Movement and place


Movement and Place

The Movement and Place concept balances the dual function of streets, which is moving people and goods and enhancing the places they connect and pass through. Movement and Place supports a 30-minute city by helping to create liveable places for mixed communities with amenities close by on the one hand and identifying roads for efficient movement on the other. This means the movement function of Canberra’s roads and streets will better align with the evolving place function and vice versa.

At a high-level Canberra’s streets will be structured around a hierarchy of local, central, orbital and regional links which will reflect the changing role of transport according to location. Transport projects will consider the needs of all transport users both on their journey and as they complete it. To facilitate this further, we will develop a Movement and Place framework to guide design, collaboration and decision making for roads and places.

Diagram shows orbital, central and local links in relation to movement and place.