High-Quality Walking and Cycling Networks
Clear Street Hierarchy
10.85 The City Docks street network is based upon a clear street hierarchy consistent with the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS). It has been configured to prioritise pedestrian, cyclist and public transport users for internal movements and to facilitate external connectivity by all transport modes. Arterial and Link routes are multi-modal facilitating movement by a range of road users. The design of Local streets and Filtered Permeability techniques will reinforce pedestrian and cyclist priority and place-making with design speeds set at 30kph (or lower) in line with best DMURS practice. High-quality public realm elements such as traffic calming, lighting and seating, are also required to emphasise the liveability of the City Docks. This will be further supported using Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and soft landscaping features including trees, swales and rain gardens to adapt the street network for climate change.
10.86 The vision is for walking and cycling to be the modes of choice within the City Docks. Walking and cycling are embedded into the City Docks Transport Plan from the outset, based on the street user hierarchy principles set out in the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS). A comprehensive network of walking and cycling routes and Quietways will be supported by high- quality public realm and the concept of Healthy Streets™. Strategic Greenways utilising the quaysides will be frontloaded to embed active travel and recreational benefits from the outset, including the closing of The Marina to through-traffic.
City Docks: Indicative Transport Network
Figure 10.5: Indicative Transport Network.
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