Welcome Pele Bhamberto Hereford —

Place, People & Movement

PAC Forum5th of June 2007

Paige Mitchell & Mo Burnsrepresenting Cycle Hereford St James and BartonshamCommunity Travel Plan, &

Herefordshire Friends of the Earth

Source: Philip Booth and Cllr S. Lunnon (2005) Better Streets for Stroud District

The Hub of St James

The five movement principles of the Forum

1. Place or traffic

2. Road user hierarchy

3. Solutions hierarchy

4. Minimum standards

5. Design brief

1. Which is more important, the social (or ‘place’)function or the traffic function?

2. Road user hierarchy

For social places that must accommodate traffic

For traffic places, to ensure that self-powered road users are not discriminated against by bearing toomuch danger or being forced to use awkward routes

PedestriansPeople with mobility difficulties Cyclists Public transportOther motorised traffic

Sometimes more isless …

And sometimes less is more

3. Solutions hierarchy: first reduce traffic speed and volume, separate road users when those options are not possible (and allocate space according to the road user hierarchy)

Source: Kirby, T (2007) Newland Road MPR Road Safety Demonstration Project, Presentation to PACTS Planning Safer Streets Conference, London, 13th February 2007

SolutionsHierarchyin NewlandRoad, Hull

before & after

Sharing withoutsegregating

Reminding driversthat cyclists use thehighway

Three Elms Road

4. Minimum standards where a segregated approachis necessary

These should also follow the road user hierarchyand support routes that are safe, direct, coherent, comfortable and attractive.

Imagine doing to motorists what planners and engineers have done to pedestrians, people with mobility difficulties and cyclists.

5. Design briefTo avoid confusion, clutter and ensure as far as possible

that the expenditure enhances both the public realm AND the status of walking and cycling

Dutch tree place photo