Tunnel urban design guideline : design guideline to improve the customer and community experience of road tunnels / Urban Design Roads and Waterways ; Transport for NSW

"The guideline sets out a best practice approach to the urban design of tunnels. It has been prepared to assist Transport project teams and their partners at the initiation phase of a tunnel project, as well as in the following development and implementation phases ... Tunnels present a challenge and opportunity in urban design terms; they avoid the environmental impacts a major road can have above ground and also avoid the physical separation a surface motorway has on the community. However, tunnels physically and visually separate road users from the landscape and the areas in which they live. Reconciling these contradictory aspects of tunnels is the purpose of this guideline. By designing the tunnel as a 'journey experience' rather than solely as an underground bypass, and by considering the Beyond the Pavement principles above ground, the construction of new tunnels will result in a positive contribution for both road users and the surrounding communities." -- Page 2.