STREETSCAPE GUIDANCE

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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
6 Introduction
Part E of Streetscape Guidance provides
layout and design information, including
layout drawings. It sets out a vision for
London’s streets, covering a broad range of
topics. This section has been structured to
reflect the discrete spaces and materials that
are encountered on the street, footways,
carriageways, crossings; activities that occur
between the carriageway and the footway; and
amenities on the footway including those that
provide safety and comfort functions, elements
F R O N T A G E S
Carriageway
Footway Clear Zone
Kerbside activity and Footway amenities
Kerbside activity and Footway amenities
that occur on any street environment and
interchange zone.
Each section is introduced by a vision for the
future and is followed by a breakdown of how to
best achieve the vision.
Part E begins by discussing surface material
in three sections: ‘High quality footways’,
‘Carriageways’ and ‘Crossings’. These sections
cover a standard palette of materials, preferred
layouts, and selection criteria for those materials.
The following section, ‘Kerbside activity’,
details how functions such as parking and loading
bays, bus stops, and parking control can be
accommodated in a range of circumstances.
Street Design Zones
Crossings
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The next two sections, ‘Footway amenities’
and ‘Safety and functionality’, deal with
components on the footway that provide a
comfort, convenience or facility to enrich
the street environment or to provide another
essential function.
The ‘Street environment’ section outlines the
elements essential to achieving a comfortable
street for all users. Information is also provided on
how to treat leftover spaces in the public realm
and seek out opportunities for pocket parks.
Finally, a section on ‘Transport interchanges’
covers those areas where more than one
transport mode combines to form an
interchange environment. This section details
how to treat on-street interchanges for various
modes, and how specific design consideration
is required to ensure successful integration with
the surrounding street network.
While the principles included within Part E are
provided by ourselves as exemplary practice,
reference is also made to wider best practice,
relevant guidance and technical documents
which offer more detailed information on how
a designer should approach a specific area.
Footway Clear Zone
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