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Ben Watts, Sarah Fish and Emma Shibli Gloucestershire County Council BUMP – Study Tour 2016 Gloucester, United Kingdom Friday 26th Februray 2016

Welcome to Gloucestershire

Todays agenda 1 - Introduction 2 - How Gloucestershire has embraced the BUMP principles 3 - The importance of local engagement 4 - Central Severn Vale Connecting Places Strategy (SUMP) 5 - Questions 6 - Re-connecting places - the regeneration of Gloucester

Todays presentation

• Today you will learn about our experience of applying the BUMP

principles to the development of our long-term transport strategy

• This will be followed by a more in-depth look at Gloucester and our

approach to improving travel choice within the city centre by

• Enhancing the quality of the urban environment
• Removing barriers to encourage greater levels of walking,

cycling and public transport use.

Gloucestershire Study Tour 2016 1 Introduction

Where is Gloucestershire?

What the county is famous for?

The Place

The role of the County Council – what we do

• Gloucestershire is a two-tier county which means –
• There is a County Council and six District Councils.
• The County Council is responsible for –
• Health, Education, Transport – this includes…
• Producing a long-term transport strategy
• Managing the local transport network – local highways,

pavements, cycle ways, public rights of way, bus stops

The role of the County Council – what we don’t do

• Land use development planning – this is a District Council

responsibility

• Public transport delivery – this is commercially operated –

although we do subsidise some services in rural areas

• Rail services are delivered by different rail franchises and the

stations are managed by the train operating company

• National road network investment – this is the responsibility of a

Government Agency

• Our role is therefore to work in partnership with local stakeholders

to maintain functioning transport network

Gloucestershire Study Tour 2016 2 How Gloucestershire has embraced the BUMP principles

Boosting Urban Mobility Plans

• Gloucestershire joined the BUMP programme in 2014
• We applied the BUMP principles to our Local Transport Plan

review

• The existing Local Transport Plan was written in 2011 and

this was considered more functional than aspirational

• We wanted something that would set the strategic tone for

transport delivery across the county

New Vision

• We identified a new vision for transport delivery:

“A resilient transport network that enables sustainable economic growth by providing door to door travel choices”

• This highlights the importance of journey reliability as the

economy grows

• It also moves away from a culture where the car is the only

mode

• To one where the car is one mode of travel choice

New Outcomes

• A new set of outcomes were identified focussed on improving

the quality of place for people to live and enjoy; and businesses to relocate or grow to support job creation

• These were framed around four primary objectives:
• Support sustainable economic growth
• Enable community connectivity
• Conserve the environment
• Improve community health and well being

New document structure and design

The implementation of the plan will be monitored through a new set of indicators which will be reported on annual report

Gloucestershire’s Connecting Places Strategy (SUMP) Areas

Structure of a Connecting Places Strategy (SUMP)

• Each document is designed to be short and accessible to

encourage people to read and understand it

• It includes the following sections:
• An area Summary – facts and figures
• A description of the place
• A summary of the issues
• A summary of the delivery priorities:
• Short-term 2015 to 2021
• Medium-term 2021 to 2026
• Long-term 2026 to 2031
• The locally focussed outcomes we are trying to achieve

Connecting Places Strategy (SUMP) - Review process

• These are living documents with a new flexible review

process

• Informed by the local community as evidence (issues and

priorities) are agreed through the planning process

• This will either be through the adoption of:
• Local Plans (covering district wide housing and employment

development plan)

• Neighbourhood Development Plan (covering local village or towns

planning issues)

Political adoption and stakeholder consultation

Stage Task Status 1 Evidence Base review Completed – March 2014 2 Issues consultation – 1 day Completed – July 2014 3 Stakeholder consultation Completed – November 2014 4 Public Consultation on LTP consultation document – 6 weeks Completed – March 2015 5 Review of plan Completed - October 2015 6 Public consultation on full draft LTP – 11 weeks Completed - February 2016 7 Formal adoption June 2016

Gloucestershire Study Tour 2016 3 The importance of local engagement

Stakeholder Engagement

• Explained simply the view of the approach – people focussed not

transport

• 10 minute examination of initiatives toolbox
• Sense-check our initial analysis of each corridor area
• Group work to identify gaps / missing issues
• Group work on tools and solutions per area

Blend of solutions

• Physical (hardware) – traffic management schemes, new road

links, new rail stations, pedestrian priority schemes etc.

• Operational (software) – technology driven, urban traffic control,

intelligent logistics management, bus management etc.

• Behavioural (mindware) – travel planning, personalised travel

planning, marketing and promotion etc.

Gloucestershire Study Tour 2016 4 Central Severn Vale Connecting Places Strategy

Area Profile

• Central Severn Vale constitutes the county’s

major urban areas

• Strong trip attractor
• Approximately half the county’s population live in this area
• Higher proportion of the working age population when

compared to the county average

• The area is highly desirable and provides the potential for

sustainable economic growth

• The emerging Local Plan identifies significant housing and

employment growth over the next 15 years

Transport Profile

• M5 motorway – linking Birmingham and Bristol
• A417 linking M5 with M4
• A40 providing east west access
• 2 railways stations (Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa) linking

London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff and Swindon

• Good bus network coverage with strong commercial network
• Congestion occurs on many of the roads in the area,

particularly around Cheltenham and Gloucester

• Air Quality issues in Cheltenham and Gloucester

Stakeholder Views

Physical Delivery Priorities

Highways

• Widening of southwest bypass, Gloucester
• Junction improvements to northern and western bypass,

Gloucester

• Outer ring road junction improvements, Gloucester
• Motorway junction upgrades

Rail

• Gloucester railway station enhancement

Bus

• Gloucester Transport Hub, new Bus Station, Gloucester

Operational Delivery Priorities

Highways

• 20 mph zones
• Bus Corridor improvements
• Civil Parking and bus lane enforcement

Cycling

• Access improvements
• Cycle infrastructure improvements

Rail

• Metrowest rail extension (Phase2)

Bus

• Ongoing bus stop improvement programme
• Continued roll out of Real Time Passenger Information

Behavioural Delivery Priorities

Highways

• Highway Safety promotions

Rail

• Railway Station Travel Plans and investment strategies

Bus

• Continued roll out of multi operator bus Smartcard ticket Park and Ride

expansion Thinktravel

• Ongoing support for Thinktravel branding
• Bikeability training in schools
• Ongoing installation of electric cars and bikes charging points
• Personalised Travel Plans for new developments / key corridors
• Workplace Travel Plans

The expected outcomes

• Highly accessible economic vibrant urban

centres which benefit from the strong transport linkages

• An increased role of technology to inform, prepare and make

people aware of travel conditions so they can consider their travel options

• More people using public transport by aiding and highway

improvements to reduce delays

• More people cycling and walking across all age groups for

shorter distance trips

Gloucestershire Study Tour 2016 5 Does anyone have any questions?

Gloucestershire Study Tour 2016 6 Re-connecting places - the regeneration of Gloucester

The Gloucester Story

‘The Magnificent Seven’

are the set of major redevelopment sites that are driving forward the regeneration of Gloucester and creating the ‘step change’ required to transform the fortunes of the city. They have been pushed forward over the last 10 years by a partnership with the Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company.

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Reducing traffic impacts in Gloucester

Thank you for your attention if you require any further information after today please contact:

Ben Watts Strategic Planning Gloucestershire County Council, Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2TH +44 1452 426 771 ben.watts@gloucestershire.gov.uk www.gloucestershire.gov.uk www.thinktravel.info