The Safety Criterion is also concerned with improving the personal security of travellers and their property, including pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians as well as public transport and car users. The security of public transport passengers increases with the provision of surveillance, design features which reduce the opportunities for attackers to surprise travellers and facilities for making emergency calls. The security of car users increases when the instances when they are required to stop or travel very slowly are reduced, vehicles can be parked in safety and facilities for making emergency calls are increased.
Where appropriate, consideration should be given to any security impacts of an option. Options may impact on a range of users including pedestrians, cyclists (and stored/secured cycles) and equestrians as well as public transport and car users. The security sub-criterion should also consider the impacts of an option on particularly vulnerable sections of the community such as children, the elderly or women travelling alone.
The approach to considering security is largely qualitative, but practitioners are invited to adopt quantitative methods if they are robust and have been discussed with the Scottish Government and/or its agency Transport Scotland (or other appropriate funding agency) beforehand.
