Transport Infrastructure

Presentation by
Luc
Pellecuer
(he/him/his)
Learning outcomes
• Define factors affecting transport infrastructure design
• Explain road and street design principles
Introduction
What is transport?
• Transport is the means of moving people, goods and services between
locations of human activity
Why do people travel?
• To take part in activities (mainly)
• The demand for travel derives from a more fundamental demand to take part
in activities
What is the definition of the transport infrastructure?
• The fixed components of the transport system, including terminals (e.g. road,
parking area, etc.)
Transport Planning
Transport
planner
infrastructure
timeline
Maintenance Design

Traffic Highway/Railway
engineering engineering

Operations Construction
Transport infrastructure
planning
 Land use pattern and transport infrastructure
Compare the land use patterns of city 1 and city 2 in the next slide. How do the
different land use patterns influence:
• Trip distances?
• Trip frequencies?
• The nature of the transport system (provision for cars, buses, rail, walking,
cycling)?
Activity
 City 1 land use pattern City 2 land use pattern

10 miles Retail Park

Housing

Neighbourhood 1 Neighbourhood 2
Housing Housing
Retail Retail
Green Space Green Space
Employment Employment
Centre

Neighbourhood 3 Neighbourhood 4
Housing Housing
Retail Retail Centre
Green Space Green Space
Employment Employment

Green Space Employment

Trip distances?
Trip frequencies?
Nature of the transport system? 40 miles
Traffic
• The various forms of traffic on the road network:
o Walkers
o Cyclists
o Bus users
o Taxis
o Motorcyclists
o Private car users
o Emergency vehicles
o Goods vehicles (HGVs and LGVs)
Induced Traffic

• Vehicular trips that would not have taken place

if the new road had not been constructed
• New roads ‘fill up’ faster than anticipated
Transport infrastructure
design
Standards and guidance
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Manual for Streets (I and II)
• Standards • Guidance
• For trunk roads • For streets
• Focused on flow and safety • Principal functions of a street:
o Place
o Movement
o Access
o Parking
o Drainage, utilities and street lighting
Design process
Collect data
• Traffic flow – Annual average
daily traffic (AADT)
• Traffic composition
• Design speed
Determine design parameters
• Stopping sight distance
• Overtaking sight distance
Design alignment
• Horizontal curvature
• Vertical curvature
Design speed
and
fundamental
design
parameters
 User hierarchy
Order the following users according to their
importance in MfS:
• Cyclists Consider first Pedestrians
Cyclists
• Motor vehicles (general) Public Transport users
• Pedestrians Specialist service vehicles
Other motor traffic
• Public transport users Consider last

• Special service vehicles

Activity
Design speed and speed limit
Typical rural cross section
Typical urban cross section
Transport infrastructure
operations
Traffic management objectives
• Reduce road collisions
• Improve the quality of the built environment
• Improve access for people and goods
• Improve traffic flows
A spectrum of traffic management measures

Implicit design Standardised control

• Psychological traffic calming • Physical measures
• Let users respond naturally • Signage
to the environment • Technology
• Control the users
Traffic management

Bristol City Council Traffic Control Centre

Conclusion