Streets support social and economic activity
Streets facilitate social interaction between people, and interaction between businesses and their customers.
Streets support a wide range of social activities, from casual and passive participation to unplanned informal exchanges and formal meeting engagements. These activities are vital for cohesive and inclusive communities.
Many people use the street to conduct daily business. Their front doors line the street edge; their goods and services extend out onto the footpath; they run stalls within the street on market or event days. These people play a key role in shaping vibrant and dynamic streets.
High streets, such as Sydney Road in Manly, are vital spaces for people to meet and as venues for a community’s local place economy.
Streets designed and operated with the human scale in mind support streets as places of economic activity.
Aligning with this function:
- Streets support access to property
- Streets are public spaces
- Streets are for movement
- Streets support freight and servicing