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Reducing Impact of Traffic Management on Street Scene (UG 550)

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Research into reducing traffic impact on streetscene. We were appointed by the Department for Transport (DfT) to provide expertise on street scene and urban design issues in order to reduce the effects of traffic management measures upon our streets. We teamed up with Colin Davis Associates and Urban Initiatives to produce a team of consultants with a combined experience of traffic management and streetscape second to no other in the UK.

Our team of consultants addressed the DfTs increasing concern that the signs, signals and other paraphernalia of local traffic management schemes have become excessive in some areas and consequently detract from the street scene. By undertaking on-street trails and through reference to best practice case studies, both in the UK and overseas, our study team demonstrated how traffic management measures can be integrated into existing street environments without threatening the liveability, vitality, viability and character of town and city centres and neighbourhoods as well as rural areas. Five streets were selected for on street trials and through the production of virtual design and high quality 3D photo-rendered CAD graphics, the ways in which traffic management measures can be successfully integrated into a street scene were demonstrated (DfT). The project team produced a Good Practice Guide which will look into consideration which traffic management measures bring about the most benefits in terms of whole life cost as well as aesthetic acceptance within the streetscape.