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🚇 Improving Last-Mile Connectivity Around Metro Stations The Greater Bengaluru Authority convened a roundtable in Bengaluru with mobility organisations, researchers, and civil society groups to discuss ways to improve last-mile access around metro stations. During the discussion, WRI India and Alstom shared findings from Phase 3 of the LEAP Program, which assessed 83 operational metro stations and how commuters reach them. 🔎 Key Insights: • 66% of commuters walk or cycle to metro stations • Commuters are seeking better access and convenience • Accessibility barriers often start even before the station entrance The discussion emphasized the importance of: 🚶 Walkable streets 🚦 Safer pedestrian crossings 🚉 Better integration of transport systems These measures will help create accessible, well-connected station areas and make daily metro journeys safer and more convenient for everyone. Experts from Sensing Local, Enable India, Association of People with Disability, Urban Morph, Beyond Urban, The Mobility Agenda, Bengaluru Walks, Alstom, and Purpose shared valuable insights on building well-integrated and walkable station neighbourhoods. #GreaterBengaluruAuthority #DKShivakumar #gbachiefcommissioner #MetroConnectivity #WalkableCities #UrbanMobility #LastMileConnectivity #Bengaluru #SustainableTransport 🚶🚇 @DKShivakumar @SensingLocal @GBAChiefComm

Built this out using @SensingLocal ‘s audit of Bangalore streets. sidewalkblr dot com Not all spots have data. Where we have the data, I’ve added it. Where we don’t, if everyone contributes, we can have it soon. Ps. My ui and frontedn skills are shit.

Did someone say there is civic apathy? Not in Bengaluru. Not in any city, IMHO! Hundreds of people are joining these 3 events on a Sunday morning in Bengaluru. Join any of them or all of them if you want to set a record!! @IndianPlogman @SensingLocal @WFRising @arunpaiblrwalks @walkaluru @altmoapp @bicyclemayorblr @kumarmanish9 @parisarpune @ITDPIndia @WRIIndia @AmdavadNxt @vinutagopal @the_blueskygirl @NammaBengaluroo @GauriSarin

Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) invites you to a landmark two-day OPEN HOUSE at Town Hall. This is more than an event, it’s a first-of-its-kind initiative to transform our city's road infrastructure from just corridors for traffic into shared public spaces. Why should you be there? Since May 2025, community groups and professionals have nominated over 250 overlooked spaces. We have developed 188 feasible projects into ready-to-invest proposals that address: 🛑 Increasing Road safety 🚶‍♀️Supporting non-motorised transport ♿ Improving accessibility for all abilities & demographics 🌳 Mitigating climate stress like heat and flooding The event will bring together all the 5 Corporations. Whether you are a citizen, an architect, urban planner / designer, a CSR partner or a philanthropy, come explore opportunities to Design, Fund, and Collaborate to turn the vision for these sites into reality. 🗓 6th & 7th Feb 2026 🕙 10:00 am - 6:00 pm 📍 Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall, bengaluru 🔗 Register at: blrpublicspace-revival.in @sensinglocal @gbaclimateactioncell @iudi_karnataka_chapter @thesmnindia @sustainblr @DKShivakumar @GBAChiefComm

Bengaluru is feeling the heat - quite literally! Once known for its chill mornings and breezy evenings, the city touched 39.2°C last year - the hottest in history. So the big question now is: How do we keep #NammaBengaluru cool, safe, and liveable for all? That’s what brought together some of the city’s brightest minds - scientists, researchers, health experts, and government changemakers - at the “Inclusive Action on Heat Resilience in Bengaluru” workshop hosted by @c40cities in collaboration with the @GBA_office Bengaluru Climate Action cell and the Health Department, on October 10th at Radisson Blu Hotel, Palace Road. Dr. Vybhav G R (@artparkindia @iiscbangalore ) kicked off with fascinating insights on state-level heat mapping showing just how quickly our city’s microclimates are changing. C40 Cities followed with findings and proposed Heat High Impact Actions (HIAs) - spotlighting where Bengaluru needs to act now. Then came a powerful moment - Mrs. Preeti Gehlot, Special Commissioner (FECCM), GBA, reminded everyone that “resilience isn’t built in reports - it’s built in action.” She urged experts to come up with practical, on-ground solutions GBA can bring to life. The room came alive with ideas - cool roofs for Peenya’s factories, blue-green corridors weaving through the city, shade and hydration for street vendors and frontline workers. By the end of the session, one thing was crystal clear: Bengaluru’s fight against heat will be won through collaboration, creativity, and community. Let’s turn the city’s heat challenge into an opportunity - to build a cooler, greener, more inclusive Bengaluru together. @GBAChiefComm @pgpreeti92 @DULTBangalore @OfficialBMRCL @KarnatakaSNDMC @WRIIndia @SensingLocal @WELLLabs_org @Hasiru_Dala @SocratusW @opencity_in @CSTEP_India #HeatResilientBengaluru #NammaClimateAction #C40Cities #GBACAC #HealthDepartment #CoolCities #UrbanResilience #BlueGreenInfrastructure #ClimateActionNow #SustainableBengaluru #PublicHealthAndClimate #InclusiveClimateAction

