Chapter 4
Transport and Mobility
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
• Visual quality audits (e.g. Placecheck, Materials Audit)
• Community audits (e.g. Community Street Audit)
Parking Management
Parking for New Development/Car parking standards
A number of submissions raise the issue of Parking standards as set out in the draft plan. One submission asserts that the standards proposed are too restrictive given the timeframe for the rollout of public transport improvements whilst another submission suggests that they are not sufficiently restrictive and that the plan should commit to year on year reductions in some of the more peripheral areas where public transport is limited through the adoption of site specific mobility management plans relevant to the scale and nature of business / use and the timeframe for public transport delivery.
110, 181, 185, 186, 193, 208, 258, 279, 380, 402, 407, 414
The standards as set out in the Development Plan will be reviewed periodically as the measures and interventions prescribed in CMATS come on stream. Site specific mobility management plans will be considered in the preparation of plans at a more micro level such as Local Area Plans, Framework Plans, etc. and may also form a requirement of the Development Management process. Recommendation: No change.
On Street Parking
A number of submissions have been received in relation to on street parking. Amongst the issues raised include: • Numerous studies have now shown that providing improved walking, cycling, and public transport has positive economic, social and environmental impacts on city streets where parking has been removed.
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The impact of reductions of on street parking has been considered by Cork City Council in the preparation and implementation of a number of strategies including the City Centre Movement Strategy and the recent Pedestrianisation initiative and the creation of additional cycling lanes. Cork City Council will continue to reduce the levels of on-street parking in the City Centre and urban town centres over the lifetime of the Plan to accommodate a wide range of sustainable transport measures including bus
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