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Lucy Saunders
Brian Deegan
Introducing the Healthy Street Check
What is the Healthy Streets approach?
9 Street types
Easy to cross
New York
Shade and shelter
Sydney
Places to sop Places to stop
Hackney Parklet
Not too noisy
Not too noisy
The Cut
People feel safe
People feel safe
Turnpike Lane DIY Streets
Things to see and do
Things to see and do
Copenhagen
People feel relaxed
• Montreal
People feel relaxed
Montreal
Clean air
• London
Clean air
Seoul
People choose to walk cycle
• Royal college street
People choose to walk and cycle
Montreal
People from all walks of life
Pedestrians from all walks of life
Van Gogh Walk
What does the Mayor say about the Healthy Streets
approach?
“Using London's transport network to promote walking and cycling is
vital to tackling health inequalities and improving public health more
generally.
As the city's road network faces increasing pressure from an expanding
population, strong voices championing street design that prioritises
active travel will become more and more important.
A health-promoting, inclusive transport system requires more than a
focus on cycling and walking, so I will be building on the Healthy
Streets approach introduced in TfL's Transport and Health Action Plan
to take a more holistic approach to transport planning.”
What does the Mayor say about the Healthy Streets
approach?
“I am committed to taking action to improve public health and tackle
health inequalities, and an important means of doing this will be
through my management of London's transport network.
I plan to create healthier neighbourhoods where walking and cycling are
safer and easier for all, with greener, better public spaces, and cleaner
air. This will require a rounded approach that prioritises the needs of all
Londoners and protects the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
The Healthy Streets approach - delivering the 10 indicators of a
Healthy Street - is an intuitive, evidence-based means of achieving
this and I will ensure that it is embedded into the governance of TfL.”
Healthy Streets Survey
• On street survey
• 5-10 minute conversation with 100 Londoners
• 80 Streets, over 8,000 Londoners so far
Local street Town square City place
5.8 6.1 5.9
Experience Experience Experience
Experience Experience Experience
Connector High street City street
5.5 5.2 5.8
Core road High road City hub
5.0 5.2 5.1
Experience Experience Experience
Place
Mo
vem
en
t
• Rated each street on each of the 10
indicators
• Higher ‘movement’ function means
lower healthy street score
Why develop a Healthy Streets Check?
• Healthy Street Survey can only be done once a scheme has been implemented, it doesn’t shape the design.
• Guidance on scheme design for cycling is good – Cycling Levels of Service – but doesn’t account for potential impacts on pedestrians.
• Currently no comprehensive level of service for walking – Pedestrian Comfort Guidance – important, but only one aspect of what
makes a street good for walking – Pedestrian Environment Review System (PERS) – subjective, time
consuming and can only be conducted by trained assessor
• Currently no objective means of assessing our 10 indicators of a healthy street
• Currently no obvious way to assess ‘place’
What is a Healthy Street Check?
• A Whole Street Approach
• Cycling, Walking, Place, Health
• 50 indicators – 16 shared, – 17 indicators for walking and cycling
• Cycling Levels of Service incorporated - No changes to CLoS indicators or classification system
• Almost half of CLoS indicators can already be applied to walking
• Additional indicators for walking and place
• All indicators mapped to our 10 indicators of a healthy street
• As with CLoS, no formal training is required to complete the Healthy Street Check, but guidance and training would be provided.
What does it look like? A spreadsheet!
• Each indicator is mapped against Healthy Streets to produce a score
Example indicators
Indicator Critical*
Basic LoS
(score=0)
Good LoS
(score=1)
Highest LoS
(score=2)
Healthy Street
Indicators
Left/right hook at
junctions
Heavy streams of
turning traffic cut
across main cycling
or walking stream
Side road junctions
frequent and/or
untreated.
Conflicting
movements at
major junctions not
separated
Use of entry
treatments.
Conflicting
movements are
separated at major
junctions with
dedicated stages
Side roads closed or
footway is
continuous. All
conflicting streams
separated in time and
space at signalised
junctions
- Easy to cross
- People feel safe
- People feel relaxed
- People choose to
walk or cycle
- Pedestrians from all
walks of life
Collision
alongside or from
behind
Nearside lane in
range 3.2 to 3.9m
Cyclists in nearside
traffic lanes (<3.2
or >3.9m) or
effective width of
1.5m
Cyclists effective
width of at least
2m wide
Cyclists separated
from motorised
traffic
- People feel safe
- People feel relaxed
- People choose to
walk or cycle
Clear continuous
walking spaces
free of
obstructions and
furniture
<1.4m width 1.4m-2m (If PCL D
or E triggers next
category)
2m-3m (If PCL D or
E triggers next
category)
>3m (If PCL D or E
triggers next category)
- People feel relaxed
- People choose to
walk or cycle
- Pedestrians from all
walks of life
Applying the HSC to Leonard Circus – before and after
Some early examples
0
20
40
60
80
100
After
Before
Royal College
Street
0
20
40
60
80
100
After
Before
Clapham Old
Town
0
20
40
60
80
100
After
Before
Aldgate High Street
0
20
40
60
80
100
After
Before
Holborn Circus
How does it compare with
the Healthy Street
survey?
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Falloden Road
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Essex Road
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Shoreditch
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
West Green
Road
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Caledonian
Road
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Camden High
Street
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Lady Somerset
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Chapel
Market
0
20
40
60
80
100
Technical
Experience
Expectation
Spitalfields
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