Public Realm Framework - Section 4.8 Street Furniture
Street furniture may include items such as seats, drinking fountains, bins, bicycle stands and repair.
Key Design Features
- Seats set back 500mm from APT
- Seats to be provided with arms and without
- Seat heights varied
- Spaces for wheelchairs or prams adjacent to seating
- Objects achieve 30% luminance contrast with background
- Prefer street furniture on one side path of travel
- only
- Locate on areas with minimal cross falls that is: shallower than 1:40
- Achieve minimum AS1428.1 circulation spaces
- Seating at max 60m intervals
Summary of Recommendations
- Street furniture requires careful siting to ensure it is accessible.
- Luminance contrast of new street furniture should be considered against the proposed surface finishes to ensure min 30% contrast is achieved.