Manual for the Streets - City of Carlisle

1 Manual for Streets Manual for StreetsPublished by Thomas Telford Publishing, Thomas Telford Ltd, 1 Heron Quay, London E14 4JD. for Thomas Telford books areUSA: ASCE Press, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400, USAJ apan: Maruzen Co. Ltd, Book Department, 3 10 Nihonbashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103 Australia: DA Books and Journals, 648 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham 3132, VictoriaFirst published 2007 Published for the Department for Transport under licence from the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office Queen s Printer and Controller of HMSO, 2007 Copyright in the typographical arrangement and design rests with the Queen s Printer and Controller of publication (excluding logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for non-commercial research, private study or for circulation within an organisation.

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4 Scheme designed by MDAS ection AContext and processSection CDetailed design issuesSection B Design principlesForeword 6 Preface 71 Introduction 102 Streets in context 143 The design process - from policy to implementation 224 Layout and connectivity 405 Quality places 506 Street users needs 627 Street geometry 788 Parking 989 Traffic signs and markings 11410 Street furniture and street lighting 12011 Materials, adoption and maintenance 126 Index 138 Contents Manual for StreetsAcknowledgementsProject teamManual for Streets was produced by a team led by consultantsWSP, with Llewelyn Davies Yeang (LDY), Phil Jones Associates(PJA) and TRL Limited on behalf of the Department for Transport,and Communities and Local Government.

5 The core team comprised (all lists in alphabetical order): Annabel Bradbury (TRL) Andrew Cameron (WSP) Ben Castell (LDY) Phil Jones (PJA) Tim Pharoah (LDY), Stuart Reid (TRL) Alan Young Project Manager, (WSP)With additional research and assistance by:Sam Carman (WSP), Tom Ewings (TRL), Una McGaughrin (LDY)Peter O Brien (LDY), Ross Paradise (TRL), Christianne Strubbe (Hampshire County Council), Iain York (TRL)Graphic design by Llewelyn Davies Yeang (Ros Shakibi, Ting LamTang and Thanh Tung Uong, with artwork by Alexandra Steed) and overseen by Ela Ginalska (Department for Transport)Steering groupThe Project Steering Group included:Bob Bennett (Planning Officers Society), Edward Chorlton (Devon County Council), Vince Christie (Local GovernmentAssociation), Wayne Duerden (Department for Transport)Louise Duggan (Commission for Architecture and the BuiltEnvironment), Ray Farrow (Home Builders Federation)George Hazel (Urban Design Alliance), Ed Hobson (Commission forArchitecture and the Built Environment), Gereint Killa (Department for Transport), Grahame Lawson (Disabled PersonsTransport Advisory Committee), Spencer Palmer (Department forTransport), John Smart (Institution of Highways and Transportation),Larry Townsend (Communities and Local Government),Polly Turton (Commission for Architecture and the BuiltEnvironment)

6 , David Williams (Department for Transport),Mario Wolf (Communities and Local Government),Philip Wright (Health & Safety Executive)Sounding boardFurther advice was received from an invited Sounding Boardconsisting of:Tony Aston (Guide Dogs for the Blind Association), David Balcombe(Essex County Council), Peter Barker (Guide Dogs for the BlindAssociation), Richard Button (Colchester Borough Council)Jo Cleary (Friends of the Lake District), Meredith Evans (Borough ofTelford & Wrekin Council), Tom Franklin (Living Streets ),Jenny Frew (English Heritage), Stephen Hardy (Dorset CountyCouncil), Richard Hebditch (Living Streets ), Ian Howes (ColchesterBorough Council), Andrew Linfoot (Halcrow), Peter Lipman (Sustrans), Ciaran McKeon (Dublin Transport Office), Elizabeth Moon, (Essex County Council), Nelia Parmaklieva (Colchester BoroughCouncil), Mark Sackett (RPS), Paul Sheard (Leicestershire County Council)

7 , Alex Sully (Cycling England), Carol Thomas(Guide Dogs for the Blind Association), Andy Yeomanson(Leicestershire County Council), Emily Walsh (Solihull MetropolitanBorough Council), Leon Yates (London Borough of Lewisham) Additional consultation and adviceAdditional consultation took place with the following:Mark Ainsworth (George Wimpey), John Barrell (Jacobs Consultancy),Terry Brown (GMW Architects), Hywel Butts (Welsh AssemblyGovernment), David Coatham (Institution of Lighting Engineers),Mike Darwin (Leeds City Council), Adrian Lord (Arup / Cycling England), Kevin Pearson (Avon Fire & Rescue Service),Michael Powis (Nottinghamshire Police), Gary Kemp (DisabledPersons Transport Advisory Committee), Malcolm Lister (London Borough of Hounslow)In addition to those already listed, substantial commentson drafts of the Manual were received from.

8 Duncan Barratt (West Sussex County Council), Neil Benison(Warwickshire County Council), Daniel Black (Sustrans),Rob Carmen (Medway Council), Greg Devine (Surrey County Council), John Emslie (MVA Consultancy), Heather Evans (Cyclists Touring Club), David Groves (CornwallCounty Council), Steve Mead (Derbyshire County Council), Christine Robinson (Essex County Council), Mick Sankus (Medway Council), Mike Schneider (North Somerset BoroughCouncil), Graham Paul Smith (Oxford Brookes University),Fiona Webb (Mid Bedfordshire District Council), Bob White(Kent County Council)Case studiesA number of case studies were investigated in the compilation if the Manual . These are listed below, along with theindividuals who provided assistance: Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford: Sarah Hill-Sanders, Chelmsford Borough Council Chris Robinson, Essex County Council Charlton Down, Dorset: Stephen Hardy, Dorset County Council Ian Madgwick, Dorset County Council Crown Street, Glasgow: Elaine Murray, Glasgow City Council Mic Ralph, Glasgow City Council Stephen Rigg, CZWG Architects Darwin Park, Lichfield: Steve Clarke, Staffordshire County Council Ian Thompson, Lichfield District Council Hulme, Manchester: Kevin Gillham, Manchester City Council Brian Kerridge, Manchester City Council Limehouse Fields, Tower Hamlets.

9 Angelina Eke, Tower Hamlets Borough Council John Hilder, Tower Hamlets Borough Council New Hall, Harlow: Alex Cochrane, Roger Evans Associates Keith Lawson, Essex County Council Mriganka Saxena, Roger Evans Associates Pirelli site, Eastleigh: Dave Francis, Eastleigh Borough Council Eric Reed, Eastleigh Borough Council Queen Elizabeth Park, Guildford: David Barton, Guildford Borough Council David Taylor, Surrey County Council Staithes South Bank, Gateshead: Alastair Andrew, Gateshead Council Andy Szandrowski, Gateshead CouncilManual for Streets Status and applicationManual for Streets (MfS) supersedes Design Bulletin 32 and its companion guide Places, Streets and Movement, which are now withdrawn in England and Wales.

10 It complements Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing and Planning Policy Wales. MfS comprises technical guidance and does not set out any new policy or legal focuses on lightly-trafficked residential Streets , but many of its key principles may be applicable to other types of street, for example high Streets and lightly-trafficked lanes in rural areas. It is the responsibility of users of MfS to ensure that its application to the design of Streets not specifically covered is does not apply to the trunk road network. The design requirements for trunk roads are set out in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB).MfS only applies formally in England and Wales. The policy, legal and technical frameworks are generally the same in England and Wales, but where differences exist these are made clear.