Active Travel Design Guide

The Design Guide offers technical design recommendations for:

• walking links
• bicycle
• intersections
• street greening.

The guide builds on previous successes and achievements. It will inform designs for future projects.

We developed the Design Guide in consultation with:

• South Australian Government agencies
• industry bodies
• stakeholder groups.

We will collaborate with state government agencies and local councils to deliver resulting projects.

Read the Active Travel Design Guide (PDF, 20720 KB).

About active travel

Active travel means getting about in a way that makes you physically active, like walking or riding a bike.

Encouraging more active travel brings lots of benefits, including:

• improving public health and air quality
• increased road safety
• better community connectivity
• reduced carbon emissions.

Active travel has significant environmental and health benefits for communities. This is why we must consider walking and cycling in all projects. Projects range from major road and rail projects and new suburbs to smaller infrastructure improvements.

When planning and designing new projects, we are putting into action strategies that encourage and support:

• green spaces
• walking
• bike riding.

This includes access to public transport stops, stations and interchanges.

By prioritising active travel modes at the design stage, we can make urban environments:

• more pleasant
• more liveable for everyone.