Glossary

  • Crossing - A facility provided to enable pedestrians (and/or cyclists) to cross a carriageway or cycle track. These can be signal-controlled, controlled without signals (e.g. zebra controlled) or uncontrolled.
  • EqIA - Equality Impact Assessment. A key tool to show how the needs of people with Protected Characteristics as set out in the Equality Act have been taken into account. More detail is included in the annex.
  • The Fairer Scotland Duty: Guidance for Public Bodies - Set out in Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010, came into force in Scotland from 1 April 2018. It places a legal responsibility on particular public bodies in Scotland to actively consider (‘pay due regard’ to) how they can reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage, when making strategic decisions.
  • Pedestrian – A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle, including those who use walking aids and prams/pushchairs
  • Public Sector Equality Duty as set out in the Equality Act 2010 (Equality Act 2010 | Equality and Human Rights Commission (equalityhumanrights.com)

A public authority must, in the exercise of its functions, have due regard to the need to:

  1. eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act;
  2. advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it;
  3. foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
  • Rotating tactile cones - A device to assist crossing for sight-impaired pedestrians; the cone is located on the underside of the push-button box at the roadside. When the cone begins to turn, the green man is also displayed, which signals it should be safe to cross. When the red man is displayed, the cone stops rotating.
  • Street Furniture - Essential and immovable elements in a street – lighting columns, litter bins, benches, trees etc.
  • Street Features - Elements in the street that may move e.g. domestic waste and commercial waste bins.
  • Wheeling - Travelling by wheelchair.