Traffic and Transport

From the identification of alternative routes to concept and detailed design services, including drainage, lighting and street furniture, for public and private roads, parking areas and junction improvements, Section 278 and 106 Agreements.

Identification of problems and opportunities and the appraisal of transport options. Studies can cover development proposals, area-wide or route management schemes.

Transport Assessments or Transport Statements are required to support all significant planning applications to demonstrate the likely impact of travel associated with a new development.

Whether required for an existing site or a development proposal, a Travel Plan typically includes 'hard' measures, such as changing the physical layout of a site or the surrounding highway, and 'soft' measures such as policies, systems and procedures to influence travel behaviour.

We undertake research projects for the public sectors to advise on future policies and for the private sector to identify viable development proposals.

We can provide our clients with technical assistance at every stage of the planning application or appeal process, including pre-application discussions with the local authority, detailed design, assessment of preliminary and existing designs, parking assessment, transport assessments and travel planning.

We provide analysis and design services for on and off-street parking, including surveys, demand assessment, parking management and detailed layout planning.

Masterplanning will determine how a development will fit in to the surrounding area. Careful planning can make a development or scheme accessible and integrate it into the community, increasing interaction between people and places and removing barriers to mobility.

Service areas include the assessment and design of bus facilities for private developments, and design of bus priority measures on the highway.

We produce schemes for private developments and for adopted highways, including safety schemes and new residential streets.

Developers are required to enable and promote cycling as a viable and safe means of transport to and from their scheme sites. We produce cycle schemes and designs and advise clients how to incorporate measures such as cycle storage facilities and cycle lanes within their site layouts and on adjacent highways.

All development schemes need to focus on the needs of pedestrians to encourage walking as a realistic means of travel to the site. We produce schemes which make the most of pedestrian links between the site and the surrounding area to make walking safe and convenient.

The impact of service and delivery traffic can have a detrimental effect on the efficient operation of a site as well as damaging the environment. Plans can be implemented for existing developments or can be incorporated as part of the design process for new developments.