Pedestrian Comfort Guidance for London

Obstruction Description Buffer Diagram
Guard Rail
Loading Bay
Loading Bay:
Segregated
Loading Bay:
Shared Surface
Map Based Wayfinding Signs
30
For guard rail, a 200mm buffer should
be added from its placement on the
footway. At some locations people
wait around the guard rail (near
building entrances, tourist areas) and
this static activity can reduce the clear
footway width further.
Where loading bay stops are delimited
with a kerb, pedestrians only use
the main footway section. Therefore
the clear footway width is from the
building line to the kerb with the
normal buffer.
Where loading bay stops share
the same surface as the footway
pedestrians tend to use the full
footway width. The assessment of the
clear footway width should be carried
out with and without a vehicle parked
in the space. This is because the
bay may be operational during peak
pedestrian movement hours or, if it
is not, there may be non-compliance
with the operational times.
For both mini-lith and mono-lith sign
types the reduction in clear footway
width is 2m 2 . This is the space used
by pedestrians reading the sign on
both sides. This can be a significant
reduction of the clear footway width
and was seen to cause an increase of
bumps and deviations at busy sites.
200mm
from guard
rail
200mm
from kerb
edge
200mm
from road
edge
2000mm 2
from the
sign
Building
Building
Building
Building
200
mm
Guard Rail
200
mm
200
mm
Clear Footway Width 200
mm
Total Width
Clear Footway Width
Total Width
Loading Bays - segregated
Clear Footway Width
Total Width
200
mm
Loading Bays- shared surface
Waynding
Sign
2000
mm
Wayfinding Sign
Clear Footway Width
Total Width
Loading
Bay
XX
mm
Shared d
Surface ce
200
mm
200
mm
Road
Road
Road
Road