Street signage guidance for Covid-19 recovery Supporting pedestrian movement

1. General Approach to Signage and Design Principles2. Design guidance3. Proposed design4. Queue management5. Management of requests/communication6. Strategic plan7. Programme8. Indicative Costs

Appendix 1: Placement of signs

1. General Approach to Signage and Design PrinciplesThis document proposes the City approach to temporary street and footway signage (non-Transport) to support people returning to the City and businesses reopening. The document is based on guidance available on 1st June 2020 and may need to be reviewed to adapt to future Government guidance.The proposed City Design Principles are looking at a simple and consistent approach for visual markers, aligning with the City of London ‘identity’ (font, colours etc.), to ensure a clear message is delivered to help with queueing and social distancing needs. It is recommended that the City manages the implementation of signage in its streets and that individual businesses do not implement their own design on the pavement (with exception of private land).The type of signs required will be used for: 1) social distancing reminders in key busy streets; 2) queuing advisory notices, and 3) directional markers.

2. Design guidance and placement of floor vinyl markers

The proposed anti slip vinyls are intended to be installed in/around busy destinations such as

transport hubs, residential clusters, offices, shopping streets and where there is

concentration of food outlets.

Please refer to Appendix 1 for further details.

3. Proposed designsIt is proposed to install external grade vinyl floor stickers (400mm diameter) with heavy anti-slip laminate. The material has a durability of 2-3 months (depending on footfall). It is easy to install and de-install, without damaging the paving. It can be used on Yorkstone footways, asphalt carriageways and granite kerbs.

City of London examples:

4. Queues ManagementQueuing outside premises/offices will need to be managed and coordinated especially inareas with limited pavement width. Vinyls on the floor will be used to guide and organisequeues, and a minimum of 2.5 metres on footways should be kept free for pedestrian accessat all time, where possible. Entry/exit points should be considered as well as one-way systemif possible.In areas where traffic has been stopped or footway extended, it will be appropriate forqueues to extend on the carriageway, assuming barriers and protective measures/requiredtraffic orders have been put in place.Queuing arrangements will need to consider a number of factors and as such will need totake into account the neighbouring shops, offices and other organisations. Advice tobusinesses on how to manage the queue will also be provided.

5. Management of requests/communicationIt is proposed to identify key locations for signage and provide a platform for individualrequest through an online survey on the City Corporation website.

In order to manage the potential high number of requests, it is proposed that where Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) or local businesses associations (such as the Chancery Lane Association) are in existence, they are encouraged to take the lead in liaising with their businesses to coordinate demands, ensuring effective collaboration. Any other queries should be sent to citytransportation@cityoflondon.gov.uk.

6. Strategic planTo apply the Design Guidance, key areas that are predicted to become congested have beenidentify as follows:

• Residential Clusters and Schools• Shopping streets• Areas with high concentration of food and beverage outlets• City Cluster area: highest concentration of office workers.• For Transport hubs and underground stations it is proposed that signage be

managed by TfL or National Rail for consistency across London.

7. Programme• Friday 12 June : Online survey for Signage requests live on the City Website and initial

batch of 600 vinyls ordered (see breakdown in “8.indicative cost section)• Week commencing 22 June: vynils received and implementation on site to start

The online survey is available on the following City pages :

Covid-19: City StreetsCOVID-19 Environmental Health guidance for businesses

Draft 01 – 20/06/02 Produced by City Public Realm/City Transportation teams Comments: Issued to Bronze Group: Comments integrated and information

expanded. Draft 02– 20/06/08 Approved by Gold Group

Covid Recovery

Appendix 1:Street signage – floor vinyl stickersQueue management

08/June/2020

Footway sign: “Please queue here”Placed away from the building entrance to provide sufficient space for people to walk along footway.Queue to extend on carriageway where street closures are in place.

Footway signage – Queue management

Example no. 1- shopping streets

Footway sign: “Please queue here”Placed away from the building entrance to provide sufficient space for people to walk along footway.Queue to extend on carriageway where street closures are in place.

Footway signage – Queue management

Example no. 2- shopping streets

Space for walking

Footway sign: “Please queue here”Placed alongside the building to allow pedestrians to walk on the carriageway.

Footway signage – Queue management

Example no. 3- narrow streets

Footway sign: “Please queue here”Placed alongside the building to allow pedestrians to walk on the footway/carriageway.

Footway signage – Queue management

Example no. 4- office buildings and entrances

Footway sign: “Please keep your distance”Placed at 3m intervals to encourage social distance and avoid crowd gatherings.

Footway signage – Queue management

Example no. 5 - Busy thoroughfares/attractions