Manual for Streets update

Published On: 15th April 2026

The DfT has circulated a draft of the eagerly awaited Manual for Streets update.

Christopher Martin expresses the wish that it must not become just another well-meaning advisory document.

He wrote “My hope for the next Manual for Streets is simple: That it stops asking politely. That it gives practitioners permission, and obligation, to design streets around people, not vehicles.”

The source of this news item is an article in Building Design.

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