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HOME INTRODUCTION PART A A vision for London’s streets PART B From strategy to delivery PART C New measures for new challenges PART D Balancing priorities PART F Appendix PART E Physical design and materials SECTION 6 Introduction SECTION 7 High quality footways SECTION 8 Carriageways SECTION 9 Crossings SECTION 10 Kerbside activity SECTION 11 Footway amenities SECTION 12 Safety and functionality SECTION 13 Street environment SECTION 14 Transport interchanges Streetscape Guidance [Part E – Physical design and materials] Safety and functionality 248 In addition, signs can be combined with other street furniture, signals or mounted on buildings which can reduce clutter on the footway. However expert engineering advice should be sought as not all columns/structures are suitable for mounting signage on. The TSRGD and Traffic Signs Manual provide standards and guidance on what signs can be combined. Post mounted signs Design teams should minimise the number of posts used for each sign. • Round posts are preferred with designers encouraged to use simple but robust support structures for the sign face • Larger posts should be fixed within the footway using a bracket, while smaller posts should be installed with minimal infill between the post and the footway surface material • Cantilevered signs from a single post can be used to maximise unobstructed footway widths. When cantilevering, the post should be located at the front, rather than the back of the footway with the sign towards the footway. • Single posts are usually of greater diameter to ensure sufficient strength to accommodate additional wind loading Alternative fixtures To reduce the number of posts which contribute to street clutter, the design team should explore opportunities for mounting traffic signs on other highway furniture, structures or building frontages. Where traffic signs are not erected on dedicated posts, the adequacy and suitability of support must be checked. Lighting columns and signal mounting • Expert engineering advice should always be sought for any large sign, 600 square millimetres or above, that is proposed for attachment to a lighting column • Smaller diameter ‘no entry’, ‘no left’ or ‘right turn’ and some other restrictive signs are allowed to be mounted on traffic signal heads • Where practicable, smaller traffic signs (up to 600 square millimetres) should be mounted on lighting columns Figure 247: Post mounted loading restriction signage Figure 248: Signage and bus flag mounted onto existing street furniture Figure 249: Signage mounted onto building facade
HOME INTRODUCTION PART A A vision for London’s streets PART B From strategy to delivery PART C New measures for new challenges PART D Balancing priorities PART F Appendix PART E Physical design and materials SECTION 6 Introduction SECTION 7 High quality footways SECTION 8 Carriageways SECTION 9 Crossings SECTION 10 Kerbside activity SECTION 11 Footway amenities SECTION 12 Safety and functionality SECTION 13 Street environment SECTION 14 Transport interchanges Streetscape Guidance Building mounted signs Before affixing a street lamp or traffic sign to a building, the authority will have to serve notice in writing on the building’s owner no less than 56 days before the date on which they intend to commence the works. For further information please refer to the Code of Practice for Affixing Traffic Signs and Street Lighting to Buildings in London (2015) for exercising the powers set out in section 45 of the Public Health Act 1961 and section 74 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended by clause 4 of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill. Figure 250: Integrated bollard mounted cycle signage [Part E – Physical design and materials] Safety and functionality 249 Low level signage • Design teams should consider how to minimise the visual and physical intrusion of low level signage such as traffic bollards • Integrating pedestrian and cycle signage within bollards can be an effective way of reducing the need for larger post mounted signs • ‘Keep left’ signs should be provided only where a road safety audit has identified the need
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