental challenges, creating safe conditions for walking is crucial.

Join citizens across different neighborhoods in a coordinated banner engagement to advocate for streets that are safer, and less dependent on fossil fuels.
While we have listed locations with active participation, this is the perfect time to become an advocate for your own neighborhood, anywhere across Mumbai or elsewhere in India. Express your interest in participating this World Environment Day.

Scan the QR code or click the link to register and join the action
🔗 https://t.co/k2IymyLBPv

#EnvironmentDay #Walkability #SustainableCities

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📢 Walking Project Weekly Meet

Sharing ideas, steering strategy, giving updates on ongoing work, and exploring volunteering opportunities—all towards safer roads & better footpaths. Join us!

https://t.co/46E2JCBiWs

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Change begins when residents take ownership of their streets.

Kevin Pinto, Convener of the Chakala Walkability Team, one of our locally led neighbourhood groups, has spent the past several weeks working to address pedestrian safety issues in Dr. Charat Singh Colony, Chakala.

Although this narrow residential street is usually calm, off-peak hours often see speeding by two-wheelers and instant delivery riders. Combined with the street's winding geometry, numerous blind spots, and lack of dedicated pedestrian infrastructure, this creates significant risks for pedestrians.

To better understand the problem, Kevin collaborated with Associate Prof. Sonia Saraf and her students from Sir J.J. College of Architecture, who conducted a detailed assessment of the 400-metre street and prepared a set of recommendations based on Indian Roads Congress (IRC) guidelines and best practices.

Kevin and Sonia have been pursuing these recommendations with the BMC and Traffic Police. We hope to see these evidence-based improvements implemented soon.

This is exactly what our Local Walkability Teams initiative is designed to achieve: enabling residents to identify local issues, build technical partnerships, and work with authorities to create safer, more walkable neighbourhoods.

Want to anchor a team in your locality? Write to us at [email protected].

#LocalWalkabilityTeams

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Some positive news from Bandra West following our recent post on the importance of scientific tree assessment.

Mumbai has launched a pilot project in Pali Hill, Bandra West, using AI and LiDAR technology to digitally assess and monitor trees. The initiative will create detailed 3D geotagged tree inventories, track tree health, and support better urban conservation and management.

We hope this marks the beginning of a broader shift towards evidence-based urban tree management across the country, with greater involvement of trained experts in the delicate practice of tree pruning and care. Scientific assessment can help move us away from haphazard hacking and excessive pruning practices that are harmful not only to trees but also to the people who depend on them for shade, cooling, biodiversity, and safety.

Urban trees are critical infrastructure, and managing them scientifically is an investment in healthier, more resilient cities.

#PruningProject

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📢 Walking Project Weekly Meet

Sharing ideas, steering strategy, giving updates on ongoing work, and exploring volunteering opportunities—all towards safer roads & better footpaths. Join us!

https://t.co/46E2JCBiWs

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🌳 With the monsoons approaching rapidly, tree trimming activity across Mumbai is in full swing.

Every year, large-scale pruning is carried out to reduce the risk of trees and branches falling during heavy rains and winds. But tree management is far more complex than simply cutting branches.

There is an entire field called Arboriculture — the scientific management and care of trees in urban environments. Arborists study the structure, health, balance, and long-term growth of individual trees to ensure they remain safe, resilient, and healthy while continuing to provide shade, biodiversity, and ecological benefits to the city.

One of our volunteers, Kevin, has been taking the lead in Chakala to advocate for more scientific pruning practices in his area. With support from Sriganesh in setting up meetings with key individuals, he has been working to ensure that trees are assessed individually and pruned in a way that maintains their balance, preserves long-term health, and retains adequate shade during Mumbai’s intense summer months.

Their efforts have included:
🌱 Engaging local citizens on the importance of scientific pruning
🌱 Bringing in the city’s only practicing arborist and team to recommend tree-specific pruning methods
🌱 Coordinating with the Gardens Department to encourage implementation of more scientific approaches to pruning

The process comes with its own complexities, but Kevin and Sriganesh have continued to navigate them patiently and persistently in the hopes for citywide adoption.

