New street design manual moves to embrace highly-trafficked roads

Research carried out by MfS2 indicates good visibility at priority junctions does not automatically make them safer

The DfT research into shared spaces has informed MfS2

The new Manual for Streets 2: Wider Application of the Principles, published earlier this week by the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT), is intended to form a companion guide to Manual for Streets (now routinely referred to as MfS1), which was published in 2007 (LTT 12 Apr 07). “Whilst MfS1 focuses on lightly-trafficked residential streets… MfS2 builds on the guidance,” the new publication says. “Exploring in greater detail how and where its...

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