Welcome Pele Bhamber to Hereford — Place, People & Movement PAC Forum 5th of June 2007 Paige Mitchell & Mo Burns representing Cycle Hereford St James and Bartonsham Community Travel Plan, & Herefordshire Friends of the Earth

Source: Philip Booth and Cllr S. Lunnon (2005) Better Streets for Stroud District The Hub of St James

The five movement principles of the Forum 1.Place or traffic 2.Road user hierarchy 3.Solutions hierarchy 4.Minimum standards 5.Design brief

1.Which is more important, the social (or ‘place’) function or the traffic function?

2.Road user hierarchy For social places that must accommodate traffic For traffic places, to ensure that self-powered road users are not discriminated against by bearing too much danger or being forced to use awkward routes Pedestrians People with mobility difficulties Cyclists Public transport Other motorised traffic

Sometimes more is less …

And sometimes less is more 3.Solutions hierarchy: first reduce traffic speed and volume, separate road users when those options are not possible (and allocate space according to the road user hierarchy)

Source: Kirby, T (2007) Newland Road MPR Road Safety Demonstration Project, Presentation to PACTS Planning Safer Streets Conference, London, 13th February 2007 Solutions Hierarchy in Newland Road, Hull before & after

Sharing without segregating Reminding drivers that cyclists use the highway Three Elms Road

4.Minimum standards where a segregated approach is necessary These should also follow the road user hierarchy and support routes that are safe, direct, coherent, comfortable and attractive. Imagine doing to motorists what planners and engineers have done to pedestrians, people with mobility difficulties and cyclists.

5.Design brief To avoid confusion, clutter and ensure as far as possible that the expenditure enhances both the public realm AND the status of walking and cycling

Dutch tree place photo