How 2 Bengaluru Designers Are Reimagining Empty Flyover Space With Swings, Seats & Greenery

At Bengaluru’s Racecourse Junction, people crossing the road had to spend longer than necessary among moving vehicles. One turn gave cars a generous sweep of the road, leaving pedestrians to find their way through traffic. When urban designers Nishita Parmar and Vedanti Agarwal studied the junction, they discovered something surprising.

Relatively few vehicles were using one left turn, while far more people needed to cross that stretch. Why, then, was so much space being given to cars? Working with principal designer Monik Shah and the team at Compartment S4, they helped redesign the junction…