Pennine Lancashire Leaders meeting

19th January 2011Local Transport Plan 3 progress

Mike Cliffe – Blackburn with Darwen BC

What is the LTP?An integrated Plan for transportAddresses issues and proposes solutionsSets out a long term strategy (2011-

2021) and short term (2011-2015) implementation plan

Details key schemes and how they will be implemented and monitored

Sets out how residents and partners are consulted

LTP1 and LTP2 2001-11A great success for the area

Delivered over £100m of transport improvements in PL

Attracted significant amounts of 3rd party funding

Promoted regeneration of our town centres, accessibility, jobs, road safety, and sustainability

Useful lessons learned for the LTP3 transport strategy

Planning for LTP3: the story so far

Joint LTP3 launch event – November 2009Spring 2010: series of policy background

papers producedSummer 2010: consultation on LTP goals and

challenges undertaken in Summer 2010Over 400 responses received across 3

authorities

Autumn 2010: issues over governance over a joint LTP3 for Lancashire split into the three MAA areas.

Outcome: The 3 transport authorities to produce separate LTP strategies and implementation plans as we do now.

Goals and ChallengesGoal 1: Supporting Economic GrowthPeak time congestion and traffic levels: economic and environmental impacts

Goal 2. Reducing carbon emissionsClimate change: transport is responsible for a quarter of UK CO2 emissions (and rising)Importance of maintaining our assets

Goal 3: Promoting equality of opportunityCar dependence: journeys are getting longer as local facilities are centralised. Increasing social exclusion.

• Goal 4: Providing better safety and security • Casualties: 3000 deaths a year in the UK mostly on local roads

Goal 5: Improving quality of life, health and the natural environment Health: declining walking and cycling – contributing to rising obesity

ContextRecession and unemploymentReductions in public spending are upon usClimate Change Act: requires reductions in carbon

emissions of 26% by 2022 and 80% by 2050 in the UK

In Pennine Lancashire a growing, young population, with low car ownership and high public transport dependency

Deprivation: BwD is 17th nationally Need to regenerate and continue the economic

development of the areaConsequences of doing nothing…….

Key challenges and issues in PL: HyndburnNeed to support transformation of housingImprove access to employment, education

and facilities especially in urban centresImprove links to growth centres by road

and railDelivery of Pennine Reach project

Blackburn with Darwen

Need to improve access to employment, education and health facilities (RBH, Samlesbury, Whitebirk/Shadsworth)

Restructuring of parts of the central Blackburn road network

Delivery of Pennine ReachNeed for innovative transport solutions

particularly for public transportTo improve links to growth centres

particularly by rail

BurnleyNeed to address transport capacity and

accessibility that could constrain delivery of new employment

To work with vulnerable groups to increase travel horizons

To encourage walking and cycling and tackle dominance of traffic in inner urban areas

To improve links to growth centres by road and rail, particularly the Todmorden Curve

PendleNeed to improve connectivity with Pennine

Lancashire, specifically with Blackburn and the Whitebirk Strategic Site

To deal with urban traffic issues in Colne at the end of the M65

To improve connectivity to Yorkshire by road (and rail longer term)

To improve road safety

Rossendale Need to improve access for those without a

carTo tackle congestion in Rawtenstall and

improve public transport optionsTo improve linkages to areas of growthTo develop smarter choice campaign as

economic linkages grow with ManchesterTo improve connectivity to Manchester via

Bury and the East Lancashire Railway

Ribble Valley

Need to tackle effects of low public transport accessibility

To invest within Clitheroe Town Centre as the important public transport hub

To target feeder bus services or community transport options

To enhance access to the countryside from the main towns (Clitheroe / Whalley / Longridge)

LTP3 consultations with Greater Manchester

• Trends and scale of the challenge• 1 million plus daily commuters with strong PT demands to

regional centre• Journey times: 60% commuting > 20 mins, 25% > 40 mins,

30% of car <5km• LTP1 and LTP2 seen significant investment under PT led

strategy• 80% of commuting car drivers travel alone• 25% increase in motorway traffic since 2000• Strong rail growth now posing an immediate overcrowding

challenge• Metrolink overcrowding resolution now underway• Bus remains a mixed picture – total patronage broadly

static, with strength in some (QBC) commuting corridors and senior citizens (NCT) travel

GM core objectives and key delivery proposals

• Agreed objectives are to:• support the ECONOMY • ensure CARBON emissions from transport are reduced• minimise the adverse impact of transport on HEALTH

and SAFETY• ensure design and maintenance supports SUSTAINABLE

NEIGHBOURHOODS• maximise VALUE FOR MONEY

• Key delivery proposals which will impact on PL:• Better buses• A rail system for our future economy• Fares, tickets and information for sustainable travel

Economic relationships between GM and neighbouring authorities are vital, but also very distinctive

Source: The Work Foundation, July 2010 for Northern Way and others

GM has the largest travel-to-work area outside London

Manchester’s strength as an economic centre generates labour market relationships with neighbouring areas

Manchester is second only to London in terms of the number of higher skilled managerial and professional people within its extensive travel-to-work area

Rail passengers tend to be employed in high value jobs. GM data indicates 71% of rail users are ABC1 compared to 36% in general population

White collar employment in central Manchester grew from 58% to 70% in the four years to 2007

Rail plays a key role in providing necessary economic linkages for many of our Authorities

Rail and the labour pool. The extensive commuter network into Manchester has seen very fast growth

over past ten yearsPeople are commuting from further afieldImpact has been a widening labour/talent pool and spreading of economic

benefits across a wide area

Rail and business. Greater Manchester is blessed with extensive links between major business

centres in region and beyondLondon service is most frequent major rail service (for its distance) in EuropeConnections to Manchester Airport are key

Rail and movement of goods. Major terminals (e.g. at Trafford Park) served by railways. Very fast growth in

container traffic (e.g. potential development of Port Salford).

What You Can Do

Ensure responses are made to BwDBC and Lancashire County Council LTP3 consultations

Continue to push for improvements to PL transport system through PLACE

Continue to push for additional rail rolling stock and the Northern Hub investment

Encourage your MPs to join the All Party Parliamentary Group on Rail in the North