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Due to rapid urbanization over the last decade there has been a steep rise in the volume of traffic in Surat.This has led to congested and jams packed roads. Simply to walk is a challenging exercise in this area especially in peakhours and weekends. Walkability provides safety, comfort and security for the city resident. It will increase use of publictransit, decrease car dependence, increase pedestrian, lead to cleaner air. With the burgeoning traffic, the lives ofpedestrians are highly endangered. So the need of the hour is to provide a safe environment for pedestrians without anyconflicts with other modes of transportation.The Bhaga Tvlav Main Road is CBD area of Surat City. The street of Bhaga Talav Main Road of Surat City isalmost choked by mixed traffic, usually by Para transits and personalized two/four wheelers. Dense urban corridors andexistence of busy commercial set ups are visible along major road. A visitors questionnaire survey will be carry out inthe Bhaga Talav Main Road of Surat city which is residential cum commercial area. Observational data collection wasalso done to determine pedestrian and vehicle volumes and a mapping exercise to determine the location and quantity ofparking for two-wheelers and four-wheelers in and around this area. The research finally reveals that there areopportunities to make area as walkable or no.

Anjali Patel, Siddharth Gupte, N.B.Parmar, “Proposing the Design of Pedestrian Zone Facility at Bhaga Talav main Road of Surat City”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp. 157-164, May 2016.