Increase comfort, safety and connectivity for walking and cycling and improve environmental amenity for adjacent dwellings by creating treatments that prevent through movement for vehicles but allow it for pedestrians and cyclists. These treatments can be located either mid-block or at intersections.
Benefits
- Encourages walking and cycling by reducing vehicle movements
- Reduces noise and pollution for people living in the neighbourhood
- Redirects private vehicles to more appropriate corridors
Considerations
- Physical devices such as plantings, boulders or bollards enhance effectiveness against larger vehicles driving across kerb-only closures
- Avoid installing chicanes within the treatment because they inhibit the comfort and free movement of people walking and cycling and may create a hazard in poorly lit areas
References
Austroads Guide
Guide to Traffic Management Part 8: Local Street Management, Section 8.4.1
Examples
Lawrence Street, Alexandria, has been retrofitted to permit cycling to continue through while restricting access for private vehicles. This is one of several similar interventions in the surrounding residential street network which collectively encourage walking and cycling and direct vehicular through-traffic to higher movement corridors nearby, improving the amenity of the street for people who live there.
Location:
Lawrence Street, Alexandria between Maddox Street and Harley Street
Agency responsible:
City of Sydney
Deane Street, Burwood was closed as a trial closure between Burwood Road to Youth Lane, creating a new public space with seating, space for outdoor dining, and community activities. Funding came from the Streets as Shared Spaces program.
Location:
Deane Street, Burwood between Burwood Road and Youth Lane
Agency responsible:
Burwood Council
Application
| Local streets | Main streets | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential lane |  | Destination high street |  |
| Residential way | | Transit street | |
| Yield street | | Connector avenue | |
| Neighbourhood street | | Arterial high street | |
| Connector street | | Transit arterial | |
| Urban centre street |  | ||
| Enterprise street | | ||
| Main roads | Civic spaces | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transit only corridor | | Civic high street | |
| Rural link | | Transit mall | |
| Rural highway | | Civic lane | |
| Secondary arterial | | Service lane | |
| Principal arterial | | ||
| Motorway | | ||
Legend
| Appropriate treatment |
| Use with caution |
| Inappropriate treatment |
 | Not applicable |