Guidance

Active Travel England design assistance tools

Route cross-section and crossing selector tools to support users during the design process of active travel interventions and schemes.

Applies to England

Documents

ATE crossing selector tool

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ATE crossing selector tool user manual

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ATE route cross-section tool

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ATE route cross-section tool user manual

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Details

Active Travel England (ATE) has developed a suite of tools to support the development of designs and the assessment of design quality for active travel interventions and schemes.

These design assistance tools should be used in conjunction with ATE scheme review tools.

Crossing selector tool

Provides a range of suitable design options when considering how to connect walking, wheeling and cycling routes over a main road between 2 side roads.

Route cross-section tool

Assists in confirming whether a corridor is suitable for different kinds of active travel infrastructure, given constraints such as carriageway width.

Both tools are based on national guidance such as:

Updates to this page

Published 15 February 2024

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