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South Shields Town Centre Masterplan TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Report JMP Consultants Ltd South Shields Town Centre Masterplan TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Report JMP Consultants Ltd Milburn House Dean Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1LE T 0191 260 0135 F 0191 206 4001 E [email protected] www.jmp.co.uk [email protected] facebook.com/jmp.consultants twitter.com/#!/_jmp linkedin.com/company/jmp consulting Report Record Job No. Report No. Issue No. Prepared Verified Approved Status Date NEA1239 1 1 JQ JQ SP Final 30/06/2015 Contents Amendments Record Issue No. Revision description Approved Status Date ii South Shields Town Centre Masterplan : NEA1239-1/1 JMP Consultants Ltd Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Background .................................................................................................................................................1 Structure of Report......................................................................................................................................1 Policy Review..............................................................................................................................................1 2 SOUTH SHIELDS MASTERPLAN – THE DEVELOPMENT 5 3 EXISTING AND PROPOSED TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 7 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................7 Location and Built Environment ..................................................................................................................7 Local Amenities...........................................................................................................................................7 existing and proposed conditions................................................................................................................8 Active travel ................................................................................................................................................8 Public transport .........................................................................................................................................11 Highway network.......................................................................................................................................16 Summary...................................................................................................................................................19 4 COLLISION ANALYSIS 20 5 TRIP GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION 22 Traffic Surveys and Base Network Flows .................................................................................................22 Reassigning the base flows ......................................................................................................................24 Trip Generation .........................................................................................................................................24 Trip Distribution .........................................................................................................................................31 6 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT – THE PROPOSED INTERCHANGE 34 Trip Generation .........................................................................................................................................34 Trip Distribution .........................................................................................................................................37 7 IMPACT ASSESSMENT 39 A194/Crossgate Roundabout....................................................................................................................39 Station Road/Coronation Street Roundabout ...........................................................................................40 A194/A1018 Town Hall Signals ................................................................................................................42 South Shields Town Centre Masterplan : NEA1239-1/1 iii JMP Consultants Ltd A194/A1018 Signals with Garden Lane and Foodstore Access ...............................................................43 8 CONCLUSION 45 Tables and Figures Figure 2.1 Illustrative Masterplan ...............................................................................................................................5 Figure 3.1 Areas for Future Development ...................................................................................................................7 Table 3.1 Frequency of Metro services from South Shields station .........................................................................13 Table 3.2 Journey times from South Shields station ................................................................................................13 Table 3.3 Summary timetable for ferry crossing ......................................................................................................14 Figure 4.1 Collision Locations and Severity – Town Centre ....................................................................................20 Table 4.1 Collisions by Year and Severity – Town Hall junction ..............................................................................20 Table 4.2 Collisions by Year and Severity – Vicinity of the Development ................................................................21 Figure 5.1 Automatic Traffic Counter Locations .......................................................................................................22 Table 5.1 Comparison of Weekday Flows ...............................................................................................................23 Table 5.2 Comparison of Weekday Peak Flows with Friday and Saturday Peaks ..................................................23 Table 5.3 Multi-Modal Trip Rates & Resultant Person Trips ....................................................................................26 Figure 5.2 Survey Locations ....................................................................................................................................27 Table 5.4 Mode Share for Retail, Cinema and Restaurant Trips .............................................................................27 Table 5.5 Town Centre Masterplan Vehicle Trips ....................................................................................................27 Table 5.6 Vehicle Trips Following Trip Linking ........................................................................................................29 Table 5.7 Vehicle Trips – Netting Off Existing Uses ................................................................................................30 Table 5.8 Vehicle Trips Following Trip Linking – Existing Uses ...............................................................................30 Table 5.9 Town Centre Masterplan Vehicle Trips ....................................................................................................31 Table 5.10 Distribution of Existing Arrivals and Departures to the Town Centre – Wider Network .........................31 Table 5.11 Distribution of Masterplan Vehicle Trips – Wider Network .....................................................................32 Table 5.12 Distribution of Remaining Masterplan Vehicle Trips – Local Network ...................................................32 Table 6.1 – Vehicle Trips – Interchange ..................................................................................................................34 Table 6.2 Multi-Modal Trip Rates - Retail ................................................................................................................35 Table 6.3 Vehicle Trips – Retail Element .................................................................................................................35 Table 6.4 Multi-Modal Trip Rates – Office Element .................................................................................................35 Table 6.5 Vehicle Trips – Office Element .................................................................................................................35 Table 6.6 Vehicle Trips Following Trip Linking – Retail Element .............................................................................36 Table 6.7 Vehicle Trips – Netting Off Existing Uses ................................................................................................36 iv South Shields Town Centre Masterplan : NEA1239-1/1 JMP Consultants Ltd Table 6.8 Vehicle Trips Following Trip Linking – Existing Uses ...............................................................................36 Table 6.9 Vehicle trips following Netting Off ............................................................................................................37 Table 6.10 Distribution of Existing Arrivals and Departures to the Town Centre – Wider Network .........................37 Table 6.11 Distribution of Vehicle Trips Retail Element – Wider Network ...............................................................37 Table 7.1 A194/Crossgate Roundabout – Summary of Junction Performance – Base ...........................................39 Table 7.2 A194/Crossgate Roundabout – Summary of Junction Performance – Base + Interchange + Masterplan40 Table 7.3 Station Road/Coronation Street Roundabout – Summary of Junction Performance – Base ...................40 Table 7.4 Station Road/Coronation Street Roundabout – Summary of Junction Performance – Base + Interchange + Masterplan