Liveable Streets: The Pedestrian and Inclusive Mixed Land Use Neighbourhood Streets

Urban areas are the inventions of diversity in terms of identity of people, activities, ideas, and ideologies. Streets in the urban areas occupy around 20–22% of the land area and forms the unique public space. This research aims to analyse the existing conditions of the mixed land use street of neighbourhood and derive the strategies for liveable streets. The study is to identify the different elements including type of activity, furniture, vegetation, type of sidewalk etc., of the street selected in the neighbourhood and the influence of these on the pedestrians of the street will be analysed. Further study on definitions, case studies, surveys and observations, and strategies to make street inclusive and interactive for pedestrians is done. A street in Sahakara Nagar-60’ Road, a mixed-use neighbourhood street in the city of Bangalore has identified for the study. The area has residential, commercial, and institutional land use, catering different levels of activities associated on the streets. This paper highlights the people’s perception to develop ideas for an inclusive street and pedestrian realm accommodating the mobility needs and different modes of travel with safe and comfortable access after analysing the existing situation.