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Workplace Parking Levy: A new UK instrument?

Grant Butterworth Planning and Transport Strategy Service Manager Nottingham City Council UK

Outline Introduction to Nottingham Context Nottingham’s Transport performance Parking Policy New Opportunity of Workplace Parking Levy Marketing our Vision Next Steps and conclusions

Nottingham City Council’s Transport and Planning Pow ers

highway authority and public transport authority

• local and strategic planning authority
• retained ownership of main bus company
• bus company is operator of new tram system
• wn one third of city centre car parks and

four park and ride sites

• responsible for enforcement of parking

control on street

A few w ords about m e…….

• Background is land use planning
• I manage Nottingham City Council’s:
• land use planning policy team
• transport strategy team
• public transport team

A few w ords about Nottingham The capital of England’s East Midlands 6th biggest city outside London A population of over 600,000 Travel to work area 750,000 A first choice for shopping leisure and entertainment A modern, go ahead city A great place to live, work and learn

Greater Nottingham

City City

274,000 274,000

Conurbation Conurbation 630,000 630,000 Travel to work Travel to work area 742,000 area 742,000

Retail

• Top 5 retail ranking in UK
• 40% increase in floorspace over

last 10 years

• Retail and leisure key development

driver

• Strong demand - over 300 retailers

requirements

Em ploym ent

• Up to 60,000 jobs located in

City Centre

• 293,000 jobs across urban

area

• Growth in service sector

rather than manufacturing (now accounts for 80% share)

• City GDP per head amongst

the highest in the country

Education

• Two popular high ranking

universities

• 50,000 students (30,000 full-

time)

• Generate 15,000 graduates

per year

• Up to a third of graduates

stay in Nottingham area

• Less positive (but improving)

picture in schools

How did w e get here?

• Integrated planning and transport
• Resisted out-of-town retail during 1980’s & 1990’s
• Planned for growth in-town
• Public ownership of bus company retained
• New Local Transport Plan
• ‘Big Picture’ transport vision

Ambitious plans for employment growth across whole of Greater Nottingham

Integrated ‘Big Picture’ transport strategy to support this growth

Strategic road network- need to reduce impacts

• f through traffic on city centre

Bus networks offer key alternative to the car: increase capacity for access

Rail development plans in place

• but very limited funding

NET Lines 2 and 3 a big priority

• but 25% local contribution needed

Resources needed to maintain and civilise local roads as well

Interchanges plus park and ride

Our transport credentials 1 : track record 2001-2005 Local Transport Plan 1:

• Traffic growth stabilised
• Public transport use up 6%
• Killed and seriously injured reduced by 23% (child KSI’s by 38%)
• Unemployment down 23%

60 70 80 90 100 110 120 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 B us & Tram use (+6.6% ) R egistered unemployed (-22.6% ) Traffic (+1.2% ) K illed and Seriously Injured (-22.8% )

Greater Nottingham LTP 1 Sum m ary

Our transport credentials 2 : quality bus services

Our transport credentials 2 : quality bus services

Nottingham City Transport: national Bus Operator of the Year 2004 trent barton: national Bus Operator of the Year 1999, 2001, 2003 High Patronage: – 67m bus passengers 04/05 – highest % bus commuting of any large city outside London (2001 Census) Good Reliability: – Nottingham City Transport 04/05 avg: 97% High Vehicle Quality: – NCT 82% low floor (100% by 2007) Average Fleet age: 4.8 years – trent barton low floor: 100% by 2006 Average Fleet age: 3 years

Our transport credentials 3 : Nottingham Express Transit

Nottingham Express Transit

• Opened March 2004
• Patronage ahead of target: 8.4m
• 3,000 park and ride spaces
• 99% reliable
• 98% punctual
• 25,000 users a day
• Lines 2 and 3 a major priority

mppa

NET Line One

8.4 5.5 7.2 8.3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Pessimistic build-up (50%) Central build-up (65%) Optimsitic build-up (75%) Estimated demand for 1st year

• ut-turn

range of forecasts

Our transport credentials 3 : Nottingham Express Transit

• Success of NET Line 1

provides a national model to follow

• Biggest UK Local authority

led PFI scheme

• Bus integration and park and

ride key success factors

• NET Phase 2 Key Building

block of LTP2

Key Challenges: Congestion

• Impacts particularly impact on

speed and reliability of public transport

• LTP Target not on track
• Despite investment in bus

priority scheduled times are slower

• More radical priority and

schemes required?

