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Meeting the Challenges Achieving Our Ambitions

Friday 27th November 2009

Delivering a Sustainable Transport System

Challenges

• Minimising the impact of transport on the environment;

reducing carbon emissions

• Supporting economic growth, tackling congestion and

improving journey times

• Promoting use of alternatives to the car and encouraging

sustainable travel behaviour

• Improving health and access to employment and local

services

• Improving safety for all road users

• JLTP submitted April 2006
• 5 year plan
• Vision and Objectives
• Comprehensive range of targets
• New Joint Plan for 2011
• 50% growth in cycling since 2003/04
• Public transport patronage up
• Road safety improving
• Journey times down by 5%
• Air quality not on track

Performance

Clear majority 18/21 targets

• n‐track

Current Joint Local Transport Plan

West Of England RFA2 Prioritised Major Schemes Programme

4 year £70m project delivering now:

• 10 bus corridors with 60 services
• 944 improved bus stops including raised kerbs providing

level access

• Over 120 new low floor buses with reduced emissions
• 301 bus stops with real time passenger

information displays

• 22 junctions with bus priority

signals

• 8.6km of new bus or priority lane

Greater Bristol Bus Network

Bath Transportation Package

• Programme Entry October 2007
• £51m of RFA funding to tackle congestion by

improving public transport and pedestrian access for residents and visitors

• 2.2m more public transport trips per year

Rapid Transit – Ashton Vale to Temple Meads

• Bid for £43m of RFA funding March 2009
• 4km segregated busway and 3km bus lanes
• 7,400 trips per day
• 3,200 fewer vehicle trips per day

Weston Package Phase 1

• Bid for £11m of RFA funding April 2009
• M5 J21‐ improve journey time reliability and safety
• Proposals for the A370 in the ‘Gateway’
• Worle station – new 320 space car park, bus

interchange, extended/new bus services

3 schemes in approval process

2 bids submitted Spring 2010

North Fringe to Hengrove Package

• Major, integrated set of transport schemes

including rapid transit routes, park and ride and Stoke Gifford Transport link

• £168m Regional Funding Allocation
• Consultation until 8th January 2010

South Bristol Link

• £47m Regional Funding Allocation
• Preferred option of combined single

carriageway road and Rapid Transit on inner alignment

• Consultation until 31st December

Rail

• Rail usage is low in the West of England

– 1% of all journeys to work (2001 census)

• BUT trends have shown the potential impact local rail travel

can have

• 44% increase in rail journeys last 5 years
• Severn Beach Line has ridership up 22% since 2006
• More frequent service and reliability issues: problems with

capacity and rolling stock

• West of England Partnership responded to Great Western

Route Utilisation Strategy Consultation today

Cycling

• “Sea change” in the way bikes

and cycling are perceived

• Cycling City ‐ £22m investment
• 4% of journeys to work (2001 census)
• 50% growth in cycling since 2003/04
• 50% of car journeys in the city are under 3 miles

‐ the challenge is to get those drivers cycling

• vision, goals,

problems/challenges

• delivery plan for 3 year

schemes

• supplementary documents
• consultation summer 2010
• plan produced for March 2011

The Joint Plan 2011 ‐ 2026

Communications

• Common Travel+ branding across

major schemes programme

• Ensure linkages between schemes are

recognised

• Proactive and integrated approach
• New travelplus.org.uk website

providing travel and transport information