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#ActionWorkshop on Urban #StreetDesign : Fixing Iblur Junction, organised by Oorvani Foundation's Civic Learning Hub in partnership with WRI India and Socratus Foundation for Collective Wisdom. Aimed at learning the importance of a holistic approach to identifying safety issues, with a focus on human-centric proposals making our streets #safe, #inclusive and #resilient. Participants exposed to newer ways of identifying problems and enabling solutions and understanding critical road safety elements and raising data and observation-backed demand. METHODOLOGY: Learn: Context setting and Presentations on 'Global' and 'Indian local' best practices on steps to design Safer Streets. Site Visit: Live on-road walk with issues identification and overall safety concerns observation. Design and Discuss: Collating observations and developing solutions and proposals. Ending with presentations per group. WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS: Students, Experts and Concerned Citizens ---------------- #Glimpses of the #ActionWorkshop on Urban #StreetDesign : Get a sneak peek into - What happened....! #SaferByDesign #RoadSafety Citizen Matters OpenCity.in WRI India WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Socratus Foundation for Collective Wisdom Madhav Pai Pawan Mulukutla Meera K Dhawal Ashar Srinivas Alavilli Krishna Priya Poroori Arnav Murulidhar Vrinda Kumar Gagana G Prasad Hassan Vinod Jacob Mohan KG Bhagyalaxmi Madapur