• And ££££s for buses and NET

Phase 2……

Parking Policy Package Response for Congestion reduction

• Workplace Parking Levy key potential component of parking

strategy

• Off street control (planning standards, City council owned car

parks)

• Complementary car park, Bus, Park and ride and pricing

strategies

• On Street control:Parking Attendants
• Future opportunities of Moving Traffic Offence/Bus Lane

Enforcement

• Central tool to support new Traffic Manager responsibility

(Traffic Management Act duty)

Restraint based Developm ent Control Planning parking Policies

• Land is in short supply
• Planning objective to retain compact city and reduce

dispersal

• Dense development is good for public transport
• Standards comply with PPG13: maximum not

minimum

• More restrictive in City Centre

Restraint based Developm ent Control Planning parking Policies Current standards Office standards 1 space per 40msq outside city centre 1 space per 100msq in city centre PPG13 allows 1 space per 30msq Historically we have had more restrictive standards than the adjoining authorities: evidence of developers locating to secure higher provision

Restraint based Developm ent Control Planning parking Policies

• Travel plans: monitored in conjunction with LTP

W orkplace Parking Levy

• New Opportunity Transport Act 2000
• What is it?
• Potential scenario?

W orkplace Parking Levy

• Approx £175 per parking space per year,

charged to OCCUPIER (employer)

• possible exemption for small businesses,

schools, NHS health facilities and emergency services

• Around 34,000 liable spaces (80,000 in total)
• refund for approved commuter travel plan

expenditure

• 100% revenue ringfenced for transport
• Revenue over 10 years c. £90m?

W orkplace Parking Levy

• Parking surveys provide operating database
• Simple operating system, in-house add on to

existing Parking Services function

• Simple IT, links to planning and Business

Rates

• Online applications
• Annual licence
• Enforcement – requires Regulations from

Government

Encourage better (and fairer) car park management Reduce pressure for green belt land take and urban dispersal Encourage use/viability of public transport Encourage efficient/productive use of land Promote use of Travel Plans W orkplace Parking Levy w ill: Help retain compact city model- easier to serve by bus/tram Raise revenue for transport investment Target commuters and peak traffic periods

W hat could W PL Buy?

• Income £90m in years 1-10:

– 25% Local Contribution to NET Phase 2 (£70m needed over 30 years) – Midland Station Masterplan – Bus service support and development – Local transport initiatives

NET I ntegration w ith heavy rail

• Midland Station Masterplan
• Integrates buses and light rail

with heavy rail

• Improves capacity
• Scheme of regional/national

significance (Eurostar at St Pancras)

• Funding is a key challenge

W hy not Road User Charging?

• Retail and leisure: footloose customers with Derby and

Leicester close by

• Economic climate in retail and leisure sectors
• VHS vs. Betamax: need to choose right technology
• Financially less efficient
• Keen to make progress now

Gaining the Evidence and Building the case: w hat about im pacts?

• Must be able to demonstrate impact on congestion
• Business impact small, with many ways of reducing it
• Social and economic impacts largely positive
• Environmental impact positive
• Impact on congestion also small, but significant when includes

what levy will buy……

Local requirem ents to be satisfied to m ove forw ard?

• Reassurance on Government

funding approval for NET Phase 2

Potential next steps and tim etable?

• Member decision to proceed when negotiations with

Government are concluded

• Decision will commit to formal consultation
• Consultation, public inquiry and amendments – 9 months
• Member consideration – 3 months
• DfT consideration – 6 months
• Preparation before start – 3-6 months
• Commence scheme in 2008?

Marketing the Vision?

• Need to be able to market the benefits of WPL
• Basis is our existing Greater Nottingham Transport

Partnership: businesses, public transport operators, universities and health sector

• Www.thebigwheel.org.uk

Conclusions

• To sustain growth we can’t afford

complacency

• WPL is a financially effective and

deliverable tool

• Political realities need to be understood-

local and national

• Introduction of a national scheme would be

welcomed

• Local initiative will probably be needed

Contacts Email grant.butterworth@nottinghamcity.gov.uk Nottingham City Council www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/transport_and_streets www.thebigwheel.org.uk UK Govt Department for Transport www.dft.gov.uk