High vehicle density added with lack of pedestrian safety measures have led to an increasing congestion and accident rates particularly at the intersection in the city of Varanasi, and thus has been an area of major concerns. To tackle this issue and rejuvenate the oldest Indian living city of Varanasi, Nagar Nigam Varanasi has proposed to improve aesthetics of certain identified intersections with footpaths, pedestrian crossings and improved traffic movement. Institute of Urban Transport (India) was entrusted to undertake this improvement plan for the identified junctions in the city.
The main objective of intersection design is to facilitate the safe and efficient movements of all vehicles including heavy vehicles (buses, trucks etc.) and NMT (bicycles, pedestrians etc.). The upgraded design options so made have considered the following key points:

a. No damage to green belt
b. Improvisation of all the medians for smooth traffic flow
c. Improvisation of existing NMT facilities
d. Smoothening of all entry exit curves
e. Providing free left turns based on space availability and traffic flow
f. Improvisation of existing pedestrian crossing facilitating with pedestrian refuge

As first phase of this study based on the reconnaissance survey, data analysis, stakeholder consultations and expert analysis all the below mentioned six intersections have been redesigned. The new circulation plans conceptualised are as follows:

1- Nadesar Crossing (Design Options)
2- Englishiya Line & 3- Cantt Crossing (Design Options)
4- Andhra Pul Crossing & 5- Chaukaghat Crossing (Design Options)
6- Police lines Crossing (Design Options)
7- Kachari Crossing
8- Pandeypur Crossing

Complete Plan proposal of junctions can be downloaded hear. Varanasi Junction Plan Report

Please give your feedback, Ideas, suggestions in concept designs of the Development of the above mentioned junctions.

Detailed Concept design is attached as PDF file.