Shaping Bengaluru’s Ward Climate Action Plans (#WCAP)! Today’s session at Samagata Foundation brought together the WCAP working group – @WRIIndia , @SensingLocal , @WELLLabs_org , @Hasiru_Dala, @SocratusW , @jan_sahas – along with our Bengaluru Climate Action Cell Fellows. Together, we dived into: 🔹 Streamlining the hashtag#WCAP process 🔹 Deciding what goes into the report 🔹 Tackling data gaps & existing datasets 🔹 Building robust frameworks 🔹 Distributing responsibilities across partners 🔹 Outlining next steps – mapping potential ward-level actions from BCAP’s city-wide strategies & identifying datasets for sector-wise interventions. It was a truly fruitful brainstorming session, setting the foundation for actionable ward-level climate planning in Bengaluru. What ward-level climate actions do you think Bengaluru needs the most? @GBA_office @GBAChiefComm @pgpreeti92 #BengaluruClimateAction #WCAP #ClimateActionNow #SustainableBengaluru #BCAP #ClimateJustice #ClimateLeadership #UrbanClimateAction #CityClimatePlan #NetZeroCities #ResilientBengaluru #ClimateCollaboration #CommunityClimateAction

Thank you for inviting us to discuss the ambitious vision for creating ward level climate action plans. Creating grounded plans that can instantly translate to impactful interventions is the need of the hour.

10 wards. 1 Vision. A shared climate future! Yesterday, under the leadership of Smt. Preeti Gehlot, Special Commissioner (FECCM), Bengaluru Climate Action Cell came together with @WRIIndia and leading organisations – Socratus, Jansaahas, INDE, @SensingLocal, @WELLLabs_org, BAF, and @HasiruDala – to discuss: 1. Forming the Ward Climate Action Plan (#WCAP) working group for 10 pilot wards across all 5 municipal corporations (2/MC) 2. Roles, responsibilities & expectations 3. Voices, opinions & interests of all partners We are taking a bold step towards decentralised, community-driven climate action. Because resilience begins at the ward level - and together, we’re making it happen! What role do you think citizens should play in shaping ward-level climate action? Share your thoughts below @GBAoffic @GBAChiefComm @pgpreeti92 @srinualavilli #WardClimateAction #BengaluruClimateAction #ClimateActionPlan #LocalClimateAction #SustainableBengaluru #ClimateCollaboration #CommunityForClimate #WardLevelPlanning #GreenBengaluru #ClimatePartnerships #UrbanSustainability #ClimateActionNow #MyWardMyClimate

Bengaluru’s repository of public spaces nominated by citizens is Live. This is part of gov’s new initiative - ‘Revitalising #Bengaluru’s #PublicSpaces’ to reimagine streets more than just corridors for #traffic . It has 186 sites so far. blrpublicspace-revival.in/repository @GBAoffic

The idea behind making the repository public is to enable a larger alignment of other government initiatives, civic efforts, and philanthropic/CSR endeavours to support the development of public spaces.

All sites that have met the feasibility criteria so far are published here. The #repository will serve as a means to aggregate the demand for public spaces along the streets of Bengaluru that citizens deem crucial for transformation, aiming to improve safety, comfort, and access.

@kmr_dilip @likithareddy On the lines of what @likithareddy mentioned we are building a civic action platform. Do check out the walkablecities.in platform. We completed walkability audits for 20 wards in bengaluru and all of kochi. The data is now getting integrated by the city.

