Figure 10.4: City Docks Zones Appropriate for Tall Buildings.
10.77 The Draft ABTA’s innovative and ambitious
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approach will enable a step change in how people move around the City Docks and wider Metropolitan Cork Region. The approach prioritises walking, cycling and public transport as the instinctive modes of choice, and disincentivises the use of the private car for short trips. In line with international best practice, transport orientated development underpins the City Docks’ regeneration, facilitating the creation of liveable and connected neighbourhoods. 10.78 High-quality place-making allied to sustained investment in strategic public transport, will underpin the vision of the City Docks as a vibrant, mixed-use and attractive waterfront urban area to live, work, play and invest in. 10.79 The key components of the City Docks Draft ABTA are: • Mode Split targets • City Docks Transport Network • Clear Street Hierarchy • High quality walking and cycling Networks • Transit-Orientated Development • City Docks Bridges • Demand Management
10.75 The City Docks has been identified in the Cork City Urban Density, Building Height and Tall Building Study as an appropriate location for tall buildings because it is suited to higher urban density and building height, and has limited sensitivity to height at a strategic level. Figure 10.4 illustrates the area considered suitable for tall buildings (refer to Chapter 11 Placemaking and Managing Development). City Docks Area-Based Transport Assessment (ABTA) 10.76 The City Docks Area-Based Transport Assessment (ABTA) (2020) was prepared by Cork City Council as a development plan input study. The City Docks ABTA is a Final Draft document and presents the key transport findings and recommendations of the Area-Based Transport Assessment process and should be read in conjunction with the supporting reports produced at key stages. The Draft ABTA is firmly rooted in the National Planning Framework, the RSES and best practice in docklands regeneration.
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