Milton Keynes South Midlands Growth Area Modal Shift Strategy. Stakeholder Workshop

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1 Milton Keynes South Midlands Growth Area Modal Shift Strategy Stakeholder Workshop 22 nd July 2008

2 Consultancy Team - Introductions Appointed by the MKSM Strategic Transport Board to help develop the Modal Shift Strategy Richard Higgins (Arup) Richard Armitage (RATC) Kath Tierney (RATC) John Taylor (TAS)

3 Programme The structure is very interactive, your participation is more important than ours! Initial session identifies key issues for the strategy and determining sub-regional importance The rest of the morning will be taken with discussing the form and content of the sub-regional networks After lunch break out groups will explore key themes Finally there is a feedback session and close around 15.20

4 Issues for Sub-regional Priorities Scale of provision and investment must be consistent with economic activity and projected growth Key corridors / nodes for investment Supporting sustainable settlements Inter-regional movement corridors Robust priorities and plan for delivery

5 Your Modal Shift Strategy If you are unable to get all your views across today, there will be further opportunity for feedback please contribute as much as you can Please provide feedback by any means, phone, fax, or letter via the RATC contact details used to circulate information, this will allow all comments to be collated

6 Delegate Poll Feedback Modal change targets, tools and funding

7 MKSM Today and the Impact of Growth There has already been significant growth between 1991 and % higher MKSM population; 26% higher in Milton Keynes; 17% greater working age population; approximately 9% more workplaces This level of change has a serious impact on public services, housing and transport infrastructure

8 MKSM Today and the Impact of Growth 84% of employed residents work in the sub-region Most residents (>60%) work locally in each area Economically bouyant, high average GVA per person

9 MKSM Today and the Impact of Growth Multi-centred sub-region Strong NW-SE links Strategic, national role of M1, A14, WCML, MML Limited connectivity between centres Push and pull of London and Birmingham

10 MKSM Today and the Impact of Growth Birmingham and London are already attractors for over 5% of all work trips Also, growth is uneven with economic restructuring following a decline in UK manufacturing The strategic road networks balance local, regional and national needs and suffer variable congestion Future growth will highlight key bottlenecks The relatively high number of local journeys to work may hide some lack of connectivity across the sub-region Conclusion you need a modal shift strategy!

11 Making a contribution Committed and planned improvement schemes focus on reducing congestion and enhancing public transport, to support growth Some extra capacity is provided but it may not be enough for the predicted growth

12 Future network improvements Revised timetable for highway improvements announced Schemes to open in the next three years (Command Paper- Roads: Delivering Choice and Reliability Scheme M1 Junction 6a 10 Type of Scheme Motorway Widening Location Hertfordshire Schemes being considered for implementation before 2014 Scheme M1 Junctions M1 Junctions M1 Junction 19/M6 A14 Kettering Type of Scheme Capacity Enhancement Capacity Enhancement Junction Improvements Trunk Road Capacity Enhancements Location Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire Bedfordshire/Bucks/Northants Warwickshire/Leicestershire Northants Extra capacity on rail lines to London (WCML upgrade and Thameslink improvements underway) Continued development of East-West Rail proposals

13 A Vision for Sustainable Transport Transport networks needed to enable the sub-region to function as a single economic space Prioritising sustainable modes to enable growth Requires investment in high quality transport to connect: core centres people to places to other regions/national networks to airports and ports Minimise the impact of growth on demand for car travel Assisting in meeting wider social objectives

14 Can it deliver this?

15 Wider context Ties into the emerging national transport agenda articulated in Towards a Sustainable Transport Strategy Identifies a delivery focused sub-regional transport strategy clear and distinct from, but complimentary to both regional and local transport planning and delivery Caters for the uniqueness of the MKSM sub-regional geography, spanning three individual English Regions Informs and assists policy planning at the regional and national level. Provides an overarching strategic framework for local transport delivery

16 National strategy context The TaSTS agenda sets out strategic challenges to shape future transport strategy and policy planning at the regional and local level, based around five goals : Productivity and economic development Climate Change Safety, security and health Quality of Life and the environment Equality of Opportunity Eddington and TaSTS also set out a clear spatial framework within which future national transport policy planning and decision-making will take place And importantly the Sub-regional Strategy Review

17 Why a sub-regional strategy? Four tiers of transport strategy: National Regional Sub-regional Local LTPs constrained and short-term (5 years) Transport networks and flows cross boundaries Transport emerging as a sub-regional priority Support for scheme delivery and needed investment Sub-region could be split in terms of regional funding

