Improve amenity for walking and cycling by creating a continuous gradient between property boundaries. This provides better continuity for people walking and cycling wishing to access services and shops nearby, and vertical deflection helps manage the speed of vehicles to suit the context.
Benefits
- Provides a continuous surface level pedestrians and cyclists, indicating that they have priority
- May reduce slip/trip hazards at kerbs for pedestrians and cyclists
- Allows for a continuous look and feel across the space
Considerations
- Additional delineation such as contrasting coloured pavement marking and/or white kerbside linemarking may be considered to improve the conspicuity of the raised intersection
- Tactile cues, such as TGSIs, should be included for pedestrians with vision impairment
- May require reconstruction of drainage across the intersection
- Motor vehicle movements may need to be channelised
Reference
TfNSW Standard
TS 00143 Raised Safety Platforms - Use at Intersections
Further information
See also VicRoads (2019) Road design note 03-07: raised safety platforms
Examples
A signalised raised safety platform has been installed at the intersection of Macleay Street and Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point as part of a wider streetscape upgrade in a busy area catering for high pedestrian numbers.
Location:
Macleay Street, Potts Point at the intersection with Greenknowe Avenue
Agency responsible:
City of Sydney
As part of a broader upgrade, Portman Street in Zetland includes a raised safety platform creates a more integrated outcome for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers at a point where they interact heavily. A patterned pavement is used here to create contrast with the streets approaching the intersection.
Location:
Portman Street, Zetland at the intersection with Merton Street
Agency responsible:
City of Sydney
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 |