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Number: WG23539 Welsh Government Consultation Document National Transport Plan 2015 – Draft Date of issue: 10 December 2014 Action required: Responses by 11 March 2015 Overview Contact details This consultation document seeks your views For further information email: on the new National Transport Plan. Transport Policy, Planning & Partnership The Welsh Government is developing a new Welsh Government National Transport Plan (NTP). Cathays Park Cardiff This new NTP will demonstrate how the CF10 3NQ Welsh Government will continue to implement the Wales Transport Strategy and support the E-mail to: delivery of the Programme for Government [email protected] outcomes. Transport has a critical role to play in improving Data protection Wales’ economic competitiveness and How the views and information you give provides enhanced access to jobs and services. us will be used When planning our investment in transport it is important to focus on how it can serve the Any response you send us will be seen in full by needs of businesses, people and communities. Welsh Government staff dealing with the issues which this consultation is about. It may also be The NTP aims to provide a fresh approach to seen by other Welsh Government staff to help transport planning which will allow greater them plan future consultations. flexibility and ensure that Welsh Government funding is directed to secure maximum value The Welsh Government intends to publish a for money and impact. The Plan identifies summary of the responses to this document. National and Regional improvements, at the We may also publish responses in full. same time Local Authorities are developing Normally, the name and address (or part of Local Transport Plans to identify priorities the address) of the person or organisation for transport investment at a local level to who sent the response are published with support the outcomes in the Wales Transport the response. This helps to show that the Strategy and in line with guidance provided by consultation was carried out properly. If you Welsh Government. do not want your name or address published, please tell us this in writing when you send your response. We will then blank them out. How to respond Names or addresses we blank out might still Responses to this consultation should be get published later, though we do not think e-mailed/posted to the address below to this would happen very often. The Freedom of arrive by 11 March 2015 at the latest. 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If someone has asked for their National Transport Plan – CONSULTATION DRAFT Contents 1 Policy Context and Transport Planning Framework ................................................ 6 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 6 1.2 The Transport Planning Framework ................................................................... 9 1.3 What we are trying to achieve ........................................................................... 10 1.4 Impact Assessments .......................................................................................... 10 2 Current Position and Future Trends ........................................................................ 15 2.1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 15 2.2 The Transport System ........................................................................................ 15 2.3 Demographics ..................................................................................................... 18 2.4 Travel to Work ..................................................................................................... 20 2.5 Travel to School .................................................................................................. 21 2.6 Transport Trends ................................................................................................ 23 2.7 Accessibility ........................................................................................................ 40 2.8 Environmental ..................................................................................................... 58 2.9 Key National and Regional Findings................................................................. 71 3 Delivering Improvements.......................................................................................... 77 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 77 3.2 Roads................................................................................................................... 77 3.3 Roads - Specific interventions .......................................................................... 84 3.4 Freight ................................................................................................................. 92 3.5 Freight - Specific Interventions ......................................................................... 94 3.6 Active Travel ....................................................................................................... 94 3.7 Active Travel – Specific Interventions .............................................................. 96 3.8 Rail Infrastructure ............................................................................................... 97 3.9 Rail Infrastructure - Specific interventions .................................................... 100 3.10 Rail Services ..................................................................................................... 107 3.11 Rail Services – Specific Interventions ............................................................ 108 3.12 Bus and Community Transport ....................................................................... 109 3.13 Bus and Community Transport - Specific interventions ............................... 112 3.14 Children and young people ............................................................................. 117 3.15 Children and young people - specific interventions...................................... 118 3.16 Information and Transport Choices ................................................................ 118 3.17 Information and Transport Choices – Specific interventions ....................... 120 3.18 Ports .................................................................................................................. 120 3.19 Ports – Specific interventions ......................................................................... 123 3.20 Air transport ...................................................................................................... 124 3.21 Air transport – Specific Interventions ............................................................. 125 3.22 Blue Badge Scheme ......................................................................................... 126 3.23 Integrated Transport and Metro ...................................................................... 127 Consultation Draft 1 National Transport Plan – CONSULTATION DRAFT 3.24 Cardiff Capital Region Metro & Integrated Transport – Specific interventions 130 3.25 Innovation, Research and Evidence Development ........................................ 141 4 Delivery and Funding .............................................................................................. 144 4.1 Delivery Plans ................................................................................................... 144 4.3 Funding ............................................................................................................. 147 5 Monitoring and Evaluation ..................................................................................... 150 5.1 Evidence- based approach .............................................................................. 151 5.2 Monitoring and Evaluation Plan ...................................................................... 152 5.3 Evaluation Report ............................................................................................. 153 ANNEX ............................................................................................................................ 154 6 Annex A – Transport Data Tables .......................................................................... 154 6.1 Travel to Work ................................................................................................... 154 6.2 Transport Trends .............................................................................................. 155 6.3 Accessibility ...................................................................................................... 158 7 Annex B – List of Higher and Further Education Facilities and Key Tourist Sites 173 8 Annex C – Bus Advisory Group Recommendations ............................................ 183 9 Annex D – Freight Advisory Group Recommendations ......................................