Development Plan - City of Playford - SA.Gov.au

The TOD concept has been promoted in planning and transport literature in recent years and,
in summary, involves the design of residential areas to maximise integration with public
transport nodes, thereby facilitating the use of public transport by residents. This could include,
for example, the design of street and other transport networks to improve access to the public
transport node, the integration of other services and facilities within the node, and the increase
of residential densities adjacent to the node.
Recent work undertaken by the State Government identified a number of design principles to
influence better transit oriented development. The design principles include:
• Concentrate high intensity development (including residential, retail, commercial and
employment related development) at or within 400 metres of the transit station.
• The entry to the station should be visible and located at the geographic centre of the most
intensive development. Incorporate a public activity centre (e.g. town square, cinema, market)
that provides a focal point at the station;
• Attract a complementary mix of activities such as shops, cafes, offices and apartments to
encourage multiple purpose public transport trips over extended time periods (i.e. not just
during working hours) and to increase public surveillance of station environs;
• Create high quality public environments throughout the TOD, particularly around the station,
that encourage use of the public realm. Buildings should have direct street frontages. Streets
and public spaces should incorporate high quality landscaping and street furniture, good
lighting, shelter and surveillance;
• Provide direct and safe pedestrian and cycle routes to the station that are accessible to people
with disabilities, supported by traffic calming measures, and provide secure bicycle parking;
• Design residential and other noise sensitive development to minimise noise and air pollution
from the transit corridor and interchanges, while at the same time maximising benefits of natural
ventilation and light;
• Provide fewer parking spaces for both residential and commercial development than would
normally be required in an equivalent suburban location.
In recent years planning policy in South Australia has adopted the concept of TOD with the
Planning Strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide containing specific reference to this form of
development.
Of particular relevance is Policy 2, under Land Use and Transport Integration, which states:
2. Facilitate transit-oriented development around selected high-service public transport
routes.
(a) Promote transit-oriented development and employment uses in a band of activity from the
Central City Activity Centre to Port Adelaide to maximise accessibility to, and make use of,
that corridor’s existing transport infrastructure and services.
(b) Promote transit-focused neighbourhoods along public transport routes identified on the
Adelaide Metropolitan Spatial Framework.
(c) Reduce car parking requirements in transit-oriented development areas to encourage the
use of public transport services.
(d) Locate higher-intensity uses within walking distance of transit stops.
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) have devised a series of principles for successful TODs. They are:
• have a vision that creates a place;
• apply the power of partnerships;
• think about development when thinking about transit;
• get the parking right;
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