APPENDIX B: FURTHER REFERENCES

Further Reading

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (The Stationery Office)

This UK road engineering document focuses on the design of road schemes and is one of the main influences of this Good Practice Guide. This document is the industry standard in the planning, design, and delivery, of road schemes and is aimed at road design engineers.

Inclusive Mobility (Department for Transport, 2002)

This document describes a process for ensuring the needs of disabled people are included within the design of transport infrastructure, and is one of the main influences of this Good Practice Guide.

Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces (Department for Transport, 2005)

This document provides guidance on the use of dropped kerbs and tactile surfaces at pedestrian crossing points and recommends the type of tactile surface arrangement to be adopted at different types of pedestrian crossings.

Inclusive Projects (Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee)

This document describes a process for ensuring the needs of disabled people are included within the design of projects. The document is primarily targeted at buildings rather than road construction. However, most of the principles described in the document apply equally to road projects.

The Principles of Inclusive Design (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 2006)

This document describes the principles of inclusive design. It is written with building designers in mind however the principles described within the document apply equally to the design of roads.

Manual for Streets (Department for Transport) and forthcoming Scottish version ‘Designing Streets’

This document focuses on the design of lightly trafficked streets to redress the balance between vehicles, pedestrians and other road users. Some trunk roads could be described as streets but their primary function is traffic movement. This document does not apply in Scotland, however many of the principles described within the Manual would assist disabled and older people and may be appropriate to apply to certain trunk road schemes, especially on routes running through towns and villages.

Cycling By Design (Scottish Government, updated version due to be published Autumn 2009)

This document focuses on the design of new cycling infrastructure however it represents a reference document for the design of new infrastructure used by all non-motorised forms of transport.

Making Transportation Accessible — A Canadian Planning Guide (Transport Canada, 1998)

This document considers all the aspects of making transport accessible to disabled and older people and records the experience and good practice from Canada. This strategic document is aimed at transport planners, designers, manufacturers and operators.

Reference Documents

Roads for All — The Trunk Road Network Disability Equality Scheme and Action Plan (Transport Scotland, 2006)
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/road/maintenance-and-management/accessibility

Planning, Buildings, Streets and Disability Equality (Disability Rights Commission, 2007)
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/PSD/40_planning_building_roads_ded.pdf

Scottish Government’s Disability Equality Scheme (Scottish Government, 2006)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/19133143/0

Improved Public Transport for Disabled People (Scottish Government, 2006)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/16145134/0

Older People: Their Transport Needs and Requirements (Department for Transport, 2001)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/inclusion/older/olderpeopletheirtransportnee3260

SDEF Access Panel Directory
http://www.sdef.org.uk/AccessPanels/AccessPanelsMenu

Inclusive Mobility (Department for Transport, 2005)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/peti/inclusivemobility

Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces (Department for Transport, 2005)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/peti/guidanceontheuseoftactilepav6167

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association research on shared surfaces
http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/sharedstreets

Colour, Contrast & Perception - Design Guidance for Internal Built Environments (University of Reading, 1997)
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ie/research/rainbow/rbwpubs

Sign Design Guide, The Sign Design Society
http://www.signdesignsociety.co.uk/content.php?folder_id=20

Inclusive Projects (Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee)
http://www.dptac.gov.uk/inclusive/guide/index

The Principles of Inclusive Design (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 2006)
http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=1499&field=sectionsearchterm&term=access&type=2

DMRB TA 91/05 Provision for Non-Motorised Users
http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/vol5/section2/ta9105.pdf