NOOSAVILLE FORESHORE INFRASTRUCTURE MASTERPLAN (Referred from Services and Organisation Committee Meeting dated 10 June 2025 - Item 7.2) · Attachment 1 to the General Committee Minutes 16 June 2025 - DTMR Austroads Guide

Supplement to Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 6A: Paths for Walking and Cycling




                                                            Cyclists per hour
  Pedestrians per hour
                                   2.5 m path                   3 m path                  4 m path
             100                        –                         770                       1,740
             200                        –                         460                       1,440
Note: Based on two-way peak-hour volumes 90/10 directional split, design maximum of 12 delayed overtakings
per hour.

5.2      Bicycle operating speeds

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Replace last sentence in this section with the following:

At locations where it is not appropriate to moderate bicycle speeds consideration should be given to
providing a separate pedestrian path.

Bicycle operation speeds may be estimated using the bicycle operation speed model, contact
[email protected] undertaken by Transport and Main Roads found no defensible justification for imposing
regulatory speed limits, and as a consequence would not use or recommend them as a safety device.
Alternative treatment methods may be as or more effective as a safety device, avoiding the negative
connotations associated with regulation. The Transport and Main Roads Guideline Speed
Management on Shared Paths concludes that the cycling community is able to self-moderate speeds
that are appropriate to the location without regulation.

The below Table 6A-3 replaces Appendix B, Table B1 in Austroads Guide to Road Design – Part 6A.

Table 6A-3 - Path speed-limiting devices

                                                                                   Queensland practice
      Device       Recommended                       Comments
                                                                                   additional comments
 Speed                   Yes           Can destabilise riders and increase         Watts or sinusoidal
 humps                                 hazards if poorly sited or inadequately     profile speed humps
                                       marked. Use with care. Fit warning          are acceptable
                                       signage and path markings similar to
                                       road speed humps
 Path                    Yes           Minimum one-way width 1.4 m.                Only appropriate
 narrowing                             Warning signage and adequate                where narrowing is not
                                       linemarking required                        expected to result in
                                                                                   path user conflict.
 Path                    Yes           Maximum deflection angle 10 degrees
 deflection                            for high-speed path and 20 degrees
                                       for low-speed path
 Path                    No            Can destabilise riders and increase
 terminal                              hazards if used as speed limiting
 deflection                            device. Used only to prevent
 rails                                 unauthorised vehicle entry
 Rumble                  Yes           Use as a warning device to alert riders     Tactile (surface
 strips                                to slow for changed conditions ahead        change) is acceptable




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