In 2020, the Government of India launched the Streets4People Challenge to inspire over 100 cities to reimagine streets as safe, happy, and healthy public spaces. This is in line with National Urban Transport Policy (2006) that calls for a paradigm shift from car-centric roads to people-centric streets. In Stage 1 of the Challenge, cities worked towards the vision of creating a city-wide network of ‘Healthy Streets’.
113 cities signed up for the Streets4People Challenge. They adopted a new mantra of engaging with citizens, crowdsourcing ideas, and testing innovative, inexpensive, and quick ideas to create walking-friendly streets. Cities have transformed the challenge into one of India’s most successful community-driven movement!
We congratulate the top 15 cities who were selected as pioneers for showcasing exemplary leadership, creative on-ground transformation, and extensive collaboration with citizens. Read on to know more about the work done by the Top 15!
Way Forward
In Stage 2, the cities will use their learnings and continue to work towards a vision for “Healthy Streets”—integrating walking, cycling, and public transport to make streets safe and convenient for all. Stage 2 will focus on expanding their work by developing long term implementation plans, budgets, making their pilot interventions permanent and building institutional resilience to ensure that we build a nation of Healthy Streets! For those cities who have yet to start their journey, we are now launching Season 2 of both the Challenges.
Register for Season 2 here.
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