Policy Briefing 4: Space Allocation

Policy Briefing 4: Space Allocation PDF (117Kb)

Our streets and public spaces are precious places, which we use for many things. We allocate space to those different uses: for a street market perhaps, for cycle stands or parking spaces, and especially space for movement - footways for pedestrians and carriageways for traffic.

Over many decades one use alone has dominated space allocation in our streets - traffic. Roads and side turnings have been widened to ease traffic movement, signs and barriers
make life easier for motorists and tougher for people on foot, and huge areas of public space are taken up by stationary, slow-moving and parked cars. Living streets are about more than car travel. They are about shopping and stopping, talking and playing, and meeting with friends, neighbours and strangers, too.

Please download the attached pdf file for the full policy briefing.