National Case for Change Report Appendix E: Options Sifted in for Further Consideration Through STPR2
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STPR2: Initial Appraisal: Case for Change – National Report National Case for Change Report Appendix E: Options Sifted In for Further Consideration through STPR2 Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) 1 Consultancy Support Services Contract STPR2: Initial Appraisal: Case for Change – National Report National Options Sifted In Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) 2 Consultancy Support Services Contract STPR2: Initial Appraisal: Case for Change – National Report Grouping Reference Option Title Grouping Name(s) Mode Access to bikes: Improve access to bikes (conventional and e- National 1 bikes) and equipment (lights, locks, helmets) through urban bike Active Travel Access to Bikes hire schemes, bike libraries and other initiatives Bike hire schemes, bike libraries & help to buy schemes: Support National 2 Active Travel Access to Bikes for more people to have access to bikes for more journeys E-bike promotion: Improve access to e-bikes and enable their use National 3 Active Travel Access to Bikes through provision of appropriate charging facilities National 4 E-bikes: Support for increased availability and use of e-bikes Active Travel Access to Bikes Active travel hubs: Provide active travel hubs in all Scotland’s cities National 5 and major towns, each providing advice, along with bike storage Active Travel Active Travel Hubs and maintenance facilities Connect More Settlements Connect more settlements to the National Cycle Network (NCN): National 6 Active Travel to the National Cycle Expand the NCN to reach more settlements Network (NCN) Current National Cycle Network (NCN): Bring all of the existing NCN up to appropriate standards, including addressing issues Current National Cycle National 7 Active Travel where there are safety concerns at on-road sections since they Network were added to the network. Cycle/public transport integration: Development of specialist cycle Cycle / Public Transport National 8 carriages on rural railways for example, in the Borders, SW forests Active Travel Integration and Highlands Cycle/public transport integration: Enable carriage of more bikes on Cycle / Public Transport National 9 Active Travel interurban buses, all trains and ferries Integration Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) 3 Consultancy Support Services Contract STPR2: Initial Appraisal: Case for Change – National Report Grouping Reference Option Title Grouping Name(s) Mode Strategic route footway enhancements: Ensure all footways are sufficiently wide, well surfaced, drained and accessible with drop Footway Enhancements on National 10 Active Travel kerbs at crossings, and with safe crossing facilities on major desire Strategic Routes lines and adequate security (sightlines, lighting) where feasible Former rail route reuse: Creation of more active travel routes on Former Rail Route Re-use National 11 Active Travel former rail lines for active travel Information & signage for Active Travel: Provide good information Information & Signage for National 12 Active Travel and signage of active travel networks and facilities Active Travel Improved active travel journey planning: Improved on-line active Information & Signage for National 13 Active Travel travel journey planning tools Active Travel Liveable neighbourhoods: Make suburban neighbourhoods in Scotland’s cities and towns more conducive for active travel by National 14 Active Travel Liveable Neighbourhoods improving conditions for walking, wheeling and cycling and reducing traffic dominance Major trip attractor accessibility by Active Travel: Provide safe, high Major Trip Attractor quality active travel routes that enable easy access to major trip National 15 Active Travel Accessibility by Active attractors (e.g. hospitals, major employment sites) in Scotland’s Travel cities and towns National 16 Public Bike Hire Schemes: Free bike hire across Scotland Active Travel Public Bike Hire Schemes Public bike hire schemes: Roll out public bike hire schemes to National 17 Active Travel Public Bike Hire Schemes enable their use by more people in more locations in Scotland Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) 4 Consultancy Support Services Contract STPR2: Initial Appraisal: Case for Change – National Report Grouping Reference Option Title Grouping Name(s) Mode Quiet roads: Implement quiet road speed limits and traffic calming National 18 Active Travel Quiet Roads measures on rural roads that form parts of active travel networks School accessibility: Provide the opportunity for safe, high quality National 19 active travel routes that enables school pupils resident in Scotland’s Active Travel School Active Travel cities and towns to walk, wheel or cycle to school Strategic