Pedestrian planning and design guide

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Introduction

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• 1 Introduction

The planning and policy context

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• 2 Planning and policy context

The principles of pedestrian network planning

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• 3 Pedestrian characteristics, preferences and activity (PDF, 1.55 MB, 14 pages)
• 4 Community walkability (PDF, 1.77 MB, 6 pages)
• 5 Approaches to providing for pedestrians (PDF, 1.09 MB, 6 pages)
• 6 Pedestrian network components (PDF, 4.76 MB, 26 pages)

The pedestrian network planning process

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• 7 Planning for pedestrians
• 8 Pedestrian planning process
• 9 Community involvement in scheme development
• 10 Assessing the demand for walking
• 11 Measuring walkability
• 12 Prioritising schemes and measures
• 13 Implementation

The design of the pedestrian network

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• 14 Footpaths (PDF, 4.8 MB, 24 pages)
• 15 Crossings (PDF, 5.25 MB, 30 pages)
• 16 Measures to guide pedestrians (PDF, 1.78 MB, 8 pages)
• 17 Lighting the pedestrian network (PDF, 744 KB, 4 pages)
• 18 Maintaining the pedestrian network (PDF, 1.23 MB, 6 pages)

Post-design issues

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• 19 Monitoring pedestrian activity
• 20 Making best use of facilities

Appendices

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• 1 Pedestrian characteristics
• 2 Signface design details
• 3 Issues to address in district plans
• 4 References
• 5 Index

Glossary of terms

A guide to the terms and phrases used in this publication.

Acknowledgements

The people who helped create this publication

Resources

A number of resources (some still in draft form) are also available.

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