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Chapter 3: the Strategy (Pages 24 To Edinburgh City Centre Transformation | Strategy 3 The Strategy The Strategy focuses on people, place and movement to create transformational change. By setting out how it will reprioritise the use of our public spaces, roads and streets, the Strategy provides a clear framework to create a more active, resilient and inclusive city centre. This framework is bounded by the six Principles of Change. The Strategy is set out as three distinct, but inter- related components. A spatial framework across the city centre sets the context and provides an overview of the approach. A series of layers and related interventions then focus on the changes to how people move within the city centre. Six catalyst areas of transformation then provide a vision of how our city centre would look and feel over the next few years. 24 25 Edinburgh City Centre Transformation | Strategy The Strategy 3.1 Spatial Framework The spatial framework shows how and where across Key Elements the city centre changes will be made. This is then broken down into ‘movement’ and ‘place’ layers to enable users of the city centre to fully appreciate the scale and location of the proposed changes, in the context of how they move and use the city centre. Movement changes are critical enablers of place improvements. For the city to deliver on its wider “ data driven innovation ambitions, as set out as part of the Edinburgh City and Regions City Deal, this People first: pedestrian & cycling Strategy is underpinned by a layer of data which will “ movement be developed to support the city’s wider data driven innovation ambitions. Improvements to accessibility and inclusive mobility that will enhance the experience of the city centre for people with physical or sensory impairments, parents and carers are embedded in the Strategy. These are highlighted in subsequent sections. Main Cycle Route Traffic Free Managed Access Vertical Link Hopper Bus Existing Tram Potential Tram Extension Pedestrian Priority Zone Reallocation of Streetspace Junction Improvement Public Transport Interchange © Crown Copyright and database right 2019. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100023420. 26 to Nicolson Square to Haymarket music hall hopper “ Improved public transport: city “ Places for People: play, visit, live centre hopper bus, potential tram “ & work “ loop, public transport interchange 27 Edinburgh City Centre Transformation | Strategy The Strategy 3.2 Layers and Interventions Edinburgh is a modern capital All layers and interventions are city with a unique urban form and underpinned by: heritage, which makes it a complex place. In order to understand this • Accessibility – as set out in better, the Strategy is built up in the spatial framework, to layers based on how people use ensure equality of access and and interact with the city and what opportunity across the city they do there. To enable the city to centre operate and deliver for the people in it, the relationships between • Sustainability and resilience the layers need to be clearly – to ensure that the Strategy understood. responds to the climate emergency and builds The interventions, or actions, resilience to tackle future required to deliver these challenges changes are grouped by type of activity and shown associated • Data management – to ensure with the appropriate layers. that the city operates as The interventions relating to efficiently as it can, based on ‘movement’ are shown first as they effective data and information will free up the space to enable the ‘place’ related actions to be delivered. PRINCIPLES FRAMEWORK LAYERS Private and Public Commercial Walking Cycling Place Transport Vehicle Movements 5 PACKAGES OF INTERVENTIONS P Allocation of Public Transport Parking Reduction City Operations and Place Streetspace & Reprioritisation Management 28 recycle hub green roof clean energy pedestrian routescanal sustainability & resilience cycling cycling walking place walking to station public transport (inc. taxi) data management & operational coordination parking zone private & commercial vehicle movements 29 Edinburgh City Centre Transformation | Strategy The Strategy Walking Edinburgh’s unique layout of two distinct historic Key Elements areas, the Old and New Towns, gives the city its distinct character. This should be reinforced by a world-class walkable city centre. However, traffic levels are a safety threat and can be a visual and sensory distraction. Some footways are too narrow and waiting times at junctions can be lengthy. As the population of residents and tourists grows, “ a radical shift in the distribution of public space is A cohesive network of pedestrian needed so that the city centre can accommodate this “ priority & car-free streets growth and make walking more attractive, safer and more relaxed. For walking, the Strategy will deliver: • A cohesive network of pedestrian priority and car- free streets connecting Waverley with key areas of the Old Town • Widened footpaths on key pedestrian routes by removing traffic lanes to make more space for people and to reduce the stress associated with overcrowding, and improved crossing opportunities throughout • A pedestrian priority zone in the core of the city centre where people have priority and vehicles are guests, which is achieved through a series of junction improvements, traffic control and behaviour change • Fully accessible vertical connections at key locations to improve access for those with mobility and other impairments, parents and carers, which will reduce dependency on private vehicle movements Combined, these measures will allow the hierarchy of movement (people on foot first, followed by those on bicycles, public transport and private vehicle) to be implemented within the city centre in a way not yet achieved anywhere else in Scotland at this scale. In addition to the above measures, specific improvements for those with mobility impairments, parents and carers include a greater roll-out of dropped kerbs at crossings, enhanced wayfinding and vertical connections to overcome level differences © Crown Copyright and database right 2019. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100023420. 30 walking walking “ pedestrian priority area “ Widening of footways on key A pedestrian priority area where people “ pedestrian routes “have priority and vehicles are guests Streetscape Improvement Potential Extension of Streetscape Improvement Traffic Free Managed Access Improved Walking Connection Vertical Link Pedestrian Priority Zone Bus Stop near Schools Schools Junction Improvement Public Transport Interchange 31 Edinburgh City Centre Transformation | Strategy The Strategy Cycling The delivery of Edinburgh’s Active Travel Action Plan Key Elements continues to provide improved walking, cycling and wheeling routes across the city. However, further transformation is needed in the city centre to enable the changes in behaviour and travel modes which are fundamental to the success of the Strategy. For cycling and wheeling, the Strategy will deliver: Provision of new segregated &“ • A new pedestrian and cycling bridge from Jeffrey Street to Calton Road across Waverley Station “ safe cycles routes to provide a connecting to the wider network to provide a connected network dedicated, vehicle-free, north–south link • New segregated and safe cycle routes to Segregated Cycling Route provide a connected network across the city Potential Segregated centre, improving north–south and east–west Cycling Route connections and connecting key public transport hubs Future Extension of Cycling Route Additional Cycling Provision • A ‘pedestrian priority zone’ which will create the conditions for comfortable on-street cycling Traffic Free between segregated routes and final destinations within the city centre. Supported by streetspace Pedestrian Priority Zone allocation and public transport services measures Primary School Segregated cycle routes will form the backbone of the Secondary School network for getting across the city centre on north- south and east-west routes, and onward linkages to Junction Improvement surrounding neighbourhoods. The potential to develop segregated routes on other key corridors such as the Bridges, Morrison Street and West Approach Road will be examined in detail as the Strategy is implemented, recognising the need to balance the walking and public transport priorities of this strategy. Where fully segregated routes cannot be formed alternative cycling provision will be provided to address safety issues at specific junctions, and high- Spatial accessibility Multiscale Top 20% quality alternative routes will be provided on parallel routes. Street spatial accessibility - cycling scale (5 km) 32 Citywide (20k) Intermediate (5k) Local (25-min walk) Local (15-min walk) high low Spatial network Space Syntax Limited © 2019 Spatial baseline Progress note Edinburgh City Centre The City of Edinburgh Council 18 cycling cycling “ A pedestrian priority area A new pedestrian & cycling“ “which creates the conditions for “ bridge from Jeffrey Street to comfortable cycling Calton Road © Crown Copyright and database right 2019. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100023420. 33 Edinburgh City Centre Transformation | Strategy The Strategy Allocation of Streetspace Interventions The package of interventions focuses on the removal of traffic from key city centre streets and the reallocation of space to people on foot, those on bikes and public transport users. Removal of traffic is focused on streets where the greatest benefit
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