Northmoor Homezone, Manchester

This paper describes the implementation of the Northmoor Homezone. Northmoor is one of nine pilot Home-zones in England and Wales selected to pioneer new concepts of the use of street space. The first phase is now complete and has been judged by residents to be a success. The aims of the Homezone have been to assist and complement the regeneration of the area and to transform the repetitive terraced streets into new linear courtyards where cars are forced to travel at very low speeds and where pedestrians and cyclists share equal priority with vehicles. Community involvement and consultation has been extensive and monitoring has taken place to determine the opinions of the residents and to measure speeds and volumes of traffic using the streets.