Traffic management policies and objectives

The effective management of traffic can make a significant contribution to the attraction of public transport, walking and cycling, by giving priority to the movement of people over ease of traffic movement, improving road safety and creating a more pleasant environment. Transport plans, informed by transport studies, will identify an integrated range of traffic management policies. These policies should contribute to the objectives of this PPS in a number of ways, including: • reducing the adverse impacts of heavy traffic such as noise, local air pollution, traffic collisions and the barrier such traffic creates to ease of pedestrian and cyclist movement; • promoting safe walking, cycling and public transport across the whole journey; • contributing to urban renaissance through improving the appearance of urban areas and allowing the efficient use of land; • helping to avoid traffic bottlenecks within the urban area; • facilitating links between major city centre developments and public transport; and • providing resident parking schemes to avoid overspill on street parking adjacent to development with limited on-site parking.