Active Travel England design assistance tools
Route cross-section and crossing selector tools to support users during the design process of active travel interventions and schemes.
Applies to England
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Active Travel England (ATE) has developed a suite of tools to support the development of designs and the assessment of design quality for active travel interventions and schemes.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse design assistance tools should be used in conjunction with ATE scheme review tools.
Crossing selector tool
Provides a range of suitable design options when considering how to connect walking, wheeling and cycling routes over a main road between 2 side roads.
Route cross-section tool
Assists in confirming whether a corridor is suitable for different kinds of active travel infrastructure, given constraints such as carriageway width.
Both tools are based on national guidance such as:
- Cycle infrastructure designÌýLTNÌý1/20
- Inclusive Mobility: making transport accessible for passengers and pedestriansÌý
- Manual for streets 2007ÌýandÌýManual for streets 2010
- existing street assessment tools, such as Cycling Level of Service (appendix A inÌýCycle Infrastructure DesignÌýLTNÌý1/20ÌýandÌý
- best practice and further evidence