70 Highway Engineering
Pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians
This subcriterion relates to the proposal’s impact on the journeys made within
the locality on foot (pedestrian), by bicycle (cyclist) or by horse (equestrian).
The assessment should be based on the year of opening, taking typical daily
conditions.
First, a quantitative assessment of the change in accessibility for each group
is estimated by multiplying together the numbers in the grouping affected, the
change in journey time (in minutes) and the change in amenity (+1,-1 or 0
depending on whether accessibility has been improved, worsened or has remain
unchanged). The three valuations are then added together to give an overall
score. The final assessment is given using the standard AST seven-point scale:
Beneficial– journey times reduced
Adverse– journey times increased
Slight– fewer than 200 travellers affected, journey times are changed by less
than 1 minute and there is no change in amenity
Large– typically, more than 1000 travellers are affected, journey times are
changed significantly (by more than 1 minute) and there are changes in
amenity
The assessment in all intermediate cases will be Moderate.Access to public transport
The extent to which access to public transport by non-motorised modes is
affected by the proposal is assessed within this heading. Broadly the same frame-
work as above is used, with the score on the seven-point AST scale based on the
number of public transport users affected, the changes in access time to the
service and the degree to which the quality of the service would be improved
(+1), made worse (-1) or unaffected (0) as a result of the proposal under
examination.Community severance
The severance effect on those travellers using non-motorised modes is assessed
on the standard AST seven-point scale: Beneficial– relief from severance
Adverse– new severance
Neutral– new severance is balanced by relief of severance (the net effect is
approximately zero)
Slight– low level severance with very few people affected (less than 200)
Large– severe level severance with many people affected (more than 1000)
The assessment in all intermediate cases will be Moderate.Integration
This criterion assesses in broad terms the compatibility of the proposal with