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dc.contributor.authorCurtis, Carey
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T05:21:25Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T05:21:25Z
dc.date.created2017-07-26T11:11:17Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationCurtis, C. 2011. Link & Place: a new approach to street planning and design. Urban Policy and Research. 29 (1): pp. 93-94.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54557
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The paper describes the development and application of a new approach to planning and designing urban streets, based on their „Link‟ and „Place‟ functions, which include transport performance, economy and environmental indicators. As a Link, a street is for movement and designed for users to pass through as quickly and conveniently as possible, in order to minimise travel time; while as a Place, the street is a destination in its own right, where people are encouraged to spend time taking part in activities. Both functions have their own sets of design requirements. This approach has led to the development of new ways of:  Classifying all urban streets, using a two-dimensional Link/Place matrix  Measuring street performance and identifying aspects that are underperforming  Prioritising areas for improvement  Comprehensively assessing design area requirements  Developing design options  Appraising design options The approach has been applied in several English cities, in a wide range of applications, from assessing the performance of London‟s strategic road network, and engaging stakeholders in the redesign of busy shopping streets, to specifying maintenance requirements in an area-wide Private Finance Inititaive highway contract.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.titleLink & Place: a new approach to street planning and design
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume29
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage93
dcterms.source.endPage94
dcterms.source.issn0811-1146
dcterms.source.titleUrban Policy and Research
curtin.departmentDepartment of Planning and Geography
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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