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Transportation in Newcastle City Centre
Outline:
• Policy background
• Approach to Development Planning
• Performance Indicators
• Moving Ahead
City Centre Context
Economic Activity
Accessibility
Access for All
Public transport
Service vehicles
Cars
Environment
Heritage
An integrated transport agenda:
Unitary Development Plan
• pedestrians
• cyclists
• public transport
• emergency & service vehicles
• essential cars
Traffic management measures to be targeted to reinforce this hierarchy
City Centre transport policies give priority to :
Local Transport Plan
•A 5-year plan for transport in Tyne and Wear (2001-06)
•Involving all means of transport
•Integrating different means of transport and local land-uses
•5 year programs of measures contributing to an overall strategy
•A funding mechanism for our proposals
•Government’s emphasis is increasingly on delivery of targets
Local Transport Plan - Public Priorities
• There is widespread support for the range of positive measures to promote safe and sustainable transport
• Over 80% of respondents support measures enhancing Access-for-All e.g. better lighting, pedestrian routes
• 65%-80% support measures to promote changes in travel behaviour e.g. Safer Routes to Schools, Travel Plans
• Under 25% of respondents support travel-restraint measures e.g. reducing parking provision, road-use charging
Widespread public consultation on the Local Transport Plan revealed the following;
There will be a fundamental review of these priorities in 2004/05 as we move towards the second LTP
Approach to developments
Planning for development sites supports a multi-modal UDP strategy.
Travel assessments consider :-
• pedestrians and cyclists
• accessibility by public transport
• access arrangements for servicing
• travel plans to improve sustainability
• managing access to support City Centre traffic proposals
Sites at:
1. Percy Street
2. Gallowgate/St James/Citygate
3. Blandford Square / Discovery
4. East St. James Boulevard
5. Redheugh Bridgehead
6. Elswick Wharf
7. Central Station / Stephenson Quarter
8. Broad Chare
9. Quayside / Ouseburn
City Centre development sites
Performance indicators - traffic flow
Traffic flows across Central Cordon -
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50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
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12 h
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r fl
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Traffic flows at Central Cordon
M/CYC
P/C
HGV
LGV
Buses
Cars
Total
Performance - Parking
Parking Supply
Target = 10,000 public spaces in City Centre
Current supply = 9,938 spaces
Recent closure of Quayside, Broad Chare, Manor Chare car parks
Due to lose parking in vicinity of East Blenheim Street
Performance indicators - casualties
Road safety:
Casualties in City Centre:
Fatal Serious Slight All
1994-98(av) 2.4 31.2 258 291.6
2002 0 24 290 314
National target - reduce KSI by 40% by 2010
Performance indicators - Bus Use
National target Secure improvements to local public transportto increase use by more than 12% by 2010compared to 2000 levels
Current position Baseline2001/02
2002/03 %changeto date
Bus pass.journeysMetro pass.journeysAll local publictransport(+ferry/rail)
146,955
33,412
183,156
139,350
36,670
177,275
-5.18
+9.75
-3.21
Performance - Air Quality
National target Improve air quality by meeting National AirQuality Strategy objectives for the 7 definedpollutants
Current position No long-term breaches of defined air qualitycriteria for 7 designated pollutants adjacent tomajor roads, pollution levels are withinstatutory limits
Tyne and Wear specialcircumstances
Still relatively low car ownership/high publictransport use
Requirement Continued campaigns (e.g. Carbon NeutralCity), more alternative-fuelled vehicles, CityClear Zones
Local Development Frameworks & the second Transport Plan - Issues
Government has committed increased resources to integrated transport - and is expecting results against shared priorities, especially:
• Accessibility & social
• Demand management
• Public transport priorities
• Travel planning
Developing robust and affordable strategies to deliver these targets will enable the City Council to implement its strategy
What needs to be done ?
• Fundamental review of strategy/ investment plans for next LTP• Development of comprehensive demand-management strategy for
Tyne and Wear - including capacity planning on key routes in Newcastle
• Improved integration of transport investment into regeneration plans
• Strengthening the links between strategy and delivery of transport investment
• Powers to enforce moving traffic offences (including bus lanes) as part of decriminalised parking
• Performance targets relevant to Newcastle and Tyne&Wear
City Centre - 2001/02 Programme