The NSW Movement and Place Framework is a whole-of-government integrated approach. The Framework includes guidance and resources spanning the planning, design, delivery and operation of places and transport networks. The Framework was introduced to support practitioners to implement a ‘place-based’ approach and to ensure the demands of movement and place are balanced appropriately and are sensitive to local context.
Movement and Place challenges past ways of thinking about and planning for places and transport networks and ensures roads, streets and public spaces are responsive to the diverse needs of our communities now and into the future.
The Movement and Place Approach
A key change introduced by Movement and Place is the ‘Vision and Validate’ methodology. Vision and Validate starts with establishing a shared project vision with clear desired project outcomes. Practitioners can then seek to understand the current context, identify opportunities, and assess proposed infrastructure solutions against the project vision. This approach is outlined in the Practitioner’s Guide to Movement and Place.
Vision and validate diverges from traditional ‘predict and provide’ approaches which have dominated planning for transport, land-use and infrastructure over the last century. Predict and provide approaches use current trends to predict future needs. This can result in reinforcing unsustainable transport and land-use patterns.
As an integrated approach, the vision and validate process:
- brings together both movement practitioners and place practitioners
- is iterative and provides opportunities to test options, evaluate and refine planning over time
- has a strong focus on engagement and collaboration with all key stakeholders (including councils, businesses and the community) to understand issues and opportunities.
View or download the Practitioner's Guide to Movement and Place
Understanding movement
Understanding movement and understanding place are key early steps in the Movement and Place approach. Movement is organised into three categories in the context of place: movement to or from a place, movement through a place or moving within a place.
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Understanding place
Places include the physical form, the activities that occur within the place and its shared meaning to the community.
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Identifying street environments
Movement and Place also introduced a new way to classify streets or roads according to their movement and place function. Functional classification helps guide collaboration by creating a shared language for all stakeholders to better understand each other. This enables more specific conversations about the current and desired future outcomes for streets as part of an integrated network.
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Measuring outcomes and assessing performance
The NSW Movement and Place Framework also introduced the Built Environment Indicators (or BEIs). These represent outcomes that contribute to well-designed built environments. The BEIs provide a consistent framework for assessing performance across a wide range of projects or plans.
The BEIs are organised under 10 user outcomes, grouped under five overarching themes.
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How the Movement and Place approach relates to the asset lifecycle
The asset lifecycle of a project puts the core process into action. The diagram below outlines the Movement and Place approach as it corresponds to the transport asset lifecycle, commonly used by asset managers and engineers in NSW.
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Supporting Guides and Tools
The Movement and Place Framework includes a suite of supporting guides and tools to help you include the principles in your projects.
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Learn how to apply the Framework
The Learning Hub includes six modules that takes you step-by-step through the process of the NSW Movement and Place Framework. This course will show you the theory and how to apply the tools and techniques improving the outcomes of projects.
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