Traffic Management

This document, which forms part of the Government’s advice on transport within Ecotowns and New Growth Points, is aimed at all those involved in the planning, design and construction of new housing developments. It sets out advice on how to build an effective sustainable transport system in new developments, from the planning to the implementation stage. It recommends a variety of transport options to integrate and adopt according to the location and needs of the individual development. The TCPA Eco-towns Transport Worksheet, commissioned by CLG, supplements this initial guidance and concentrates on a route map for Eco-town developers. It provides a ‘how to’ guide to steer developers and others engaged in planning, delivering and managing eco-towns through the planning process. Both documents should be referred to in conjunction with each other.

This document gives guidance and advice to highway and road managers, bridge owners and others involved in the response to a bridge strike at a bridge over the railway to maintain the safety of the railway and public highways and roads.

The intention of this Local Transport Note (LTN) is to help all those involved in the design of traffic management measures to prepare schemes that consider and care for the streetscape. It assists hands-on designers, project enablers and decisionmakers alike. Specifically, it aims to enhance streetscape appearance by encouraging design teams to minimise the various traffic signs, road markings and street furniture associated with traffic management schemes. Advice on achieving this is given with reference to a series of case studies. This LTN is relevant to all schemes, of all types and scale, in urban and rural settings, but focuses particularly on the smaller, everyday schemes such as junction entry treatments. Most people may only be subconsciously aware of the detrimental impact that cluttered and poorly designed schemes have on their environment and living conditions (see Figures 1.1–1.3). The improvements that can be made to the smaller routine schemes may be subtle in design and impact (good practice in itself), but the benefits of these improvements will be substantial if widespread in application. Not only will the street look much better, but the reduced clutter and the clearer signing will benefit people with limited mobility and those who are blind or partially sighted.

This guide draws together experience built up by businesses with leading-edge travel plans to explain how you can set up a travel plan for your company. It will enable you to: explain the benefits of a travel plan to colleagues; work out the essential ingredients for success; identify potential savings, costs and income streams that could form the basis of a business case for a travel plan; decide what data you need to gather; determine which actions should be included in your company’s plan.

This Statutory Guidance is published by the Secretary of State for Transport under section 87 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA). This document is also the Secretary of State’s guidelines on uniforms that Section 76(3) of the TMA allows the appropriate authority to issue. The Guidance sets out the policy framework for Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE). It explains how to approach, carry out and review parking enforcement. It attempts to strike the balance between: as much national consistency as possible, while allowing parking policies to suit local circumstances; and a system that is fair to the motorist, but also effective in enforcing parking regulations.

The Traffic Signs Manual is intended to give advice to traffic authorities and their agents on the correct use of signs and road markings. Mandatory requirements are set out in the current version of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions; nothing in the Manual can override these.