Urban Design Guide for Riyadh City – Public Transport Hubs

An expert guide for practitioners in urban design with contributions from secretariats, municipalities, researchers, university students and engineering consultancy offices in Riyadh. The guide aims to provide and improve the design foundations and orientations of pedestrian walkways, junctions, assembly points as well as increase the level of safety of pedestrians. It also establishes controls for the design of roads and urban spaces that consider existing activities and uses, visual aspects and social considerations.

The guide aims, in part, to provide a planning framework that contributes to the display, review and support of the design proposals submitted through the preparation of final operational designs.

Components of the guide:

• Key design principles.
• Design methodology.
• Design philosophy.
• Design guidelines and standards.
• Model designs.
• A model example of using this guide.