Sensing Local is a do-tank that situates itself at the intersection of the built & natural environment, the govt & citizens, urban planning and technology.
Bengaluru, India
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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
10 DAYS TO GO BENGALURU!
Nominate a public space along the streets in your neighbourhood that you wish to see transformed.
Applications close 19th June.
Visit - lnkd.in/gUZwypQm
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10 DAYS TO GO BENGALURU!
Nominate a public space along the streets in your neighbourhood that you wish to see transformed.
Applications close 19th June.
Visit - lnkd.in/gUZwypQm
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As part of BBMP’s new initiative - Revitalising Bengaluru's Public Spaces, citizens are invited to nominate underutilised or neglected public spaces along streets in their neighbourhoods and share ideas for transformation.
blrpublicspace-revival.in
Nominations close 19 June 25
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We recently completed a #wayfinding system and #placemaking project in the Old Fort district and K R market metro station in #Bengaluru. It highlights 500 years of history of the Fort and spatial-cultural evolution of Bengaluru city as we know it.
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Prithvi’s cart faces the wrath of impatient drivers every day. It’s time to make cities more inclusive. Pollution & traffic will reduce when we design cities for people rather than vehicles. Share this post & ask for clean air & accessible cities for all #MyAccessMatters
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Little Saylee’s walks home navigating dangerous streets. Safe, child-friendly cities should be a priority! Pollution & traffic will reduce when we design cities for people rather than vehicles. Share this post & ask for clean air and accessible cities for all. #MyAccessMatters
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Rohini walks 10 km daily through traffic & pollution. Shouldn't our cities be designed with her needs in mind? Pollution & traffic will reduce when we design cities for people rather than vehicles. Share this post & ask for clean air & accessible cities for all. #MyAccessMatters
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We are excited to share openings for two positions - a junior #Urbanplanner with GIS expertise and a #Technologist with a keen interest in solving complex civic & climate challenges.
Do check it out if you want to be a part of our team.
Apply at - sensinglocal.in/jobs
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Join us at the global learning webinar on 29th Feb where we will share our experience of ‘Walkable Cities’, a national initiative to improve #walkability, power of decentralised data collection, scaling civic volunteering for local action & more
Register: lnkd.in/gVrm4wCJ
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BSWML is doing a participation session 8th Jan, 3 pm, @ Bengaluru smart city office for their proposal for the national programme CITIIS2.0 looking at circular economy for dry waste.
Gov is inviting academic inst., start-ups/businesses working in recycling/upcycling etc.
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Join us at #NammaRaste we will be sharing our work on shaping a safer, inclusive and resilient Bengaluru at how at Namma Raste.
📅 December 8-9, 2023
📍 Glass House, BBMP Head Office
Have you registered? 🔗
bit.ly/nammarastereg
@WRIIndia @BBMPCOMM @BloombergDotOrg
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We are in Delhi at the Manekshaw centre as the finalists for the Urban Mobility India Innovation competition by @MoHUA_India And @GizIndia showing our new planning tool - ‘step up’ to assess and improve walkability.
Do check out walkablecities.in . Best viewed on laptop
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This is great! Given that gov will never have enough budgets to fix every footpath we have developed community based audits for walkability to help government and local community prioritise what to fix and estimate budgets for the same. To view dashboard walkablecities.in/walkable-b…
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The extended version of Nandita explaining why walkability matters to her and should matter to us all
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Last set of walkability audits on the way.
Happening this Saturday - July1st, in the centre of the city - Shanthala Nagar (ward 181)
Come join us.
tinyurl.com/SignUpWard181
Here’s a little inspiration from one of the volunteers.
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We are gearing up for the last two walkability audits this month in Yelachenahalli and Koramangala on 27th and 28th May respectively.
Sign up to join us at - walkablecities.in
Here’s a little snippet from Kodigehalli >>
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The terrific group from ward 50 and ward 9 this weekend. Despite the heat we have folks showing up again and again and again.
When we think of Bengaluru’s civic muscle we often think of legacy RWAs but here it is these individuals coming from 10-15 km away that make the day!
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Urban Revamp is not only a design competition; we aim to leverage the #talentpool of city experts and create new channels for implementing #innovative #urbandesign solutions.
