Business in The Community

Travel Planning Masterclass

Thursday 4th November 2010

Developing Local Transport Plan 3

&

Birchwood Area Travel Plan

� Statutory requirement for all local transport authorities

in England.

� LTPs set out our policies, implementation plans and

targets for improving transport in their community

� LTP1 2001-2006

� LTP2 2006-2011

� LTP3 2011 onwards

�Authorities must produce both

Policies and an Implementation Plan.

Local Transport Plan (LTP)

� Accountable to our community – need to develop close

links with all sectors

� Funding for delivering transport policies/schemes is not

ring fenced

� Authorities need to take a fresh look at policies and

implementation proposals

� Funding levels will be reduced

� Develop good prioritisation frameworks for LTP3

policies

LTP3 – key points

New National ‘Goals’

� Support Economic Growth

� Reduce Carbon Emissions

� Promote Equality of

Opportunity

� Better Safety, Security &

Health

� Improve Quality of Life & a

Healthy Natural Environment

Local Priorities

Priorities based on our

Sustainable Community Strategy

‘One Warrington’

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LTP3

deadline

Public

consultation

Evidence

basePolicy

development

Stakeholder

consultation

Implementation

Plans

Final LTP

documents

LTP3 timetable

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� CPRE

� 20’s Plenty

� Faith sector

� Warrington and Co

� Children’s Services

� Cycle user groups

� Emergency Services

� Highways Agency

� Bus operators

� Train Operators

� Manchester Airport

� Parish Councils

Stakeholders involved include..

� Environment Agency

� Older Peoples Engagement Group

� Nature conservation Forum

� Area coordinators

� LSP members

� Homes and Communities Agency

� GMPTE

� Merseytravel

� Groundwork Merseyside

� Travelwatch NW

� Warrington Disability Partnership

� Birchwood forum

� Business representatives

� Voluntary groups

� GONW

� Adjacent Highway authorities

� Sustrans

� Ramblers Assoc

� NHS

� PCT

LTP3 Themes

Network Management

Asset Management

Safety & Security

Smarter Choices

Motorised Travel

Public Transport

Active Travel

Funding scenarios

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Scenario

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Consultation

Have your say

on the future of

Warrington

How does this relate to Travel Plans?

• Helps to generate conditions which enable

transport by different modes and encourage

changes in travel behaviour

• Warrington Borough Council has a Smarter

Choices team that can provide advice on

developing and updating travel plans

Birchwood Area Travel Plan

• The Highways Agency commissioned the study as part of their

‘Influencing Travel Behaviour’ programme.

• Partners include Warrington Borough Council, MEPC, Birchwood Forum,

Sustainability North West and the Birchwood Business Community.

• Birchwood was selected for a number of reasons:

- The size of the business community;

- The location of the site in relation to the M6 and M62 motorways

and the inevitable car culture;

- Attracts high proportion of long distance commuters;

- MEPC Birchwood Park’s successful travel management plan

- Significant problems with congestion, slow journey times, and

associated parking problems, etc.

Birchwood Business Area

Travel Survey

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Car alone Car share Rail Bus Cycle Motorcycle Walk

2007 Birchwood travel to work survey

Postcode plotting

Travel Information Pack

� Maps

� Timetables

� Travel advice

� Partnership funding for new services

� Awareness raising

� Information

Future

Lesley McAllister

Smarter Choices Manager – Warrington Borough Council

lmcallister@warrington.gov.uk 01925 44 32 49

Thank You