Pedestrian guardrailing

This Local Transport Note provides guidance about pedestrian guardrailing for local authorities. It describes the development of policy guidance on guardrailing and an assessment procedure for the evaluation of the need for the installation or removal of pedestrian guardrailing, particularly at pedestrian crossings and road junctions. It encourages authorities to consider developing and using an audit trail, recording decisions and actions taken when considering pedestrian guardrailing schemes. This Local Transport Note (3/09) - Pedestrian Guardrailing features: Introduction - Policy background and purpose; Review of policy and key developments - Policy development, other developments, legislation, guidance and standards; Research summary - The need for research, surveys and results; Assessment procedure - General, effects of guardrailing on pedestrians, alternatives to guardrailing and the need for guardrailing; Site record - General, carriageway and foot way type and width, visibility requirements, characteristics of surroundings, site photos and plan, vehicular/pedestrian flows and composition and road collisions; and, Assessment framework - General, site assessment, effectiveness assessment, effect on pedestrian behavior, criteria for the installation of guardrailing, criteria for the removal of guardrailing, retaining existing guardrailing and effect on safety.