Did you know INR 32 Crores was allocated for implementation under Urban Revamp ‘22!
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We are back with the 2nd edition of Urban Revamp! Participate in creating safe, vibrant and inclusive public spaces in two unique neighbourhoods in #Bengaluru!
Register before 26th May to be part of the movement to create #livable #cities
@ylacofficial
@anup11062226
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Say yes to make a little space for everyone!
Join us - walkablecities.in/volunteer-…
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The Great Bengaluru Walkability Audit continues!
14 wards, 244km of footpaths and 117 junctions audited so far!
Every weekend this May 8:00am - 11:30am!
20 - Amrutahalli
21 - Marappana Palya
27 - Yelachenahalli
28 - Koramangala
Signup to volunteer- walkablecities.in/volunteer-…
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Walkability audit in Ibluru (ward 229)
The outer wards are huge with long stretches of roads. However. Key problem here is lack of footpaths across a significant portion of the ward.
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Our footpaths are far from inclusive!
Join the Great Bengaluru Walkability Audit. 25 wards x 12 weekends
Sign up - bit.ly/WalkableBengaluru23
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Children and the elderly are most vulnerable
Road crashes are the leading cause of accidental deaths among children aged 0-18 years (50%), and among older adults aged 60 and above (23%).
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
Join the audit - bit.ly/WalkableBengaluru23
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1 pedestrian has been killed every 2 days in Bengaluru in the last 5 years (2018-2022). This is 1018 people!
Source: Bengaluru City Traffic Police, WRI
Join the walkability audit - walkablecities.in/volunteer-……
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There are so many reasons to improve walkability in our cities. Here's our 10!
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Source: bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/…
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Building #cycle lanes in the dead of the night. Here's a sneak peak from #doddanekundi where a fresh stretch of road will soon have a protected cycle lane. Must applaud the construction workers!
With Batman @nihart1024.
@DULTBangalore @SuMA_Dnekundi
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We are at Volcon ‘22. Come say hello if you are around! The big question everyone is thinking about how to scale up volunteering across India to its highest potential, they is every person volunteering!
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Some candid shots of the tactile maps we are exploring to make wayfinding systems accessible for persons with visual impairment. Lots to rethink about ideas about cartography, textures and how different people read maps.
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#Workshop Alert!
Learn how to survey, analyse and visualise walkability in your neighbourhood using GIS based tools.
Join the ‘#DecodingMobility, Train series’ taking place 10-11 Dec.
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Most Bengaluru lakes don’t look like this Manipal lake, a 10/10 example of a barrier free public space where people, birds, fish, snakes thrive..
Places for play, for nature to be, you can fish for food or watch em for fun and nothing stops you from approaching the water!
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3 days to go!! Please help us spread the word.
Inviting product designers, engineers, software professionals, architects and persons with visual impairment to design inclusive wayfinding signage in Bengaluru Metro.
Register at : bit.ly/BLRwayfinding
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Join us on 26 & 27 Nov, for a field #walkabilityaudit in 3 neighbourhoods (RT Nagar, Palace Guttahalli, & Cooke town) using simple digital tools. Post that we will brainstorm actionable solutions and budget allocation with a team of experts.
Register @:
lnkd.in/g7tXpjim
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Inviting product designers, engineers, software folks, architects & persons with visual impairment!
Join us in co-creating solutions for wayfinding signage for people with vision impairments (PVI) in a LIVE signage project in Bengaluru Metro.
Register: bit.ly/BLRwayfinding
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Thrilled to be introducing a new kind of city walk in the #BengaluruDesignWeek. Join us on 20th Nov. as we deep dive into the underbelly of the metropolis and glance into the inner workings of the city systems and the people that run the show
Join us: citizen-university.in/
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Support this cutting-edge program in making our cities better by donating at: bit.ly/CitizenUniversityAmba…
All donations till October 31st will be matched with an equal donation by our philanthropy partner.
Become a Citizen University Ambassador!
Help us deliver 50 live workshops next year on waste management, sustainable mobility, governance, and more to 500 Citizen University Grads all over India at a subsidised cost.
#fundraiser #letsfixourcities
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