We felt their efforts deserved a shoutout 🌿 #WalkingProject

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Heya! Join us for our evening Community Walk #44!

Date: Friday, 22nd May
Time: 6:00 PM

Distance: 2.2km
Duration: 2 Hours

Starting Point: DB Gate No 2

Register at: https://t.co/2t102h5dA5

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Walking Project is a part of @BKCmoves coalition working to imagine an improved mobility scene in BKC.

Go follow and register your ideas at https://t.co/JI4TbSaVxa

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⏳ Deadline: May 25!

Have an idea to improve mobility & public spaces in BKC? We’re looking for bold, practical solutions to reshape how people move & connect in the district.

Submit a 200-word abstract + 1 A3 poster. Apply now — link in bio.

#BKCMoves

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📢 Walking Project Weekly Meet TOMORROW Morning!

Sharing ideas, steering strategy, giving updates on ongoing work, and exploring volunteering opportunities—all towards safer roads & better footpaths. Join us!

https://t.co/46E2JCBiWs

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-𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 #walking?
-𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?
-𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?
-𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐭?

#Walkability is still one of the most important, & yet one of the most overlooked, aspects of #urbanlife. From #safety and #accessibility to #publichealth, #cleanair, & #inclusivestreets, the way a city supports walking says a lot about 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫. Read this piece by our Founder and Director - @Nagarro, @SarikaPanda on why walkability must become central to the future of Indian cities.

@TheGurugramNews I @cnnbrk I @PotholeWarriors I @RoadSafetyNetwk I @RoadSafetyTales I @IFPedestrians I @pedestriandaily I @walkingproject I @mbruntlett I @parisarpune I @rajeshkalra I @manashuman I @EuCyclistsFed I @cyclist I @climatepledge I @climatemessages

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Join our weekly meet, now held every Sunday at 11 AM due to popular demand. Add the meeting to your calendar so you don’t miss it: https://t.co/oZVyHw2FsJ

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A few scenes from our CommunityWalk #43 in BKC - Bandra East.
Lot of room for improvement in the commute conditions to reach the most expensive business district in BKC.

Do you like your last mile commute to BKC? Comment.

#WalkingProject

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Just a team of cool dudes out to streetview map BKC
#WalkingProject #Mappillary

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Join us for our last-mile walkability citizen audit walk in BKC in lead up to the BKCMoves event

Date: Saturday, May 9th
Time: 9:00 AM

Distance: 1.9km
Duration: 2 Hours

Starting Point: BKC Metro Station

What to Expect:
🗣 Conversations on pedestrian infrastructure
🏙 Discuss solutions to civic challenges
🤝 Connect with other walkability patrons.

Register at: https://t.co/MgI0Zp4Neg

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Indian Roads Congress 103 Guidelines for Pedestrian infrastructure clearly state that such ramps are to be provided at both ends of such a zebra crossing.

This is a no brainer Quality of Life Improvement!

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Join us for our last-mile walkability citizen audit walk in BKC in lead up to the BKCMoves event

Date: Saturday, May 9th
Time: 9:00 AM

Distance: 1.9km
Duration: 2 Hours

Starting Point: BKC Metro Station

What to Expect:
🗣 Conversations on pedestrian infrastructure
🏙 Discuss solutions to civic challenges
🤝 Connect with other walkability patrons.

Register at: https://t.co/MgI0Zp4Neg

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🚶‍♀️ Volunteer Call: Street-View Mapping

Walking Project is looking for volunteers to help map streets this Saturday, May 2nd at 9:00 AM.

👥 Teams & Distances
3 Teams mapping ~5-6 kms each
Approximately 3kms per person

📱 What you need:
Fully charged phone
Free Mappillary account
Willingness to walk ~4–5 km

Help us build better data for safer, more walkable streets.

👉 To learn more, Join the Whatsapp Group here if interested:
https://t.co/8biuouiDv3