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Cycle traffic and the
Strategic Road Network
Sandra Brown, Team Leader, Safer Roads- Design
Highways England – A Government owned
Strategic Highways Company
Department for Transport
Road Investment
Strategy
December 2014
Highways England
Strategic Business Plan
December 2014
Highways England
Delivery Plan
March 2015
The Strategic Road Network in England
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rights 2013 Ordnance Survey
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Approximately 7,000km in length
Consists of approximately:
40% motorways
60% all-purpose single or dual
carriageways
Accounts for approximately:
34% of all road traffic
67% of freight traffic
The Strategic Road Network in England
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rights 2013 Ordnance Survey
100030649
Motorways and high speed rural
single and dual-carriageways
Perceived as a barrier to cycle traffic
Causes severance to local
communities
Not conducive to cycling
Time for change
The nature of the Strategic Road Network means that provision for cycle
traffic has not been a key factor in the past
Providing for cycle traffic has been a problem for designers and is often left to
the latter stages of scheme design which limits what provision can be
accommodated
Provision for cycle traffic has been perceived to be a ‘bolt-on’ solution, rather
than a key element of the design
The result can be inadequate provision, fragmented and inconsistent with the
needs of cycle traffic
The Government commitment
Cycle Delivery Plan:
Vision – “that walking and cycling become the natural choices for shorter
journeys – or as part of a longer journey – regardless of age, gender, fitness
or income”
Ambition for Cycling:
Cycle Proofing – “making greater provision for cycling on the strategic road
network by correcting historic problems, retrofitting the latest solutions and
ensuring that it is easy and safe for cyclists to use junctions”
Investment:
To improve access, integration and facilities on and around the Strategic
Road Network –
£4.8m (€6.7m) during 2013-14 to 2014-15
£15m (€21m) during 2015-16
£100m (€139m) 2015 to 2020
Designated funding – 2015-20
o £100m (€139m) will be invested to improve
provision for cyclists on all-purpose trunk roads
o Targeted to provide safe and direct routes that
encourage cycling on and over the Strategic
Road Network
o Worked with key cycling stakeholders, including
British Cycling, Sustrans and the Cyclists’ Touring
Club to identify and prioritise a comprehensive list
of locations based on an assessment of safety,
connectivity and accessibility
o A package of more than 40 schemes (including
dedicated cycle lane facilities, improved crossing
points and cycling safety measures) are already
in design and development with the aim of
completing construction during 2015-16
Designated funding – 2015-20
o The annual rolling programme of cycling
schemes will continue to be developed
throughout 2015-16
o The programme will ultimately deliver no
fewer than 200 cycling facilities or
crossing points on and around the
Strategic Road Network by 2021
o Investments will be cycle proofed by
building in cycling facilities where
appropriate
o Investment in cycling schemes by local
authorities surrounding the Strategic
Road Network will also be supported
Providing for Cycle Traffic
‘Providing parallel routes, safe access and
crossing points on the Strategic Road Network’
Five key design criteria:
o Safety – providing a safer environment for cycle traffic
o Directness – minimising journey times to destinations
o Coherence – providing links to destinations and other cycle routes,
including local authority routes
o Attractiveness – inviting, visually pleasing
o Comfort – good quality, well maintained, easy to use for all types of
cyclist
Highways England Cycling Strategy
For the first time, Highways England is producing a bespoke Cycling Strategy:
o Vision
• building on the five key design criteria
o Background
• policy Context
• making the case for investment in cycling
• delivering cycling measures
• emphasis on the opportunities to improve cycling delivery
o How the vision will be achieved
• identification of actions
• based on process, culture and people
o Measuring success
• identification of milestones in 2021 and 2040
• monitoring and evaluation
Cycling Task – key workstreams
‘Deliver a positive change in how Highways England make provision for cycle
traffic on and around the Strategic Road Network’
E-learning Training
MarComms Strategy
Interim Advice Note
(DMRB)
Three key workstreams:
o Publication of an Interim Advice
Note adopting best practice and
up to date concepts from across
Europe
o Launch of an E-learning training
module to introduce a change in
the mind-set of designers and
engineers
o A Marketing and Communications
Strategy to engage with industry
and key stakeholders
Interim Advice Note – key aspects
Existing up to date guidance is geared towards urban roads with slower
traffic speeds and flows. Specific requirements are therefore needed for the
high speed, rural nature of the Strategic Road Network.
