A workshop on design for optimal access to public areas for the disabled was held in Auroville on the 3rd and 4th of March. Members of the Delhi-based organization, Samarthyam, conducted the workshop. The training covered access needs of disabled persons, principles of UD (Universal Design), advocacy and representational skills and strategies for implementation of accessibility codes and guidelines to make Auroville completely accessible. Disability Awareness & Sensitization respecting human rights of disabled people and people in general.

On Wednesday, the 28th of April the Austrian mobility management consultant Karl-Heinz Posch presented the concept of Shared Space in the Town Hall conference room. Shared space removes the traditional segregation of motor vehicles, pedestrians and other road users. Conventional road priority management systems and devices are replaced with an integrated, people-oriented understanding of public space, so pedestrians and cyclists are the focus of the shared space concept. Here you can listen to the whole presentation. Read more

A General Information Meeting on Roads and Mobility was hold on December 2nd in the Town Hall Conference Hall at 5 pm. About 50 people participate to the meeting on that day. Today we publish the recording of the event in order share as much us possible this important but also not totally agreed topic. The AuvilleRadio is planning to cover as much as possible of this Friday Meetings to share with whoever it is interested.

For half a year Hari from Saiier Transport and Chandresh and Taj from Auroville Community Transport  comprise a team. Their Pondi/Auroville trips (and other bus services)  are in cooperation between a government funded institution and a private initiative. The common goal is to support mobility within Auroville from individualized, fossil based transport to alternative energy; a more eco-friendly, collective transport solution. How is the cooperation, what are the challenges, the plans and visions - the trio speaks of their realistic yet magic ideas.

AurovilleRadio stands in front of the Solar Kitchen at the end of the cycling workshop and brings to its listeners some fresh perspectives. This is the third of the series of coverage by AurovilleRadio on the efforts to make cycling pleasant and safe in the city of dawn. You heard Raghu and Chandresh earlier talk about their vision in holding workshops and inviting students to help create a small cycle friendly area. There was a presentation to the community in which some Aurovillians expressed skepticism. The designers then began the creation. AurovilleRadio now interviews some designers at the demonstration  to understand what they have built and to share it with our listeners.
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A team of 16 young designers (architecture, product design, graphic- and interior design) from allover India together with Auroville mentors (Alok, Chandresh, Hemant, Min, Mona, Prashant, Raghu, Suhasini) are designing an environment to make cycling pleasant and safe as a part of a month long intensive workshop at Auroville. In continuation of the previous presentations (#1 Research Findings #2 Idea Sketches), they are presenting models and detailed drawings of shelter, open parking, junction, barrier, resting area, cycle map etc., that will be constructed in the Solar Kitchen parking area for demonstration purposes. Here you can listen some feedback from the audience.
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