Design Guidance Active Travel () Act 2013

December 2014 Design Guidance: Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013

Welsh Government Procedure & Advice Guidance (PAG) 102/14

Front cover photograph credit: Chandra Prasad /

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Contents

Acknowledgements 4 Foreword 5 How to Use This Document 6

Part A – General Principles 9 1 Introduction 10 2 Legal and Policy Frameworks 15 3 Involvement, Engagement and Consultation 23

Part B – User Needs, Planning and Design 29 4 User Needs 30 Section 1 – Pedestrians’ Needs 32 Section 2 – Cyclists’ Needs 43

5 Network Planning 62 Section 1 – Network Planning for Walking 69 Section 2 – Network Planning for 81

6 Design for Walking and Cycling 103

Part C – Related Matters 191 7 Integration with Other Modes 192 8 Related Facilities 198 Section 1 – Related Facilities for Walking 198 Section 2 – Related Facilities for Cycling 208

9 Creating, Improving and Managing Highways 227 10 Construction, Maintenance and Management 241 11 Monitoring and Evaluation 265

Appendices A Design Elements 273 B Walking Route Audit Tool 387 C Cycling Route Audit Tool 395 D Legal Procedures 407

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Acknowledgements

Writing Team The Wales Active Travel Design Guidance was produced by the following team on behalf of the :

▪▪ Roddy Beynon - Arup ▪▪ Kevin Golding-Williams – Living ▪▪ Phil Jones (Editor) – Phil Jones Associates ▪▪ Andy Mayo – Local Transport Projects ▪▪ Tony Russell - Sustrans ▪▪ Chris Peck - CTC ▪▪ Carol Thomas – Access Design Solutions

Overseen by Jason Ingram (Welsh Government)

And with additional assistance from:

▪▪ Adrian Lord – Steer Davies Gleave ▪▪ John Parkin – University of the West of England ▪▪ Caroline Lewis – Access Design Solutions ▪▪ Jo Sachs-Eldridge – Local Transport Projects

Document design and layout by Phil Jones Associates (Annabel Keegan and Julie Price)

Steering Group In addition to the Writing Team, the Steering Group for the project comprised:

▪▪ Rhyan Berrigan – Disability Wales ▪▪ Simon Charles – Regional Transport Consortia ▪▪ Steve Davies – Newport City Council ▪▪ Robert Gravell – Council ▪▪ Adrian Lord – Steer Davies Gleave ▪▪ Jane Lee – WLGA ▪▪ Andrea Gordon – Guide Dogs ▪▪ Jo Sachs-Eldridge – Local Transport Projects

Support and Contributions The Writing Team is grateful to the following people for their support and contributions to the project:

▪▪ Brian Deegan – Transport for London ▪▪ Wayne Duerden – Department for Transport ▪▪ Sally Gibbons – Department for Transport ▪▪ Ryland Jones – Sustrans ▪▪ Jane Lorimer – Sustrans ▪▪ Matthew Price – ▪▪ Nick Vaughan – Transport for Greater Manchester ▪▪ Lee Waters – Institute of Welsh Affairs

And to Transport for London and Transport for Greater Manchester for the use of their design standard drawings.

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Foreword Phil Jones, Phil Jones Associates

I was pleased to be asked in 2012 by Welsh Ministers to chair the steering group that oversaw the production of these guidelines; and subsequently to lead the expert writing team and act as the document’s editor. I am now delighted to be asked to write this foreword on behalf of the Welsh Government.

In Wales, as in most developed countries, the increased use of the car for everyday jour