Inadequate pedestrian infrastructure will impair road safety around the metro rail stations

Roshan Toshniwal, a researcher with Transparent Chennai, has repeatedly drawn attention to the road safety problems that are likely to arise due to the design of the Chennai metro rail. In today’s Times of India, Roshan describes how the current plans provide neither sufficient pedestrian infrastructure nor adequate parking space, but have proceeded to an advanced stage of construction despite the inability of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited to acquire land for this infrastructure. For more details, visit this section of the Transparent Chennai website or write to roshan.toshniwal@ifmr.ac.in.