文档介绍：Jones and Thoreau 1
3rd Urban Street Symposium
June 24-27, 2007 Seattle, Washington
INVOLVING THE PUBLIC IN REDESIGNING URBAN STREET LAYOUTS
IN THE UK
AUTHORS:
Peter Jones & Roselle Thoreau
Centre for Transport Studies, University College London,
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Tel: +44 20 7679 0478 Fax: +4420 7679 1567
E-mail: peter.******@
ABSTRACT
There has been growing interest in the UK in redesigning main urban streets, in order to
meet new policy objectives relating to efficiency and sustainability. Traditionally, engineers
design their preferred scheme, and then seek public approval through a ‘consultation’ exercise.
In areas of intense street activity this can result in strong local opposition, sometimes resulting
in proposals being abandoned.
The paper describes an interactive street design exercise which was developed to deal
with these more contentious situations by directly involving local stakeholders in developing
design options. The exercise involves bination of physical puter-based design
aids and has three stages.
First, participants are given a briefing about the area, the current conditions, and any
minimum design requirements (. associated with local policy objectives), and discuss how
they would like to see the area improved. Next participants divide into smaller groups, where
they are provided with a large scale plan of the street, at 1:250, and a series of acetates and
blocks depicting different features (. parking bays, bus lanes, seating) to scale. Each group is
asked to develop street layouts that they feel meet both the minimum requirements and their
aspirations for the area.
Finally, each design option is entered into a GIS-puter program that displays
the street layouts, and is presented on a large screen for collective discussion. The e is
either a preferred option, or a small number of options, that can be further developed by the
engine