Transport, Highways and Parking – Page 10
Transport assessments and statements, travel plans, access, parking surveys and construction traffic.
Transport, Highways and Parking articles – page 10
224 articlesTravel Plan targets, monitoring and the section 106 clause
A Travel Plan is only as good as the obligation that secures it. Targets, survey method, monitoring intervals and remedies all belong in the agreement rather than in the document.
Swept path analysis: what the highway officer checks
A swept path drawing is checked for three things: whether the design vehicle is the right one, whether the envelope clears everything solid, and whether the manoeuvre is one a driver would actually make.
Refuse vehicle tracking and bin collection points
The waste collection authority sets carry distances, the highway authority sets turning provision. How to design a layout that satisfies both and prove it on the drawing.
Cycle parking standards and the design that satisfies them
Meeting the number is a validation issue, designing a store people will use is a refusal issue. Stand spacing, access routes and non-standard cycle provision.
Parking standards: maximum, minimum and the local plan
The adopted standard is a starting position. What decides a reduced-parking scheme is the accessibility assessment, the stress survey and how provision is secured.
Manual for Streets or DMRB: which applies to your access
The road you are joining decides the standard, not the size of your scheme. How the two design families differ, where local guides mix them, and how to document a departure.
Visibility splays: where x and y distances come from
The x distance is a setback, the y distance comes from measured traffic speeds. How to evidence a splay that the highway authority will accept.
Scoping a Transport Assessment with the highway authority
A scoping note agreed in writing sets the cost of the whole transport evidence base. What to propose, how to fix the committed development list, and what to do when the authority does not reply.
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