City Plan 2014: Brisbane Streetscape Hierarchy Overlay

Brisbane City Council's City Plan 2014 includes a streetscape hierarchy overlay map (OM-019.2). The dataset categorizes streets into sub-categories such as subtropical boulevards, centre streets, neighbourhood streets, and laneways, based on verge width and location. It is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on 2026-06-28.

Use Cases

• Classify street types for urban design projects based on the described sub-categories like 'Subtropical boulevard' and 'Neighbourhood street'.
• Analyze the distribution of different streetscape categories across Brisbane for planning purposes.
• Integrate streetscape hierarchy data with other urban planning layers from the Brisbane City Plan 2014.
• Model pedestrian or traffic flow based on street classifications such as 'Pathway link' or 'Industrial street'.

Strengths

• The dataset is part of the official Brisbane City Plan 2014, providing an authoritative planning framework.
• It defines 14 specific sub-categories for streets, such as 'Subtropical boulevard – in centre verge width 6m'.
• The data is maintained and updated by Brisbane City Council, with a last update timestamp of 2026-06-28 14:38:58.926963.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial extent are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council

Collection Method

Likely created as part of the City Plan 2014 development and mapping process.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:38:58.926963; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia