Improve pedestrian experience by providing enough space to move without overcrowding and to dwell, if required, without impeding other pedestrians.
Benefits
- Improves pedestrian safety and amenity
- Encourages walking
- Allows pedestrians to dwell, say at bus stops, out of the movement pathway
Considerations
- Physical treatments may be required to adequately separate dwell and movement behaviours
- Widening may affect existing trees
- Widening may affect utilities, particularly if it also involves rebuilding kerblines
Reference
TfNSW Guide
TS 01589 Walking Space Guide
Further information
More information on footpath widths can be found in Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 6A: Paths for walking and cycling, Section 5.1
Example
The main street of Denman has been widened to create a better environment for people walking and accessing shops and services. To achieve this traffic circulation has been restricted to one-way. The public domain has been upgraded further increasing the street's attractiveness.
Details
Location:
Ogilvie Street, Denman between Paxton Street and Palace Street
Agency responsible:
Muswellbrook Shire 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 |