Have you made a traffic model your master? Smart Urban Futures, March 26th, 2015 @burgess_steven #livemoredriveless sburgess@mrcagney.com

Is this an issue?

What are the traffic engineers trying to do? Adelaide traffic reaches unacceptable levels | report News Corp Australia network · 27 January 2015 VicRoads resolves to get traffic flowing again on clogged roads in new year January 1, 2015 Australia ranks second for traffic congestion Posted by Unconventional Economist November 14, 2013 |  NSW election: traffic congestion Traffic congestion is an aggravating issue in greater Sydney, here is what our focus group has to say. Research conducted by Visibility.

How do we do it?

What happens next? We turn this Into this

Then We turn this Into this

We end up with this

Liveable Cities Melbourne and Sydney are two of the world's most liveable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit's liveability survey of 140 cities Sydney at Night Melbourne Laneways

Unsustainable Suburbs NEW suburbs in Melbourne are so poorly designed that residents face an epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity and depression that will cost the health system millions of dollars, a State Government inquiry has been told.

Can we still build these?

Land Use Function Form The Big Ticket Items A new hierarchy of users A new hierarchy of streets A new design process Land Use Function Form

User Hierarchy Turn it upside down! Some authorities under the illusion that they already do this.

Street Hierarchy THIS NOT THIS Main street Arterial Mixed use street Living street Link street NOT THIS Arterial Sub-arterial Collector Access street

Design Process Land use, function then form Traffic is not a mystical force to be obeyed It is like gas, is just uses up all the available space Make a street that lets PEOPLE do what they have to do first Design a form that responds to that Guidelines, not standard cross sections

Design Process

Touchstones of using streets to sustain places Get purpose and function right before moving on to form Street design is not road design Street hierarchy and road hierarchy are not related The traffic model is your slave, not your master Link, place, origin and destination are inextricably linked Parking is just a traffic generating land use Find some touchstone exemplar streets – keep asking yourself, “Why do I like them?” “Why are they good?” Make communities, not just suburbs Allow the land use to prosper – to be excellent