streets for living: a conference on residential road design
Book
1976
An Foras Forbartha
Organised by an Foras Forbartha, this paper documents the proceedings of a conference on residential road design from Jury’s Hotel in Dublin in May 1976.
Introduction
Opening Address
Colm O’Doherty, Assistant Secretary, Department of Local Government. Chairman, An Foras Forbartha
Traffic and Pedestrian Safety
Speaker: John M. Golden, Roads Division, An Foras Forbartha
Chairman: Peter O’Keefe, Head of Roads Division, An Foras Forbartha
Visual and Social Problems
Speaker: Ruiari Quinn, Architect and Dublin City Councillor
Chairman: Harold Higgins, Prof. of Architecture (Housing), University College Dublin
Research and Recent Thinking
Speaker: Eoghan Brangan, Planning Division, An Foras Forbartha
Chairman: Ewart Parkinson, President of the Royal Town Planning Institute
Case Studies of an Irish Situation
Speaker: Niall Hyde, Consultant Architect and Landscape Architect
Chairman: David Stewart, Head of Planning Division, An Foras Forbartha
Implementing New Concepts and Standards
Speaker: Patrick Lynch, County Engineer, Limerick County Council
Chairman: Philip McGovern, Engineer, Former Chief Engineering Adviser, Department of Local Government
Residential Road Standards – The Cheshire Approach
Speakers: Ian Davison, Architect, Planning Department, Cheshire County Council; Michael Senior, Engineer, Highways and Transportation Dept., Cheshire County Council
Chairman: John McDaid, County Architect, Dublin County Council
Delft – The Residential Precinct
Speaker: Peter Jonquiere, Architect/Planner, City Planning Department, Delft
Chairman: Richard Stringer, Architect/Planner, Deputy Chief Adviser, Department of Local Government
Closing Address
Speaker: James Tully, TD, Minister for Local Government
Chairman: Colm O’Doherty, Chairman, An Foras Forbartha
Summary of Discussion
Appendix I: Background to the Residential Precinct
Appendix II: Background Working Paper for Conference by Eoghan Brangan
Editor: Eoghan Brangan.
Authors: Colm O'Doherty, John M. Golden, Peter O'Keefe, Ruiari Quinn, Harold Higgins, Eoghan Brangan, Ewart Parkinson, Niall Hyde, David Stewart, Patrick Lynch, Philip McGovern, Ian Davison, Michael Senior, John McDaid, Peter Jonquiere, Richard Stringer, James Tully.
An Foras Forbartha, sráideanna le haghaidh maireachtal comhdháil faoi dhearadh bóithre conaitheacha, road design, traffic congestion, accidents, living environment, regional policy, natural environment, infrastructure, traffic flow, pedestrian safety, residential areas, urban areas, study, location of accidents, pedestrian casualties, casualty severity, vehicle, pedestrian crossing, road width, street, streets or roads, housing road standards, builder and architect attitude towards standards, residents’’ attitudes towards traffic, traffic and environment, methods of speed control, implications for the road network, road hierarchy, vehicular access, radburn layouts, cul-de-sac, terraced houses, semi-detached houses, precinct, road distributor, mews court, parking, heavy traffic, legislation, residential precincts, speed and childrens’ safety, pedestrian delay, car ownership, visitor parking, off-street parking, garage carports, bends and junctions, carriageway, footpath, car parking,
