Llwybr Newydd The Wales Transport Strategy 2021 Contents From the Ministers 3 5. Holding ourselves and our partners to account 47 Introduction 5 5.1 Transport performance 1. Vision 11 board 48 5.2 A new evaluation 2. Our priorities 13 framework 48 3. Well-being ambitions 22 5.3 Modal shift 48 Good for people and 5.4 Well-being measures 49 communities 23 5.5 Data on modes and sectors 50 Good for the environment 27 6. The five ways of Good for the economy working 48 and places in Wales 31 6.1 Involvement 52 Good for culture and the Welsh language 34 6.2 Collaboration 52 6.3 Prevention 52 4. How we will deliver 38 6.4 Integration 52 4.1 Investing responsibly 40 6.5 Long-term 52 4.2 Delivery and action plans 41 4.3 Cross-cutting delivery 7. Mini-plans 53 pathways 42 7.1 Active travel 56 4.4 Working in partnership 45 7.2 Bus 60 4.5 Updating our policies 7.3 Rail 64 and governance 46 7.4 Roads, streets and parking 68 4.6 Skills and capacity 46 7.5 Third sector 72 7.6 Taxis and private hire vehicles (PHV) 76 7.7 Freight and logistics 80 7.8 Ports and maritime 84 7.9 Aviation 88 Llwybr Newydd - The Wales Transport Strategy 2021 2 But we won’t achieve that level of physical and digital connectivity change unless we take people with to support access to more local Croeso us, listening to users and involving services, more home and remote from the Ministers people in designing a transport working. If more people can walk system that works for everyone. and cycle for everyday trips, we will reduce our dependency on cars. We are proud to launch Llwybr Our transport system is one of the Newydd – the Wales Transport most important national assets Secondly, we need to allow Strategy 2021 that will shape our we have. It connects people to people and goods to move easily transport system in Wales over the one another, binds communities from door-to-door by accessible, Ken Skates MS next 20 years. Minister for Economy, together and enables businesses to sustainable and efficient transport grow and expand. It’s one of the services and infrastructure. To Transport and North Wales In Wales, we are literally taking a most powerful and dynamic tools achieve this, we will need to invest llwybr newydd, a new path. We for community cohesion, social in reliable, efficient and affordable have set out a new way of thinking justice and inclusive economic transport services that people want that places people and climate growth that we possess. to use, can use and do use. We also change at the front and centre of need the transport infrastructure our transport system. We need an accessible, sustainable to support those services. We and efficient transport system. This will make sure our transport This is something that we have to means one that is good for people infrastructure is safe, accessible, do. The climate emergency is one and communities, good for the well-maintained and future-proofed, of the biggest defining issues of environment, good for the economy to adapt to climate change. our time. If we are going to protect and places and supports a thriving the lives of our children, we need Welsh language and culture. And where we need new transport to achieve net zero by 2050. Lee Waters MS infrastructure, we will take a Deputy Minister for So how do we make that happen? new approach. We will use the And in order to do that, we need Economy and Transport Sustainable Transport Hierarchy to change the way we travel. We Firstly, we need to bring services to give priority to meeting the need fewer cars on our roads, and to people in order to reduce the demand for travel by walking, more people using public transport, need to travel. This is not about cycling and public transport ahead walking or cycling. preventing travel altogether, it is of private motor vehicles. about planning ahead for better Llwybr Newydd - The Wales Transport Strategy 2021 3 Thirdly, we need to encourage planning and our rural offer, people to make the change to whilst nine mini-plans show how more sustainable transport. If we each mode and sector will deliver. are going to meet our climate We will also hold ourselves and change targets, we also need partners to account by monitoring people to travel differently. Which the strategy as a whole. means making it easier to do the OUR VISION right thing. We will do this by Llwybr Newydd is the beginning making low-carbon sustainable of a journey – not an end. It sets An accessible, sustainable and efficient transport system transport more attractive and a long-term direction and three more affordable, and by adopting urgent and immediate priorities. It Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 innovations that make it easier shows where we want to go – and Bring services to Allow people and Encourage people to to use. how we will get there. people in order goods to