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Saddleworth School, Huddersfield Road Oldham Saddleworth School, Huddersfield Road Oldham Transport Assessment March 2009 Produced for Oldham Council Prepared by Unity Partnership Henshaw House Cheapside Oldham OL1 1NY UK T 0161 770 3000 Saddleworth School, Oldham Transport Assessment Contents Contents .......................................................................................................................i Figures.........................................................................................................................v Tables..........................................................................................................................vi Photos........................................................................................................................vii 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................1 1.1 Project description................................................................................................1 1.2 Project background ..............................................................................................1 1.3 Project Scope.......................................................................................................1 1.4 Purpose of the Report ..........................................................................................1 1.5 Structure of the Report.........................................................................................2 2 Policy Guidance .................................................................................................3 2.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................3 2.2 National Planning Policy.......................................................................................3 2.3 Regional and Local Transport Policy ....................................................................5 2.4 How the Development Proposal Addresses Policy .............................................12 3 Existing Conditions..........................................................................................13 3.1 Existing School Site and Location ......................................................................13 3.2 Surrounding Highway Network ...........................................................................15 3.3 Development Site...............................................................................................16 3.4 Existing Traffic Operations .................................................................................16 i Saddleworth School, Oldham Transport Assessment 3.5 Car parking, minibus provision and drop-off trips................................................18 3.6 Summary............................................................................................................19 4 Public Transport Accessibility ........................................................................20 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................20 4.2 Buses.................................................................................................................20 4.3 Existing Railway Network ...................................................................................22 4.4 Metro..................................................................................................................22 4.5 Taxi Provision ....................................................................................................23 4.6 Summary............................................................................................................23 5 Walking/Cycling Accessibility and Inclusive Mobility ...................................24 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................24 5.2 Access for Pedestrians.......................................................................................24 5.3 Access for Cyclists .............................................................................................25 5.4 Inclusive Mobility ................................................................................................26 5.5 Summary............................................................................................................26 6 Proposed Development ...................................................................................28 6.1 The Existing Position..........................................................................................28 6.2 The Proposed Development...............................................................................28 6.3 Internal Layout ...................................................................................................29 6.4 Proposed Site Access ........................................................................................30 6.5 Inclusive Mobility ................................................................................................31 ii Saddleworth School, Oldham Transport Assessment 6.6 Summary............................................................................................................31 7 School Travel Plan ...........................................................................................32 7.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................32 7.2 Position ..............................................................................................................32 7.3 Measures ...........................................................................................................32 7.4 Predicted Impact of School Travel Planning .......................................................32 8 Development Impact ........................................................................................33 8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................33 8.2 Highway Network Analysis .................................................................................34 8.3 Network Traffic Growth and Committed Development........................................34 8.4 Trip Generation ..................................................................................................34 8.5 Trip Distribution and Assignment........................................................................35 8.6 Committed Development....................................................................................36 8.7 Junction Capacity Analysis.................................................................................36 8.8 Sustainable Travel Modes..................................................................................37 8.9 Public Transport Capacity Analysis ....................................................................38 8.10 Taxi Provision ....................................................................................................38 8.11 Predicted Impact of School Travel Planning .......................................................38 8.12 School Construction Impact................................................................................39 8.13 Summary............................................................................................................39 9 Accident Analysis ............................................................................................40 iii Saddleworth School, Oldham Transport Assessment 9.1 Accident Data.....................................................................................................40 9.2 Summary of Accident Analysis ...........................................................................40 9.3 Detailed accident analysis..................................................................................40 9.4 National comparison ..........................................................................................41 9.5 Summary............................................................................................................42 10 Conclusion and Recommendations................................................................43 Appendix A – Survey count data Appendix B – Walking catchments Appendix C – Walking distances: up to 15 minutes from existing school Appendix D – Walking distances: up to 15 minutes from proposed school Appendix E – Cycling catchments Appendix F – Accident plots iv Saddleworth School, Oldham Transport Assessment Figures Figure 3-1 - Strategic location of Saddleworth School .............................................15 Figure 3-2 - Highway network in surrounding area ..................................................16 Figure 3-3 – Local network surrounding proposed site ............................................17 Figure 4-1 - Bus stop locations near school site ......................................................21 Figure 6-1- Plan of Existing Layout at the Proposed Site.........................................28 Figure 6-2 - Plan of Proposed Layout at the Proposed Site.....................................29 090226 Saddleworth TA Ver5 v Saddleworth School, Oldham Transport Assessment Tables Table 4-1 – Bus Services in proximity to the proposed School ................................21 Table 4-2 – Rail services in proximity to the proposed school .................................22 Table 8-1 – Summary of Applicable Parking Standards
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