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Safe System in the Planning Process
  • Publication no: AP-R488-15
  • ISBN: 978-1-925294-44-6
  • Published: 26 June 2015

The Safe System concept has the objective of eliminating deaths and serious injuries, with the guiding principle that everyone, including planners, share responsibility for creating a safe road system. Good planning and design sets the foundation for a safe road environment. This report aims to promote consideration of Safe System principles in planning decisions.

This report includes material that can be used to form the basis of a brochure or article that could be produced to introduce planners to the Safe System. In addition, a checklist resource is provided which may be adapted and incorporated into planning guidance to prompt planners to consider road safety issues (including Safe System principles) during the planning process.

  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1. Background
    • 1.2. Project Aim
    • 1.3. Methodology
    • 1.4. Report Structure
  • 2. The Safe System and Planning
    • 2.1. The Safe System
    • 2.2. Integrated Transport and Land-use Planning
    • 2.3. Relationship of the Safe System Approach to Planning Practices
    • 2.4. Safe System Principles in Planning
  • Interaction with land use
  • Different road users
  • Roads and roadsides
  • Planning ahead
  • 3. Convergence of Planning and the Safe System
    • 3.1. Similarities and the Basis for Convergence
    • 3.2. A Planning Framework for a Safe System
    • 3.3. Planning Guidance and Processes
    • 3.4. Challenges and Opportunities for Integration
      • 3.4.1. Consultation
      • 3.4.2. Integration of Planning and Transport Functions
      • 3.4.3. Relevant Austroads Guides
  • 4. Proposed Safe System Guidance for Urban Planners
    • 4.1. Communication Resource
    • 4.2. Checklist Resource
  • 5. Summary and Recommendations
  • References
  • Appendix A Communication Resource
  • Creating a Healthy, Safe and Pleasant Urban Form: Safe Road Systems in Land-Use Planning
  • What is a Safe System?
  • Tips for Creating Safer Road Environments
  • Benefits for Planners
  • Appendix B Road Safety – Planning and Assessment
  • B.1 Introduction
  • Benefits for planners
  • Challenge
  • Aim
  • Safe System principles
  • What, why and how?
  • Implications for planning decisions
  • How to use the checklists
  • Who should use them?
  • B.2 Checklists: Functional Planning
  • B.3 Checklists: Operational Planning
  • Checklist 1 – Big Picture
  • Checklist 2 – Master Plan and Neighbourhood
  • Checklist 3 – Corridor
  • Checklist 4 – Commercial Development
  • B.4 Examples
  • Example: Functional Planning (Figure B 3)
  • Example: Operational Planning
  • Glossary
  • Appendix C Safety Needs Service Measures for Network Operation Planning LOS
  • Appendix D Consultation
  • D.1 Practitioner Survey
  • D.2 Project Workshop
  • Appendix E Background of Planning and Road Safety
  • Glossary
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