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Streets for PeopleVisionTo provide a balance for all streetusers and aesthetics, puttingpeople first in the city centreBackgroundThe Urban Design Strategy makes reference to drivers, changesto be made, and urban design initiatives. These highlight theimportance of our street network 1 within the city centre. Notonly do streets serve as important movement corridors forvehicles, public transport, cyclists and pedestrians, but alsoplay a crucial role in creating a vibrant, caring, innovative andsustainable city centre.Movement andPlace ApproachThe CCF establishes a street network based on a movement/place approach to categorisation.The movement/place categorisation of streets within citycentres is internationally recognised. This approach can shiftthe emphasis of the roading network being solely focused on‘movement’ to give greater recognition that streets are a keycomponent of the public realm and a major influence on theeconomic viability of city centre streets.Place Streets• A destination for people dayand night - residential/retail/commerce/entertainment, oractivities such as meeting,resting, people watching.• Pedestrian priority and responseto the urban context takesclear precedence overvehicular movement.• Vehicular activity largelydestination orientated, notthrough route oriented.• Streets which have highpedestrian use, or connectto such streets.• Opportunity to increasepedestrian amenity throughprovision of more pedestrianpriority space.• Active edges, multiple buildingdevelopment opportunities andfine grain built form suitablefor a range of activities.• Character, human scale,and human speed.• Low traffic volumes and speeds.Movement/Place Streets• Provide important city centrewidemovement and placefunctions for pedestrians.• Active edges and a rangeof uses, the majority of whichare pedestrian-based(e.g. retail, offices, dining,and entertainment).• Key passenger transport function.• High volumes of pedestrianand/or vehicular movements andconnections to other such streets.• Opportunity to increasepedestrian amenitythrough provision ofmore pedestrian space.• Connect features/precinctsacross the city centre.Movement Streets• Through-movement forpedestrians, cyclists and vehicles.• Long-term vehicular movementfunction, as outlined in thePNCC District Plan.• Multiple connections toother category streetsprovided and enhanced.• Less active edges and a smallerrange of uses, a higher proportionof which are vehicle-based(e.g. car-parking buildingentrances, large format retail).• Limited potential to developmore pedestrian space foramenity without compromisingessential pedestrian/cyclist/vehicular movement function.19DRAFT CCF FOR PALMERSTON NORTH key directions [ kd1 streets for people ]