STREETSCAPE GUIDANCE

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INTRODUCTION
PART A
A vision for London’s streets
PART B
From strategy to delivery
PART C
New measures for new challenges
PART D
Balancing priorities
PART F
Appendix
PART E
Physical design and materials
SECTION 6
Introduction
SECTION 7
High quality footways
SECTION 8
Carriageways
SECTION 9
Crossings
SECTION 10
Kerbside activity
SECTION 11
Footway amenities
SECTION 12
Safety and functionality
SECTION 13
Street environment
SECTION 14
Transport interchanges
Streetscape Guidance
[Part E – Physical design and materials] Kerbside activity 195
Design
• The choice of style, size and configuration of
bus shelters must be agreed with us
• The shelter design must be able to
accommodate the numbers of intending
passengers and bus information products
• Shelters generally consist of one to four
panels (known as a ‘bay’); each bay being
1,300mm in width
• Where footway widths allow, bus shelters
should be fitted with either a full or half-end
panel to provide greater protection from
the elements
• See-through panels have advantages for
visibility, security and safety including
interactions between pedestrians and cyclists
if there are adjacent cycle paths or tracks
Responsibility
TfL Bus Infrastructure supplies and maintains
shelters for London Buses, taxis and coach
services within Greater London. TfL London
Buses is responsible for providing bus services
throughout London in a safe, efficient and
economic manner, while encouraging the use
of buses and public transport, aligned with the
Mayor’s Transport Strategy.
Authorisation
TfL has powers under Section 104 of the London
Passenger Transport Act 1934 to erect passenger
shelters on the public highway with the consent
of the highway authority. In addition to the
provisions of the London Passenger Transport
Act 1934, local authorities may themselves
provide passenger shelters where we are unable
to do so, granting licences to erect and
maintain them.
Commercial advertisements on bus passenger
shelters require the owner to apply for consent
under the Town and Country Planning (Control of
Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.
Additional information
Department for Transport:
Inclusive mobility – A guide to best practice on
access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure,
2002
Traffic Signs Manual 1982, Chapter 1:
Introduction
Transport for London:
Accessible Bus Stop Design Guidance, 2015
Bus pre-signal assessment and design guidance
– Bus Priority Team technical note BP1/05, July
2005
Bus priority at traffic signals keeps London’s
buses moving – Selective Vehicle Detection
(SVD), January 2006
Traffic calming measures for bus routes – Bus
Priority Team technical note BP2/05, September
2005
Statutory instruments:
Section 104, London Passenger Transport Act
1934 – power to erect a bus shelter given to the
local authority or highway authority
Section 64, London Passenger Transport Act
1937 – adds a requirement to give frontagers
notice of TfL’s intention to build a shelter
Greater London Authority Act 1999