Build in walking and cycling along vehicle movement corridors, providing structure or connecting to the broader network. Where space allows, use green infrastructure to separate vehicle carriageways from paths.
Benefits and considerations
- Locates walking and cycling in a linear park setting
- Allows better access to main centres and destination than a route hard against the main road alignment
- Separates walking and riding from noise and traffic
- Path alignment may lack passive surveillance
- Available space may be limited, reducing the opportunity to provide a high quality setting
Example
The M5 East Linear Park provides a walking and cycling corridor parallel to the new motorway project. As a linear park and public space, it maximises opportunities for passive surveillance and has eliminated hidden corners and spaces that allow entrapment.
Details
Location:
M5 East, Kingsgrove between King Georges Road and Bexley Road
Agency responsible:
TfNSW
Application
| Main roads | Main streets | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Motorway |  | Transit boulevard | |
| Principal arterial | | High-activity high street |  |
| Rural highway | | High-activity mall | |
| Rural link | | Transit street | |
| Connector avenue | | ||
| Transit way | | ||
| Local streets | Civic space | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Connector street | | Destination high street | |
| Neighbourhood street | | Mall | |
| Yield street | | Civic lane | |
| Residential way | | Service lane | |
| Residential lane | | ||
| Street park | | ||
| Enterprise street | | ||
Legend
| Appropriate treatment |
 | Use with caution |
 | Inappropriate treatment |
| Not applicable |