Transport for the Community Emily Dunford Team Lead - Public - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Transport for the Community

Emily Dunford Team Lead - Public Transport

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Overview

• Introduction
• Transport for the Community
• Role of the Local Authority
• What is Community Transport?
• Starting a Scheme and Following Best Practice
• The Future?

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Transport for the Community

• Transport takes many forms (Car, Cycling, Bus and Train)
• Private transport (such as the car) makes up the primary mode of

travel for most people

• Bus travel is made up of
• Commercially run bus routes (approximately 50% of the Cornwall

Network)

• Supported bus routes
• Train travel is franchise based

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Role of the Local Authority

• To fill in the gaps in the bus network within a set budget
• Currently around £7 million for bus services excluding bus passes
• Grants for Community Transport
• Provide information about Public Transport to the Community
• Timetable (Printed and online)
• Real Time Passenger Information
• Roadside Infrastructure
• Local Authority, Parish Council and Private Ownership
• Maintenance
• Local Transport Act 1978, Devolution Deal
• One Public Transport for Cornwall
• Two Trains per hour
• Feeder Services

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Transport Coordination Service

TCS

Local Buses 6m journeys £7m p.a. Truro Park & Ride 1.5m journeys £0.5m School/College Transport 12,000 students £9m p.a. Social Care Transport 2,000 clients £3m p.a. Concessionary Fares 100,000 eligible £6m p.a. Special Needs Transport 2,000 students £6m p.a.

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OPTSfC Achievements to Date

New & Upgrade Fleet Infrastructure & Increased Standards Contactless ticket machines Passenger Information & Systems

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What is Community Transport

• No set definition of Community Transport, though there are a regularly

agreed principle of

• Providing a service where no alternative is available (including

Private Car)

• There are different types:
• Community Car
• Shopmobility
• Community Bus (Section 19 and Section 22)
• Wheels to Work
• Schemes can operate different rules for eligibility
• Cornwall currently has a number of schemes providing services.

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Starting a Scheme and Following Best Practice

• Is there a defined need? Can it be evidenced?
• Are there alternative transport solutions for the route(s) people

need?

• Is there a Community Transport group nearby who could expand?
• Could provision be shared?
• What solution is best for the Community?
• Is the scheme sustainable? Funds, volunteers, awareness
• Can best practice be followed?
• DBS checks
• MiDAS training
• Safeguarding training
• Record keeping

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The Future?

The Negatives

• National volunteer driver shortages
• D1 training issues
• Stereotypes and stigmas to Community Transport

The Positives

• Autonomous Vehicles
• Changing Service Delivery (closer to the individual)
• Greater Integration of Transport

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Thank you / Meur ras

If you have any questions or comments transport@cornwall.gov.uk