Active Travel Strategic urban active travel corridors: Provide high quality, Corridors within and National 20 segregated active travel routes on major distributor routes in Active Travel between Urban Areas Scotland’s towns and cities, with connections to major trip attractors (Active Freeways) Develop a system of Greenways for walking and cycling to bring Strategic Expansions of the National 21 together the benefits of active travel whilst enjoying the natural Active Travel National Cycle Network environment. Strategic expansions of the NCN: Expand the NCN to fill identified Strategic Expansions of the National 22 Active Travel gaps, including connections to all major ports National Cycle Network Strategic road severance: Improve facilities and crossings for National 23 pedestrians and cyclists in locations where strategic roads have a Active Travel Strategic Road Severance significant severance effect in communities Thriving centres: Make town and neighbourhood centres more National 24 conducive for active travel by improving the urban realm and Active Travel Thriving Centres reducing the dominance of vehicular traffic and car parking Green networks: Develop a system of Greenways for walking and National 25 cycling to bring together the benefits of active travel whilst enjoying Active Travel Thriving Centres the natural environment Town/city centre pedestrianisation: Programme to improve public National 26 Active Travel Thriving Centres realm and/or pedestrianise significant parts of town and city centres Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) 5 Consultancy Support Services Contract STPR2: Initial Appraisal: Case for Change – National Report Grouping Reference Option Title Grouping Name(s) Mode Cycle parking and facilities: Provide secure cycle parking for tenement/flat dwellers that do not have appropriate facilities and Transport Node National 27 Active Travel secure cycle parking and appropriate facilities for cyclists at all key Connectivity trip attractors (including transport stops, stations and interchanges) Transport node connectivity: Provide high quality active travel routes between public transport nodes (rail stations, bus stations Transport Node National 28 Active Travel and key bus stops) and their catchments (residential and key trip Connectivity attractors), along with high quality cycle parking at the nodes Cycle parking and facilities: Provide secure cycle parking for tenement/flat dwellers that do not have appropriate facilities and Transport Node National 29 Active Travel secure cycle parking and appropriate facilities for cyclists at all key Connectivity trip attractors National 30 Improve access to local greenspace Active Travel Urban Placemaking National 31 Increase presence of parkland corridors in urban areas Active Travel Urban Placemaking Urban placemaking: Deliver placemaking schemes to improve the National 32 quality and ambiance of street spaces in Scotland’s cities, towns Active Travel Urban Placemaking and villages Village – town connections: Provide appropriate standard active Village – Town Active Travel National 33 travel routes from villages to at least one nearby town or regional Active Travel Connections centre. Car Clubs/Shared Ownership: Encourage a greater formation of Behaviour National 34 Car Clubs to help reduce private car use and demand for all day Expansion of Car Clubs Change parking Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) 6 Consultancy Support Services Contract STPR2: Initial Appraisal: Case for Change – National Report Grouping Reference Option Title Grouping Name(s) Mode Behaviour National 35 Car clubs: Expansion in car club availability and use Expansion of Car Clubs Change Improved information on sustainable travel modes: Improved information (possibly including printed, real time and on-vehicle Behaviour Improved Information on National 36 announcements) on active and sustainable travel routes and Change Sustainable Travel Modes services Deployment of Low Emission Zone (LEZ) for area / route where Behaviour National 37 only certain vehicles are allowed to enter, based on their emissions Low Emission Zones (LEZ) Change standards Active travel tourism promotion: Implement a national, long-term campaign to raise awareness of the opportunities for active travel Behaviour National Behaviour Change National 38 tourism/leisure in Scotland and to encourage use of active modes Change Programme for access to tourist/leisure destinations Behavioural change [Active Travel]: Implement a national, long- term campaign (and/or support local/regional campaigns) to Behaviour National Behaviour Change National 39 promote the benefits of active travel (along with other sustainable Change Programme travel options) and give information on appropriate local opportunities to do so Develop travel awareness campaigns that intertwine with school led Behaviour