@likithareddy Imagine you’ve all the resources to build a tool that addresses one of these issues. What’s a starting point?

Every day I see posts about why people want to leave India. India isn’t perfect, but no country is. I think before self driving cars or AI chips, we first need to improve quality of life here. Imagine if more of us built tools for public good in health & climate that make daily life better. What’s one problem you face daily that you wish had a simple solution? At Rainmatter/Zerodha we will back and build this together.

Watch as school children struggle to cross a busy road, revealing the real dangers a child faces every day, just trying to get to school🚸. Even a road as narrow as this can be a challenge to cross, as vehicles haphazardly stream by. (1/2)

@ppitti The answer doesn’t lie in using AI to figure out solutions to move more cars. It lies in improving walkability, cycling and public transport. Do check out the work going at walkablecities.in

I am committing INR 1 Cr to find Bangalore Choke-Points via Google Maps & AL. 11 km → 2.15 hours in Bangalore Traffic on Saturday late night! I was stuck at one choke-point at ORR, where I spent 100 mins struggling to understand why there is no traffic-light or cop here! But I don’t want one more “Bengaluru Traffic Memes or Rant”. I WANT TO FIX IT. Very recently, in April 2025, Google Maps started sharing "Road Management Insight". It's a city-level data in Big Query format. Using Google Data and Satellite Imagery, we can list down all the choke-points & their exact timings in a month. For the traffic department to work on those areas specifically. I am willing to spend INR 1 Crore on this project by funding: 1-2 senior ML/AI engineers. And providing budget for using Google Maps API calls, Satellite Imagery & GPUs I will start this project, when BTP/BBMP: Open their raw feeds or API access AND names a team, committed to acting on the insights we generate. 🙌 How can you help right now? 1. TAG anyone you know in the Bangalore Traffic Office, BBMP or the Traffic Commissioner’s office, let this hit the right inbox. 2. ML/AI folks: comment "IN", if you can work along part-time to end this menace 3. Every commuter who’s sick of bleeding time: comment or share. More noise -> faster response. Bengalore is India’s tech future; and people making it happen deserve MUCH better. #BangaloreTraffic #AIforGood #OpenData #CSR #peakbengaluru

ಬದಲಾಗುವ ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಧ್ವನಿಗಳು — ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ಜನಪಾಲನೆಯ ನೂತನ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ! What happens when Bengaluru’s #wastewarriors, #marshals, #linkworkers, and #city leaders come together at one table? Real solutions. Bold voices. Shared action. Today, On July 4th, something powerful happened at the #CityDialogueonInclusiveWasteManagement — frontline waste workers, @BBMPofficial , BSWML, and @c40cities came together to shape how Bengaluru manages its #waste and #climate future. From honest stories to #policy commitments, this wasn’t just a meeting — it was a movement. 1. Marshals shared their on-ground challenges 2. Link workers highlighted community needs 3. Informal waste workers voiced their realities 4. Officials listened, discussed, and responded Together, we are making climate action inclusive, participatory, and people-first, just like the Bengaluru Climate Action Plan(#BCAP) envisions. Swipe to see how collaboration looks in action — and tell us, How can we build a cleaner, more resilient Bengaluru together? @BBMPCOMM @pgpreeti92 @SensingLocal @c40cities @Bengawalk @SaahasZeroWaste #WasteWarriorsOfBengaluru #BBMPClimateAction #BCAP #InclusiveGovernance #SolidWasteSolutions #ClimateActionBengaluru #PeoplePoweredChange #NammaParisara #C40Cities #BBMP #BSWML

Huge thank you to @SnehalRayamane IAS, BBMP East Zonal Commissioner, for today’s walk-through of Cooke Town with officials & residents, reviewing footpaths, navigating busy roads & suggesting on-ground fixes. Meaningful civic engagement! @BBMPCOMM @sensinglocal @KJGeorgeOffice

3 days to go! Visit - blrpublicspace-revival.in

Over a 100 public spaces have been nominated along the streets of the city across 63 wards for BBMP’s initiative - ‘Revitalising Bengaluru’s Public Spaces’ Is there one from your ward? Submit your nomination. Deadline extended to June 25th - blrpublicspace-revival.in