One Green Mile is a benchmark streetscape upgradation project demonstrating the development of an “Equal Street” in the heart of Mumbai’s dense urban fabric. It creates a street that is safe for everyone, regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation in a sustainable and livable urban environment.
The newly designed street articulates an innovative way of streamlining the vehicular traffic and reclaiming road area for pedestrians, cyclists and comfortable landscapes. The 2.3 acres public realm has one-third of the area covered in landscape, richly planted with local species of trees and shrubs in the busy commercial street. This further helps to reduce the urban heat island effect and improve air quality. The increased porous area also helps as a cost-effective green infrastructure for storm water management. The once neglected underflyover space is now a well-programmed community park for people of all ages.
Planting extends throughout this space, providing much needed greenery on both sides that helps in reducing the air pollution and also provides an audio-visual buffer, while cooling the surrounding spaces. One Green Mile showcases an inclusive complete street transformed into a truly public space in the city promoting social cohesion and community well-being.
