Transportation East Renfrewshire Council August 2016 Barrhead South Transportation Accessibility Appraisal STAG Appraisal Report November 2016 Prepared by: ............................................................. Checked by: ........................................................................ Approved by: ........................................................................ Rev No Comments Checked by Approved Date by 1 Update following Demand forecasting plus minor edits JC JC 25/11/16 120 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7JT Telephone: 0141 222 6400 Website: http://www.aecom.com Job No: 60514187 Reference: draft re-edit Date Created: July 2016 This document has been prepared by AECOM Limited for the sole use of our client (the “Client”) and in accordance with generally accepted consultancy principles, the budget for fees and the terms of reference agreed between AECOM Limited and the Client. 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AECOM Barrhead South Transportation Accessibility Appraisal 0 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.2 STAG Appraisal ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Location and Study Area ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Project History ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Glasgow City Region City Deal Funding ................................................................................................................ 7 1.6 Report Structure .................................................................................................................................................... 8 2 Study Area Context ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 East Renfrewshire ............................................................................................................................................... 10 2.3 Barrhead .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.4 Barrhead South.................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.5 Barrhead South Development ............................................................................................................................. 13 2.6 Dams to Darnley Country Park ............................................................................................................................ 15 2.7 Current Transport Provision ................................................................................................................................. 16 2.8 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 27 3 Baseline Review of Socio-Economic and Transport Characteristics ......................................................................... 28 3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.2 Demographics and Socio-Economic Characteristics ........................................................................................... 28 3.3 Existing Transport Behaviours ............................................................................................................................. 32 3.4 Safety .................................................................................................................................................................. 39 3.5 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 43 4 Problems and Opportunities .......................................................................................................................................... 44 4.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 44 4.2 Problems ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 4.3 Opportunities ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 4.4 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 47 5 Objective Setting ............................................................................................................................................................. 50 5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 50 5.2 Established Policy Directives ............................................................................................................................... 50 5.3 Consultation ......................................................................................................................................................... 52 5.4 Transport Planning Objectives ............................................................................................................................. 53 5.5 Development of SMART Objectives .................................................................................................................... 57 6 Option Generation, Sifting and Development ............................................................................................................... 60 6.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 60 6.2 Do Minimum and Reference Case ....................................................................................................................... 60 6.3 Option Generation ............................................................................................................................................... 60 6.4 Option Sifting ....................................................................................................................................................... 62 6.5 Rationale for Option Rejection ............................................................................................................................. 66 6.6 Options Retained for Further Consideration ........................................................................................................ 67 6.7 Option Grouping .................................................................................................................................................. 67 6.8 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 68 7 STAG Part 1 Appraisal .................................................................................................................................................... 68 7.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 69 7.2 Appraisal Against Transport Planning Objectives ................................................................................................ 69 7.3 Appraisal Against Feasibility, Affordability and Public Acceptability .................................................................... 75 7.4 STAG Criteria Appraisal ...................................................................................................................................... 79 7.5 Conclusion of the STAG Part 1 Appraisal ............................................................................................................ 84 8 Appraisal Assumptions .................................................................................................................................................. 86 AECOM Barrhead South Transportation Accessibility Appraisal 1 8.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................