STEP - Steps Toward Empowering Pedestrians

At STEP (Steps Toward Empowering Pedestrians), we bring pedestrians together to fight for their rights in the form of a sustained, organised campaign.

[Save Pune Traffic Movement @FollowSPTM]

सर्व सहकारी स्वयंसेवी संस्थांच्या प्रयत्नांना यश!
पुण्याचे प्रथम नागरिक ह्या नात्याने मा. महापौरांकडून ११ डिसेंबर रोजी ’पादचारी दिन’ साजरा करण्याची घोषणा.
@mohol_murlidhar @PuneCityTraffic
@parisarpune @rgadgi @sujitjp @prancd @urban_cee @sanskritimenon @harshadsustrans

[SUM Net India @SUMNetIndia]

Are you a #pedestrian? Have you ever been asked if you feel safe when you walk in your city? Probably not. Time to change this status quo, stay tuned for more on this! #WalkIndia

[Parisar @parisarpune]

How safe do you feel in your city as a pedestrian?

#pedestrian #WalkIndia

[Parisar @parisarpune]

Involvement of all stakeholders is the key for success of any program.

Pune need not wait for air quality to worsen to be able to take measures. #airpollution kills. Protect the citizens - act now.

[Parisar @parisarpune]

The NCAP funds as well as the funds from the 15th Finance Commission which have been disbursed to corporations have a budget to build awareness among citizens. This budget can be used to create simple material which explains how health is severely compromised by polluted air

[Parisar @parisarpune]

Political will drives good change. And popular demand drives political drive. #AirPollution can be reduced through concerted action, not in silos. @mohol_murlidhar @CMOMaharashtra @PMCPune @urban_cee

[Parisar @parisarpune]

To tackle pollution, a scientific source apportionment study is a first. The groups were ready to make shifts, but when will our politicians and officials take tough decisions to fight #AirPollution ? @iitmpune @UrbanEmissions @PMCPune

[Parisar @parisarpune]

This shows the need to enhance awareness that it is not only the eyes and lungs that may be impacted, and that certain air pollutants can move from the lungs to deep inside the body causing extensive health damage to different parts of the body.

[Parisar @parisarpune]

Though four different vulnerable groups were surveyed, a pattern could be identified about the perceptions. Here they are

@iitmpune @PKarve_Samuchit @rgadgi @sanskritimenon @waatavaran @cleanairasia @airqualityindia @airsouthasia @pallavipnt

#airpollution #airquality

[Parisar @parisarpune]

Long-term exposure to #AirPollution has been linked to an increased risk of dying from #COVID19 . Not just hawkers, but majority of other groups also felt there is no correlation between the two.

Read findings from this survey in Marathi https://t.co/N3J6u0vsH5

[Parisar @parisarpune]

When will #cleanair and good health become our ‘targets’? When asked about how they would like to see #airquality information, most preferred a mobile app, followed by newspapers and digital display on roads

Read findings from Traffic Police survey here https://t.co/D60WwiGIJV

[Parisar @parisarpune]

The PMC presented the Air Action Plan to citizens for suggestions virtually after efforts from Parisar and other CSO’s. The discussion bought out the gaps in the intent and outcomes of the plan. Does your city have an AAP and were citizens involved in its making?

[Parisar @parisarpune]

#AirPollution breeds inequality. It isn’t their most important issue but it is also true that they bear the brunt of the pollution they help to reduce in the city by reducing the waste that does into landfills or gets burned indiscreetly across the city

[Parisar @parisarpune]

Pune is one of the 124 non attainment cities in India, which means that we are breathing polluted air everyday. But still, people at large believe that Pune's air quality is good.
Read more findings in Marathi here https://t.co/xFThjY1RWv

@panditsTOI @BabaAdhav

[Parisar @parisarpune]

#AirPollution is a silent, invisible killer. And the most vulnerable groups know the least about it. While conducting surveys it was a challenge to even explain what we mean by air pollution.

Read other findings from the waste pickers' survey in Marathi https://t.co/gjWnLiILJJ

[Parisar @parisarpune]

A perception survey with four vulnerable groups of hawkers, waste pickers, rickshaw drivers and traffic police in Pune helps understand where to start when it comes to communicating about #airquality.

Read the report https://t.co/2t3LPfRlra

[Parisar @parisarpune]

Of the 35 complaints that were filed in May, ten were tracked through the @PMCPune 's online grievance redressal system. However, only 3 were shown to have been resolved, and the 7 others are 'processing'
said @PriyaRS_ , coordinator @stepwalk_in
https://t.co/7BcjPaZtrN

[Sandeep @Sandypalara]

Out of 35, only 3 (8%) complaints have been resolved. Would you please look into this. ?

Would you please care for pedestrains on the road ?

Would you please make footpath usable and reduce speed on the road ?
@PMCPune @PuneCityPolice @DrKhemnar @PuneCityTraffic @stepwalk_in

[STEP - Steps Toward Empowering Pedestrians @stepwalk_in]

Walkable Cities = Environmental friendly Cities
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#WorldEnvironmentDay2021
#pedestrianisation
@parisarpune

[STEP - Steps Toward Empowering Pedestrians @stepwalk_in]

Walking is the cleanest mobility alternative - no fuel, no pollution.
Can any of your trips be turned to walking trips?

#WorldEnvironmentDay
#WorldEnvironmentDay2021
#pedestrian
#activetransport
#pedestriansafety
#PedestrianRights
@parisarpune