Footways and cycle tracks
Guidance on accommodating footways and cycle tracks, and how to design them.
Access control barriers
Access control infrastructure should only be used to address a safety issue or prevent illegal motor vehicle access. It should not limit access for people walking, wheeling and cycling.
Bridges
Bridges can overcome major barriers on desire lines.
Cycle tracks and cycle lanes
Protected cycle tracks offer segregated space to create inclusive cycling conditions. Cycle lanes are spaces reserved for cycling on the carriageway.
Gradients
Steep gradients on walking, wheeling and cycling routes can discourage people from using them and, in some cases, exclude them altogether.
Pavements and footpaths
Pavements should provide a safe, comfortable and accessible space for people walking and wheeling.
Play facilities
Play facilities have an important role in creating attractive, social, and inclusive spaces.
Public rights of way (PRoW)
Public rights of way form important networks of traffic-free, active travel routes.
Shared use
Shared use routes should generally be avoided, but there are some contexts where they are appropriate, if well-designed and implemented.
Surface materials
Choosing appropriate surface materials will ensure that a development will be functionable, attractive and will last over time.
Tactile paving
Tactile paving enables blind and vision impaired people to navigate safely around the public realm.
Underpass
Underpasses, where they are necessary, can overcome barriers formed by large busy highways and railways.
Junctions, crossings and access
Guidance on providing for walking, wheeling, and cycling movements across side streets, from one side of the street, at the junctions of streets or to access buildings.
Crossings
Safe and accessible crossings provide direct and convenient connections between local cycling and walking networks.
Safety, amenities and placemaking
Guidance on features and amenities that ensure active places are safe, well-used, functional, and attractive.
Benches and resting points
Benches and resting points along walking, wheeling and cycling routes should offer diverse seating options to accommodate various needs.