E-learning Training
MarComms Strategy
Interim Advice Note
(DMRB)
Introducing the term ‘cycle traffic’:
o embraces cycling as a mode of transport
o differentiates from slower moving
pedestrians and equestrians
Inclusive:
o catering for all types of cycle user
Stronger:
o mandatory requirements to facilitate
inclusion through all stages of scheme
design
Up to date:
o embracing up to date concepts from UK
and Europe
Interim Advice Note – key aspects
E-learning Training
MarComms Strategy
Interim Advice Note
(DMRB)
Introduction
o Scope
o Definitions
Design Cycle
o Defining the ‘cycle’
Design requirements for cycle traffic:
o On links
o At ‘at-grade’ junctions and crossings
o At ‘grade separated’ junctions and crossings
o At roundabouts
o At signalised roundabouts
o Grade separated junction layouts for cycle
traffic
o Traffic signs and markings for cycle traffic
o Construction and maintenance
Engagement
o Liaising with local authorities and cycle
groups
Interim Advice Note – design parameters
E-learning Training
MarComms Strategy
Interim Advice Note
(DMRB)
Design speed
o speeds of cycle traffic and the impact on
design
Gradients
o minimising effort for uphill gradients and the
impact of steep downhill gradients
Cross Section
o accommodating the ‘design cycle’
Sightlines
o safe stopping distances and the relationship
to design speeds
Headroom
o clearance and impact on natural light
Segregation
o significant safety benefits
E-learning Training
E-learning Training
MarComms Strategy
Interim Advice Note
(DMRB)
Launch
o compliments the Interim Advice Note
o assists with the change in mind-set
Interactive
o encourages use and maintains interest
Content
o highlights key aspects of the Interim Advice Note
o embraces up to date design requirements
Target user
o Highways England project managers
o supply Chain (designers, contractors)
o other stakeholders/local authorities
Creation of a bespoke E-learning computer training package to help designers
and other engineers understand the needs of cycle traffic in relation to the
high speed, rural nature of the Strategic Road Network
Marketing and Communications Strategy
E-learning Training
MarComms Strategy
Interim Advice Note
(DMRB)
o Promote the publication of the Highways
England Cycling Strategy
o Promote the development and publication of
the Interim Advice Note
o Promote the launch of the E-learning
computer training package
Creation of a bespoke Marketing and Communications Strategy to utilise internal
and external communication streams to:
Outcomes
Culture:
o ensure the supply chain and wider
industry is engaged with, and supports,
Highways England’s vision for cycling
Processes:
o embed cycling infrastructure into routine
scheme design, construction and
operations work
People:
o introduce the change in the mind-set,
develop skills, share knowledge and
engage with partners
The publication of the Cycling Strategy and the Interim Advice Note, the
launch of the E-learning computer training and the Marketing and
Communications Strategy will see positive outcomes which benefit cyclists,
promote cycling on and around the Strategic Road Network and improve safety.
Culture
Processes People
Programme (as of May 2015)
Cycling Strategy:
o currently in draft – aim to publish Summer 2015
MarComms Strategy:
o currently in draft – aim to publish Summer 2015
Interim Advice Note:
o currently in draft – aim for final draft Autumn 2015 (publication process
may require notification to Europe with a minimum 12 week standstill
period)
E-learning computer training package:
o to be developed through Summer 2015, launch to align with Interim
Advice Note
HD 42 Update
What is HD 42?
This document describes the requirements for
Non-Motorised User Audit for all trunk road
schemes including motorways. It describes the
stages at which NMU audits must be carried out
and the procedures to be followed, and gives
guidance on the issues of possible concern to
non-motorised users
What is HD 42?
Pedestrians
Last published in 2005 as part of the DMRB with the objective of encouraging the
consideration of non-motorised users on all Highway Schemes including:
Equestrians
What is HD 42?
Cyclists Disabled Persons
Basics of the NMU Audit Process
Two main types of NMU Audit Reports:
o Context Report
• Carried out as early as possible within a scheme, ideally prior to
preliminary design
• Provides a summary of all available information regarding NMUs
• Allows the setting of objectives to improve conditions for NMUs prior to
starting design
• Scheme development should not commence until NMU objectives have
been accepted by Project Sponsor
o Design Stage Audit Report
• Must be produced at each design stage specified by the Project
Sponsor
• Provides a continual assessment of NMU needs whilst monitoring
progression against previously identified objectives
• Stages of audit normally include preliminary design, detailed design
and after construction has been completed
Basics of the NMU Audit Process
o Should actively involve all members of the design team
o Be produced from a mixture of desktop work, site visits and consultation
o Are mandatory - This Standard should be used forthwith for the planning and
design of all new all-purpose trunk roads and Highway Schemes currently
being prepared, provided that in the opinion of the Overseeing Organisation
this would not result in unreasonable expense or delay to the progress of the
scheme
o Be carried out by individuals who have sufficient experience of NMU needs
and scheme development to be able to exercise judgment reliably as to the
effects of design proposals on NMUs
o Not a technical design check
Basics of the NMU Audit Process
Helps avoid poor planning for NMUs:
Why are we updating HD 42?
To help achieve wider aspirations for the road network:
o Department for Transport Road Investment Strategy
• 40% Reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured on the
network
• Improved design standards with greater consideration of the needs of
walkers, cyclists, and local communities
o Highways Strategic Business Plan
• Providing for the needs of cyclists, pedestrians and others who walk or
ride on, near or across the network
o Tie in with other emerging DMRB Documents
• Cycling IAN
• HD 19 /15 – Road Safety Audit
o Highways England Delivery Plan
• We will upgrade and increase the number of safe crossings on the
network in the interests of the safety and convenience of more
vulnerable customers
Why are we updating HD 42?
To help reduce the level of interpretation of requirements for the following:
o What type of schemes the process should be applied to
o Relationship with the Road Safety Audit process
o Site visit, data collection and consultation requirements
o Training and experience requirements of NMU Auditors
o The differences between Context and Audit Reports
o Level of consideration required for individual users groups
o Appropriateness of objectives being set
o Size of reports
Why are we updating HD 42?
Is Non-Motorised User an appropriate term??
Is Audit an appropriate term??
How Are We Going About This?
Establishment of national Highways England NMU Audit database:
o Collating reports from the entire Highways England network into one central
location for analysis
How Are We Going About This?
o Reports will be analysed quarterly to establish:
• Compliance with RAD
• Best practice
• Areas that have been interpreted differently
• Any recurring issues
o Findings will be used to facilitate and inform update to HD 42, and in the
long run to feed best practice back into the industry whilst continuing to
monitor the performance of the RAD
Other areas to be investigated:
o Detailed review of the existing RAD
o Targeted consultation with wider industry
o Further talks with existing NMU Auditors
DUE TO BE PUBLISHED LATE 2016
Survey
A chance for you to input into the update:
Please let us know your thoughts!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HD42Update
Thank you
Any questions