move easily make the change to to reduce the from door to door by more sustainable need to travel accessible, sustainable transport Together, these three priorities will This is not just our strategy. We transport improve our health, tackle poverty want to thank the many individuals and open our transport system to and organisations who helped us all, particularly for those without during drafting, and who have WELL BEING AMBITIONS access to a car and those living in taken the time to respond to our rural areas. consultation. Your feedback has Good for Good for Good for challenged us, but your overall Good for the people and places and culture and the The key to any strategy is how it support clearly indicates we are on environment communities the economy Welsh language will be delivered. A detailed five- the right path, y llwybr cywir. year National Transport Delivery Plan and Regional Transport Plans Llwybr Newydd – The Wales will tailor delivery to the needs of Transport Strategy 2021 will deliver every part of Wales. Four cross- a transport system that provides a cutting delivery pathways will better Wales for generations help us follow through on our to come. commitments on decarbonisation, equality, integrated journey Llwybr Newydd - The Wales Transport Strategy 2021 4 Introduction Llwybr Newydd – or new path in Welsh – is our new transport strategy. It sets out our vision for how our transport system can help us deliver our priorities for Wales, helping to put us on a pathway to creating a more prosperous, green and equal society. Using the five ways of working set out in the Well- being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 we have extensively engaged with transport users, service providers and key partners to co-produce this new direction of travel. As well as setting out our short-term priorities and long-term ambitions, we have developed nine mini- plans explaining how we will deliver them for different transport modes and sectors. Llwybr Newydd is also supported by a more detailed Mobility in Wales report, the Transport Data and Trends report and an Integrated Sustainability Appraisal. It will require governments, local authorities, transport providers (both commercial and third sector) and our colleagues in other policy areas to work together to help ensure that transport contributes to the current and future well-being of Wales; to set us on a new path. Llwybr Newydd -- TheThe WalesWales TransportTransport StrategyStrategy 20212021 5 Introduction Introduction Vision Our priorities Well-being How we will Accountability Five ways Mini-plans ambitions deliver of working Useful terms Accessible – transport services and Demand-responsive travel because of a protected Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) infrastructure that meet the relevant – shared private or semi-public characteristic. The protected – the term for vehicles over 3.5 policy and regulatory standards on transport based on passenger characteristics are age, disability, tonnes – light commercial vehicles equality, access, human rights and demand rather than a fixed gender reassignment, marriage or (LCVs) are under this weight. the Welsh language, recognising the timetable. Examples in Wales civil partnership, pregnancy and social model of disability. include Transport for Wales’ maternity, race, religion or belief, Highways Authorities – have fflecsi services. sex and sexual orientation. a duty to assert and protect the Active travel – for the purposes of rights of the public to use and this document ‘active travel’ refers Devolution – this gives Wales Five ways of working – the enjoy any highway for which they to walking and cycling for everyday the power to pass legislation Well-being of Future Generations are an authority. As Highways journeys – such as to go to work, or and transfers some ministerial (Wales) Act 2015 sets out five Authority for the motorway and education or access services. responsibilities to Wales. For ways of working that public bodies trunk road network in Wales, transport this includes responsibility need to think about to show Welsh Ministers must maintain Corporate joint committees for roads and buses. Other areas they have applied the sustainable them at public expense and comply (CJCs) – new local government tier such as rail and aviation are not development principle. The with other regulations. that will take on regional transport devolved and Welsh Ministers work five ways of working are long- planning in Wales. in collaboration with the term, prevention, integration, Hydrogen vehicles – use UK Government. collaboration and involvement. electricity produced through Decarbonisation – the actions a chemical reaction between needed to cut greenhouse gas Ecosystem resilience – the Future Wales – the National Plan hydrogen and oxygen.