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Walking Infrastructure Masterclass
Day 1 - Planning Focus
Setting the scene - policy documents, strategy
Foundations for planning for walking (and case studies)
Bus tour and site critique
Network plannning for walking and activity (WNPs - Albion)
Tools for planning and walking
Where to get more information and wrap up
Setting the Scene
Benefits
Health
Economic
Social
Walking forms part of all trips
All walk
Road safety
Need to reduce pedestrian road toll (12% of all crashes while only being 9% of all trips)
Think differently about walking by making places liveable during to being walkable:
The first mode
convenient and safe
design for all ages and abilities
Prevent crashes before they happen
Prioritise people walking - Movement and Place - QLD drafting this strategy/guideline now
Foundations for planning for walking
20 minute neighbourhoods
Link residential with places of work, school, community, services, entertainment
Supporting Documents - Policy
State planning policy
Model code for neighbourhood design
Mandatory provisions
foot paths, shade/trees
Street Design Manual (IPWEAQ) > peds first in movement hierarchy
Movement and place framework (AR) - need different skills for movement and place components of P&D
People are the starting point
CPTED treatments
Case studies
Fitzgibbon chase rail station access
Maitland NSW - M&P
Long reach
Loganlea Road Healthy Street Project - shade structure
City of Stirling, WA, - variable speed limits
Activity
Brainstorm M&P treatments for fictional corridor
Key principles for walking environments
Inclusive
- not just able bodied people
Safe and Secure
- safe from road environment and CPTED
Comfortable
- width, shelter, seating, mode seperation
Direct
- desire line served, wait times at signals
Legible
- Intuitive layout/network, wayfinding
Connected
- pathway network, land use proximity, community not severed by barrier like train line, multiple connected routes between land use
Attractive
- noise/air pollution, maintenance, seating/shelter, public realm improvements
Bus tour and site critique
(Queen St, King St, New Farm)
Assess against key principle checklist
Ways to collect data?
days of week/time
parking meters
office occupancy
Intersection data - prioritise for peds during peak ped period
mid-block xing demand profile
Planning for walking (WNP)
How to develop a walking strategy and action plan,
Local government strategic government /corporate plan alignment and community outcomes including:
Accesible and connected
academic performance
clean, green, sustainable
active and healthy
friendly, safe, inclusive
propsperous diverse economy and vibrant
strong tourism
workforce welness
sustainable and affordable services
responsible governance
social equity
Why do you need a strategy?
principles to actions
Strategy Process overview
* Vic Walks
engagement
monitoring and evaluation
measure benefits
demonstrate achieved goals
use to seek further support
Benefits to measure:
safety
use
economic vitality - land use/yield
place
Case studies
QLD walking Strategy
Objectives, measure, baseline data
City of Port Phillip
Promoting walking and travel behaviour change
Case studies:
Melbourne Change to walking program
reward kids with stickers, stars etc in the class, social aspect with friends/family
Combine infrastructure improvements with behaviour change -Camberwell, Cookson St
Park and Stride Maps
Reference
Nudge theory - Victoria Walks
UK EAST framework
Behaviour change programs (minor to signficant)
How to develop a precinct walking network plan
WNP, 2021 TMR initiative, grant funding for precincts for LG/Schools - open now
Strategic documents
QLD Walking Strategy 2019-2029
Action Plan for Walking 19-21
Walking Network Planning Guidance
WNP Stages
Draft - Use all the walking principles early
Test draft with stakeholders - engage stakeholders online/in person
Finalise WNP
Draft works program - prelim design assessment, costs, timescales
finalise and implement - prioritise works, adopt works program, commence work
evaluate and promote
Build it and they will come?