18 Main Principles Modal shift needs to occur to deliver the development necessary for growth Investment should ensure alternatives to car are attractive to encourage real behavioural change Achieving modal shift must be value for money and affordable Interventions must be effective to deliver expected benefits Strategy must clearly relate to sub-regional objectives and outcomes

19 Themes of the Strategy Highway: Efficient use of existing capacity to alleviate bottlenecks and cater for strategic traffic Rail: additional capacity, better frequencies / journey times, new lines/services, tram-train? Bus: bus improvement corridors (i.e. reliability, journey times, accessibility, quality), BRT? Integration: strategic park & ride, interchanges, ticketing and information, service delivery Support measures: travel planning at key nodes, cycling, better accessibility/information

20 Key Elements Strengthen key corridors, consider best or right mode Encourage sustainable travel demands and choices Influence peak capacity and reduce demand suppression Strategic Park and Ride / Parkway stations Develop and improve interchanges Support strategies encouraging public transport use ticketing, fares, information, accessibility Aim to ensure nowhere is more than one connection away from a major public transport interchange with access to national networks

21 Defining the strategy What are the best mechanisms for achieving success? What criteria should be used to assess them? How should the strategy by delivered? Who should be responsible for delivering the strategy?

22 Scenarios Business as usual Not an option? Incremental Adopt strategic regional and sub-regional priorities Deliver an integrated plan supporting land use, reflect demand for strategic movement corridors Proactive, challenging Significant change in level of funding Delivery of major sub-regional public transport projects Revitalised railway services, transformed local bus services Aspirational Significant change across the hierarchy Alternative delivery mechanisms, radically different fiscal approach

23 Where are we aiming? Incremental is realistic to short term funding Clear strategy for further investment as funding opportunities arise Address issues for implementation and delivery Seek to move towards Proactive or Aspriational Adapt to changing fiscal and institutional arrangements Clear role for the private sector delivering investment to support development and enabling growth, through existing and innovative funding contributions

24 Coffee Break

25 What is sub-regional How do we define a corridor or node as being of subregional importance? Connection to national/international networks? Meets an economic importance/population threshold? International gateway? National/regional gateway? What should this mean in respect of achieving minimum standards of quality and reliability How well do the current sub-regional nodes and corridors portray MKSM (if at all)?

26 How to prioritise investment Underused or inefficient infrastructure Access to national/international networks required (gateways) Sustainable demand for economic growth Addressing congestion as a barrier to growth Optimise existing resources prior to investment in new infrastructure or services

27 What might the strategy look like? Where are the key interchange points? What is the core network of strategic corridors? How do we improve public transport connections, at gateways and jumping off points How do we improve the accessibility of gateways and hubs to ensure seamless public transport choices from as wide a catchment as possible?

28 London, Birmingham & North West Corridor East/West Corridor North/South Corridor

29 Key motorway Junctions Rail Stations Airports

30 Plenary Session

31 Sharing Good Practice Highways Public transport Travel planning, walking and cycling

32 SWYMBUS South and West Yorkshire Motorways Best Use Study Integrated demand management Objectives (protect benefits) Interventions (car share/hov lanes) Monitoring (air quality) Innovation (information sharing and control systems First HOV lane on UK motorways, M62 Junction 26 Dedicated free flow HOV lane from M606 Bradford onto M62 Significant journey time savings predicted, down from 11.5mins in the peak to 3.5mins for HOVs

33 SWYMBUS

34 SWYMBUS

35 Groningen

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37 Public transport Perception: major quality / capacity improvements needs to be visible to all Bus: Deregulation + competition authorities Wait for new structures in Transport Bill? What can be achieved on a win-win basis? Public do not understand local borders BRT / HQPTS links need to precede new development (work and homes) How support / control sub-regionally? Relationship to rail? MKSM rail strategy?

38 Delegate Poll What are the Priorities?

39 Lunch

40 Break Out Exploring the Potential A: Public transport, interchange, park and ride B: Travel planning and sustainability C: Highways, parking and demand management D: Sub-regional planning and modal shift

41 Coffee Break

42 Feedback Report from Break Out Groups 1 4 Review of Delegate Poll results

43 What happens next? Initial feedback from today, full proceedings by All additional feedback and comments welcome Further consultation and second workshop Intention to be able to present a strategy to the Strategic Transport Board in October

44 Thank you, goodbye and have a safe journey