Local Transport Plan LTP – Full Draft Local Transport Plan Version Draft Document Last Revised NOVEMBER 2019 Review Date Category Transport Planning Owner Gloucestershire County Council Target Audience
This strategy acts as guidance for anybody requiring information on how the county council will manage rail infrastructure and rail services in Gloucestershire up to 2041
Maps in this document are schematic representation of transport proposals only and not representative of actual routes or locations.
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Contents Full Draft Local Transport Plan (includes) Foreword LTP – Shaping the way to 2041 Draft LTP – Overarching Strategy Daft LTP - PD1 Public & Community Transport Draft LTP - PD3 Freight Draft LTP - PD2 Cycle Draft LTP - PD3 Freight Draft LTP - PD4 Highways Draft LTP - PD5 Rail Draft LTP - PD6 Walk Draft LTP - Connecting Places Strategy Draft LTP - Delivery Draft Annex 1.0 Glossary of Terms Draft Annex 2.0 Logic Map Draft Annex 3.0 LTP Policy Updates (tracked) Draft Annex 4.0 LTP Scheme Priorities (tracked) Draft
Separate Associated Documents: Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Report & Appendices Habitats Regulations Assessment Draft
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Reduce per capita transport carbon emissions. This LTP review has Foreword considered how to move towards a more sustainable transport delivery model. The plan seeks to optimise the existing transport network to full Welcome to the Local Transport Plan (LTP). This plan sets out the capacity, and recognises that we cannot build our way out of projected transport strategy for Gloucestershire for 2015-2041, reviewed to reflect traffic growth. national policy updates and local priorities in the face of change. We need to; enable open source data, support innovation and low carbon We are living in a time of unprecedented change in terms of population infrastructure, invest in transformative new public transport growth, housing demand, and technological advancement. At the same infrastructure and multi-modal interchange, invest in highly attractive time, there are key challenges including the urgency of reducing CO2 cycle links for high usage cycling, encourage active travel and better emissions to combat climate change and the need for a more inclusive integrate strategic land use, infrastructure and transport planning. transport system. These issues demand a decisive response to how transport is planned and organised, enabling the way we travel to change As we move towards 2041, people will seek more responsive and less profoundly within the LTP delivery period to 2041. environmentally damaging modes of transport. The LTP is instrumental in enabling Gloucestershire to offer real transport choice and the Geographically, Gloucestershire is at a cross roads. It connects via innovations behind it. It will help build out the evidence base so that we strategic rail and road networks to major cities, such as Birmingham, can understand how transport impacts can be mitigated. It will lock Bristol, Cardiff and London. However, Gloucestershire is also a gateway to ‘futures thinking’ into our decision-making by updating the LTP in line its own valued landscapes, distinctive towns and vibrant local economies. with the 2050 Vision, the Gfirst LEP Local Industrial Strategy and the It must be safeguarded as a destination. carbon agenda; it will encourage the resourcing of smarter choices and transport mode shift by building on the new attitudes and opportunities The LTP is structured around a transport picture of Gloucestershire based for transport in Gloucestershire. on a patchwork of distinctive travel corridors. These spatial areas are termed the ‘Connecting Places Strategy’ areas. Transport, and the The policy interventions enable the use of more sustainable modes of decisions all of us make about how and why we travel, is key to reducing travel in a climate of rapid change. Gloucestershire is on the cusp of huge our CO2 impact. Gloucestershire recognises the urgency of this issue; the societal changes. The Local Transport Plan will be systematic in County Council declared a 'climate emergency' in 2019. In the light of this supporting the transport services and mechanisms underpinning those the LTP has developed new policy areas and strengthened target P1-14 - changes.
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Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2015-2041) Shaping the way to 2041 Page | 1 Local Transport Plan Shaping the way to 2041 Version Draft Document Last Revised NOVEMBER 2019 Review Date Category Transport Planning Owner Gloucestershire County Council Target Audience Anyone wanting to find out about transport within Gloucestershire. This document specifically includes information on: