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News Release from: BRE Bookshop | Subject: Designing for Pedestrians
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Team on 16 February 2006
Designing For Pedestrians
BRE Press are the publishers of highly respected technical and practical guides including Designing for Pedestrians: A guide to good practice.
A guide to good practice Essex County Council
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 7 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Provides detailed technical and best practice guidance on design of facilities for pedestrians.
Prepared by Essex County Council, drawing on the experience that has been developed throughout the county - with information and recommendations which can be readily adapted and applied to local circumstances throughout the UK.
Invaluable for those involved in planning, designing and constructing pedestrian facilities.
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Includes discussion of giving greater access to persons with mobility impairment; crossing facilities; signing; sharing facilities between pedestrians and cyclists, and more.
Contents.
Introduction and objectives.
Why focus on walking?.
Section 1 Guidance on good practice.
Functional route hierarchy.
Footway design.
Section 2 Provision for people with mobility and sensory impairment.
Accessibility (ramps, steps and handrails).
Ramps.
Steps.
Handrails.
Guard railing.
Car parking provision for disabled people.
Shopmobility.
Section 3 Pedestrian signing.
General.
Clearance.
Mounting height.
Siting.
Section 4 Improving the environment for walking.
Pedestrian audit and review.
Maintenance.
Utilities and street works.
Other obstructions.
Overhanging vegetation.
Trees and landscaping.
Street cleaning.
Waste bins.
Dog waste.
Control of dogs.
Street lighting.
Parking on the footway.
Section 5 Crossing facilities.
General.
Dropped kerbs.
Pedestrian refuges.
Side road crossings.
General points on signal controlled crossings.
Zebra crossings.
Pelican crossings.
Puffin, toucan and pegasus crossings.
Pedestrian facilities at traffic signals.
Audible and tactile signals.
Subways and footbridges.
Vehicle crossings.
Tactile paving.
Shared use cyclist and pedestrian facilities.
Bus stops and public transport interchanges - providing for pedestrians.
Section 6 Shared use pedestrian and cyclist facilities.
Footpaths.
Bridleways.
Byways.
Finger posts and waymarkers.
Quiet lanes and home zones.
Rural pedestrians.
Section 7 Initiatives.
Safer journeys to school.
Road safety initiatives.
Speed management.
Section 8 Consultation and monitoring.
Consultation.
Monitoring.
References.
Bibliography.
Relevant legislation.
Appendix 1 Legal considerations.
Creation of new off-carriageway routes (under the Highways Act 1980).
The Road Traffic Regulation 1984.
Appendix 2 Shopmobility contacts.
Appendix 3 Essex County Council contacts.
Code: ep67 ISBN: Year: 2006 pp: 72.
£20.00.
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