Traffic Report

PWD Provision
The Building Code of Australia outlines that ‘carparking spaces for people with disabilities need not be
provided in a carpark or carparking area where a parking service is provided and direct access to any of the
carparking spaces is not available to the general public or occupants.’

It is understood that this carpark is to be for staff and self-driving students only, be ancillary to the existing
school and not to be for the use of the general public. Therefore, TTM is of the opinion that provision for
PWD car parking in the proposed development is not required.

Parking Bay Length
Car parking spaces 62 – 142, as shown in Figure 3, have been designed with a length of 4.8m. Figure 2.2
within AS2890.1 outlines that the length of car parking spaces can be reduced to 4.8m where parking is to a
low kerb which allows 600mm overhang. It also outlined that the 600mm overhang area is unobstructed, is
not another car parking space and is not required as a footway.

There is a 1.8m wide planting at the end of car parking spaces 62-105, as shown in Figure 3. Car parking
spaces 106-142 front the existing foliage area. Each of these areas are expected to be sufficient to cater for
the 600mm overhang. Therefore, the proposed car parking bay lengths are designed in accordance with the
Australian Standards and considered adequate.

It is recommended that the grades within the car park be designed in accordance with AS2890.1 during the
detail design stage of development. These design requirements are outlined in Table 1.

Internal Queuing
The proposed layout incorporates 6.0m of clear queuing area (ie one vehicle) from the property boundary at
the access driveway to the first car parking space.

AS2890.1 provides guidance for the minimum queuing length at carparks with a control point (ie boom gate
and ticketing issuing devices). This is not the case with the proposed carpark. Therefore, would not be
appropriate when assessing the proposed development.

TTM expects that the proposed on-site queuing area is sufficient for the following reasons:

•     Vehicles accessing the carpark are expected to be tidal (ie approximately 100% in during AM Peak and
      100% out during PM Peak)
•     Motorists are likely to park in the more ‘desirable’ (ie closer to the school) car parking spaces first
•     The carpark is for staff and self-driving students only, therefore, the car parking spaces have a low
      turnover

Pedestrian Connectivity
It is recommended that internal pedestrian connectivity to the adjacent school be incorporated to design.


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