Not always with walking/cycling infrastructure - may also need behaviour nudge/advertising/information
Activity - Precinct Planning Albion
West of rail line
East of rail line
Development process - bringing in GIS analysis
Criqitue the plan
Too large, can't focus at that scale
Doesn't consider other transport options e.g. rail stations not mapped, showing how walking to some mapped destinations may be better sutied from other transport node
Doesn't show other physical constraints like gradient/contours
Missing some latest data e.g. newly built infrastructure like NBB not shown
Tools for planning for walking
data collection
benefits of measuring walking and what can be measured
ways to measure walking and data available
measuring place / stationary pedestrian activities
Case studies
Melbourne Places for People
Redlynch shared pathway Cairns - use relation to rain fall
Pedestrian forecasting models
TMR tool based on land use model
Comparison method (database)
Factoring uplift
direct demand - based on land use
Only rough estimate for initial forecast - actual survey data better
Other tools
crowdsourcing tools
ABS community profiles
ped shed analysis (pedcatch.com)
inclusive mapping
shadeways mapping
crime data
streetmix tool - preview cross section design
Traditional ped LOS fruin - challenge use of this - doesn't account for many of the less abled needs
Ped LOS - walking space guide
Walkable streets / healthy streets indiciators framework
Walking Audits
Tools for planning and walking
Day 2 - Design focus
Foundations for designing walking routes and facilities
Solutions for designing walking routes and facilities
Site visit
Summary and wrap up
Foundations for designing walking routes
Walker characteristics and behaviours
People oriented street design
Safe systems
(1) Safe Roads/ Infrastructure design, (2) Safe speeds
Pedestrian safety in QLD, need raised priority crossings, meet desire lines, reduce crossing distances, reduce speed at crossing points
Case studies:
Reducing speed limits in high activity areas
Road Safety Policy implementation - Intersection upgrade Mareeba
signal conversion as capacity issue prevent Roundabout, use Raised Safety Platforms
Universal Design
People with a disability
DDA legislation overview
Case studies:
Ferny Grove rail station
Principles:
Equitable use
Flexibility
Simple and intuitive
Perceptible information
Tolerance for error
Low physical effort
size and space for approach and use
Design for older people:
surface quality
rest spots
reduce complexity and reinforce give way
Priority crossings
-reduce speed and make mroe conspicuous
reduce xing distance
e.g. zebras, ramps, connections, signals, wide paths
Solutions for designing walking routes and facilities
Walkable paths and routes
Provision: Design with walking environment principles
Connected paths
path widths (NSW Walking space guide)
clear path widths
accesible provision: Gradient, crossfall, smoothness, slip resistant, kerb ramps
shared vs seperate paths (depends on land use)
Personal Mobility devices (PMD) - conflicts between users
TGSI - shoreline to decision point - directional, warning types
Case study
Fitzgibbon connected paths
Toondahh Harbour car park connections
Safe and convenient crossings
Principles
safe
direct
priority
inclusive
Side street and minor road crossings
ped right of way
priority treatments recommended
kerb radii
continuous pathway treatments
reduced crossing distances
visible/sight distance
Examples
pedestrian refuges
intersection upgrades for people
slip lane removal
Major road crossings
desire line (pedestrian network, buitl environment, land use)
movement and place consideration on treatment (overpass, seperated path vs shared zone with mixed use)
direct
signalised intersections, reduce delays
Bundaberg smart xing
unsignalised xing major roads - design considerations
Roundabouts
Safe system to slow vehicles down
desire lines
wombats at roundabouts is now required by TMR for certain situations
when to grade seperate (multi lane, high speed) - case studies of over and under - design considerations (DDA, CPTED, movement vs place)
Pedestrian fencing
Kerb ramps
Case study
Bli Bli School process is WNP like
(800m radius, engagement, prioritise works, identify and scope solution). Parents want safe crossings/intersections and low speed and new links
Danger reduction (vehicle speed management)
Area treatments (LATM)
narrow lanes
slow points
kerb build outs
raised ped xings
reduced corner radii
street trees
medians/refuge
Location specific
land use influence
Movement and place and speed limits
ped priority treatments
shared space streets
Examples
sloow speed environments in CBD area, foreshore areas
Ferny Grove rail station
Supporting infrastructure
Sticky Streets
Things that draw the eye when walking e.g. King St, Queen St - needs more seated shading for summer
Active frontage
Comfortable/attracive/safe principles
Seating
shade/shelter
water fountain
pavement markings/type
art/place making/landscaping
night time economy lighting
wayfinding signage
Trees for amentiy and shading and speed reduction
Examples:
Burnett Heads town centre redevelopment
Cairns shaded struture
Other design solutions
Reallocating space (road diet)
remove traffic lane for other use/modes
Lighter quicker cheaper - tactial urbanism
trials for mode change/place making
low cost, community based, small and scalable
Time traffic restrictions
school streets program, during school hours, cyclist traffic only around the school to enable walking/cycling safely to school with friends/parents/own
Examples
Palm beach parking for parklet/seated area
Activity: Kepnock High Schoo, Bundaberg, case study
key walking barriers?
appropriate solutions would be appropriate to imrpove the walkable environment?
priority crossings, raised intersection, cul-de-sac road network to priortise peds at main entrance point, map desir elines, movement and place
Site visit
Walking Audit
Works Program
Prioritisation
Concept design
Albion School Route
School car park closure (reversing risk)
Priority crossing design
kerb build outs
new shared path
NBB priorty crossing upgrades to maintain network solution
Summary and wrap up
Benefits
Ask michael for slides