Andrew Morse

1. Mona Vale Town Centre
Balancing Place Planning and
Traffic Engineering

2. Introduction to the Mona Vale ‘Place Plan’
What is Place
Planning?
“Place planning puts people at the centre of all planning
and design solutions”

3. • Create places designed for people

4. • Attract the right uses to the right places

5. • Provide a focal point for employment and a
choice of affordable housing

6. • Improve connectivity in and around the
centre, especially for pedestrians

7. • Recognise the importance of streets as
community spaces and destinations

8. Parliament House, Canberra

9. Bunda Street Shareway, Canberra

10. Bourke Street, Surry Hills

11. Pitt Street, Sydney

12. Bourke Street Mall (Lane), Melbourne

13. Introduction to Mona Vale
NSW 1660
Pittwater Council
Northern Beaches

21. Study Area

22. Study Area

23. Primary Land Uses

24. Data Collection

25. Traffic Surveys

26. Parking
Surveys

27. Parking
Surveys

28. Parking
Surveys

29. Community
Consultation

30. Community
Consultation

31. Community
Consultation

32. Online Surveys
+ Intercept Surveys

33. Network Model

34. Network Model

35. Network Model

36. Table 4 - Modelling Results - AM Peak - Scenario 1 – 2015 Existing Situation
PTC INTERSECTION Delays Vehicle Numbers LOS
1. Pittwater Road / Mona Vale Road 25 4924 B
2. Pittwater Road / Waratah Street 3 1942 A
3. Pittwater Road / Barrenjoey Road 8 4148 A
4. Pittwater Road / Bungan Street 3 1518 A
6. Pittwater Road / Darley Street 23 1558 B
7. Barrenjoey Road / Park Street 25 4067 B
8. Barrenjoey Road / Darley Street 12 4044 A
9. Mona Vale Road / Bungan Street 16 2282 B
10. Bungan Street / Waratah Street 4 1185 A
15. Mona Vale Road / Bungan Lane 1 825 A
16. Waratah Street / Bungan Lane 1 575 A
17. Pittwater Road and Bungan Lane 1 357 A

37. Level of Service

38. Level of Service

39. Approach Delays
Notable increase
Small increase or
decrease

40. Approach Delays
Notable increase
Small increase

41. Road Constraints

42. Improvements
Options

43. The Place Plan

44. The Place Plan

46. The Place Plan

47. The Place Plan

49. What did we learn?

50. What did we learn?
The community wants a town centre that works

51. What did we learn?
The community wants a town centre that works
It was accepted that roads and parking would be constrained

52. What did we learn?
The community wants a town centre that works
It was accepted that roads and parking would be constrained
The parking strategy will be key to density and use of road
space

53. What did we learn?
The community wants a town centre that works
It was accepted that roads and parking would be constrained
The parking strategy will be key to density and use of road
space
The road network is malleable enough to absorb the changes