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Manual for streets
Publication Year
2007
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Aims to bring about a transformation in the quality of streets. It is expected to be used predominantly for the design, construction, adoption and maintenance of new residential streets, but it is also applicable to existing residential streets subject to re-design. Covers: streets in context; the design process - from policy to implementation; layout and connectivity; quality places; street users' needs; street geometry; parking; traffic signs and markings; street furniture and street lighting; and materials, adoption and maintenance.
Document History
Also known as MfS1. Supersedes Design Bulletin 32: Residential roads and footpaths. 2nd edition (DOE, 1992) and Places, streets and movements - a companion guide to Design Bulletin 32: residential roads and footpaths (DETR, 1998). A summary is also available on The Construction Information Service: Manual for streets - a summary (DFT, 2007). Published in conjunction with the Department for Transport. A companion guide has now been published: Manual for streets 2: wider application of the principles (MfS2) (CIHT, 2010).
Publisher Information
Department for Communities and Local Government
Now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Department for Communities and Local Government is a UK Government department that works to create thriving, sustainable, vibrant communities that improve everyone's quality of life. This includes housing, improving public services, regeneration, sustainability and the prevention of anti-social behaviour. They were formerly known as the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
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