Audits. Peter J. Monahan. Engineers Ireland Seminar: Urban Street Design for Engineers

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1 Audits Peter J. Monahan Engineers Ireland Seminar: Urban Street Design for Engineers November 2013

4 Quality Audit

5 Auditor

6 Designer

7 Vision

10 A Quality Audit is... Independent of, but involving, the Design Team Intended to ensure the Delivery & Maintenance of a High Quality Place Movement & Speed Streetscape & Furniture Active Edges Functionality Catering for Users Materials Maintenance Safety Downloadable Guidance on Quality Audits UK Traffic Advisory Leaflet 5/11

11 Traffic Advisory Leaflet 5/11 Needs of all Users have been considered Systematic and Transparent Cost Efficiency Stakeholder Engagement

12 Quality Audits DMURS Design Visual Quality Audit of How Street may be Used Place Check Audit User Community Street Audit Road Safety Audit Access Audit Walking Audit Non-Motorised User Audit Cycle Audit UK TAL 5/11 Design Review Visual Quality Audit Functionality Audit Placecheck Materials Audit User Review Community Street Audit Street Character Review Road Safety Audit Access Audit Parking Audit Walking Audit Non-Motorised User Audit Equality Impact Assessment

13 Quality Audits DMURS Design Visual Quality Audit of How Street may be Used Place Check Audit User Community Street Audit Road Safety Audit Access Audit Walking Audit Non-Motorised User Audit Cycle Audit UK TAL 5/11 Design Review Visual Quality Audit Functionality Audit Placecheck Materials Audit User Review Community Street Audit Street Character Review Road Safety Audit Access Audit Parking Audit Walking Audit Non-Motorised User Audit Equality Impact Assessment

14 Design Review Audited with Reference to the Scheme Vision/Brief/Scope Principles in the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets Development Plan & Local Area Plan Correct Identification of Place Function Legibility of Network Street Layout & Speed (self regulation)

17 Design Review Streetscape Street Edges Landscaping Enclosure Furniture Materials Network Connectivity & Permeability Vehicles Pedestrians Cyclists

18 Design Review Interface with Existing Network Treatments at Transitions With Existing Network Between Places Accessibility Public Transport Emergency Services

22 Provisions for Users Community Street Audit Road Safety Audit Access Audit (including Emergency Access) Mobility Impaired Sight Impaired Non-Motorised User Audit Walking Audit Cycle Audit

23 per (or million less)

24 Safe Systems Road Users are fallible Collisions will occur Humans are Frail Forgiving Road System Designers accept and share responsibility for the safety of the system Road Users accept responsibility for complying with the rules and constraints of the system Legible Roads

26 Conflicting Needs The Designer has to balance Movement vs Place Competing/conflicting needs of different users Aesthetic vs User Provision Ideally the Project Vision has clearly addressed

27 If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow

33 Vulnerable Road Users Should we just design for the majority? How well does the designer understand the needs of Cyclists Mobility Impaired Children Elderly Sight Impaired DMURS refers to Pedestrians, Cyclists, Public Transport & Vehicles

34 Provisions for Cyclists

35 Pedestrian Provision Footways following kerb instead of desirelines Crossings where convenient for designer, but not on desire-line Visibility between users (inter-visibility) Width Legibility

36 Inclusiveness Wheelchair Users Flush Kerbs at Crossings Gradients Widths Elderly Kerb Heights Seating Distances to be Travelled Sense of Security

37 Sight Impaired Users Residual Sight Users Level Surfaces Strong tonal contrast kerb lines street furniture and surface Coloured paving at crossings Wide footways Tactile rotating cones Long Cane Users Guidance paving Pedestrianised Areas Bus Stops Guardrails Tactile paving Stems along level surfaces Tactile rotating cones Footways without excessive width Guide Dog Users Well-defined kerbs Tactile rotating cones Tactile paving at crossing & stem reaching to the building line Sound of traffic Tactile paving along length of level surface Wide footways

38 Tactile Surfaces

39 Well-defined dropped kerb with tactile paving Lack of colour contrast Stainless steel bollards Granite sets Colour Texture Decorative tone changes

40 Solving Problems The design of a street, or any other part of the urban realm, must deal with the scheme/project constraints Quality Audits are a comprehensive check, and record of, how all Users and Issues have been addressed within a design

41 Thank You Peter J. Monahan Engineers Ireland Seminar: Urban Street Design for Engineers November 2013

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Public Realm. Collaborative design BALANCING CONFLICTING PRIORITIES. Belfast Streets Ahead Public Realm Collaborative design BALANCING CONFLICTING PRIORITIES Belfast Streets Ahead The measure of any great civilisation is its cities; and a measure of a city s greatness is to be found in the quality