Contents VISION 1 CHAPTER 5 WIDENING CHOICE 41 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 3 Moving People 41 Success to date 3 Public Transport 41 Community Involvement and Participation 3 Buses 41 Focused Participation 4 Bus-Based Park & Ride 45 Joint Working with Neighbouring Authorities 5 Community Transport 45 A Radical Strategy 7 Taxis 47 Working Towards the Solution: Key Elements 7 Coaches 48 Centre of Excellence Bid 8 Rail 49 CHAPTER 2 OBJECTIVES 11 Light Rapid Transit 52 National Guidance 11 Bristol Electric Railbus 56 Local Transport Plan Objectives 11 Ferries 58 European Objectives 11 Interchange 58 Air Quality Management 11 Benign Modes 59 Regional objectives 13 Walking 59 Former Avon Area 13 Cycling 63 Bristol Local Transport Plan 13 Safer Routes to School (and case study) 68 (including user priority groups) Disabled People 74 Social Exclusion (and case studies) 76 CHAPTER 3 PROBLEMS AND 17 Airport Surface Access Strategy 80 OPPORTUNITIES Community Car Clubs 80 Motorised Modes 81 CHAPTER 4 STRATEGY 29 Cars 81 Introduction 29 Powered Two Wheelers 82 The link between strategy and 29 Moving Goods 83 the 5 year programme Rail Freight 83 Five Year Plan 31 Road Freight 83 Technical Assessment of 32 Ports 86 Preferred Strategy (and case study) Waterways 86 Presenting the programme in detail 32 Major Highway Improvements 87 Callington Road Link 87 A38 to A370 Link 89 The image of the Rubik’s Cube® is used by permission of Severn Towns Ltd, London, England. 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Bristol City Council LA 09055L - 2000 Bristol Transport Plan 2001/2 - 2005/6 Contents i Contents CHAPTER 6 STRATEGIC NETWORK 91 CHAPTER 7 LAND USEAND 157 MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC Review of Road Hierarchy 91 DEVELOPMENT (including case studies) Economic Development 157 M32 Study 97 Regeneration Initiatives 158 Strategic Tools 98 (and case studies) Urban Traffic Management and Control 98 Structure Plan Allocations 161 Road User Charging 100 City Centre Strategy 162 Parking 102 Local Plan – Major Development Sites 163 Mobility Management 104 Other Planning Initiatives 166 Integrated Travel Information Centre 104 Public Transport Accessibility 166 Public Transport Information Strategy 105 Tourism (and case study) 168 Legible City Initiative 108 Recognising the Needs of 170 the Countryside Bristol Navigators 109 Cycling Promotion 109 CHAPTER 8 FIVE YEAR 171 Travel Awareness 110 PROGRAMME Travel Plans 111 Shorter Journeys 115 CHAPTER 9 TARGETS AND 187 Environmental Management 116 MONITORING Air Quality Management 118 Targets and Monitoring Procedures 187 Noise Management 125 Causal Chains 192 Climate Change 126 Safety Management 129 Road Safety Management 129 Home Zones 139 Traffic Management Toolkit 140 Community Safety 143 Street Lighting 145 Network Fabric 146 Highways and Footway Maintenance 146 Bridges and Structures 148 ii Contents Bristol Transport Plan 2001/2 - 2005/6 Lord Macdonald Minister for Transport Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU 31st July 2000 Dear Minister The Bristol Local Transport Plan 2001/02 to 2005/06 I am pleased to present the Local Transport Plan which was approved by Bristol City Council on 17th July 2000. The document has been prepared to conform with the guidance on Full Local Transport Plans issued in March 2000 together with other supplementary information and builds upon last year s provisional plan. The Council welcomes the valuable policy and financial frameworks for longer term transport investment provided by the Integrated Transport White Paper and more recently the Transport 2010 - the 10 Year Plan published in July 2000. The vision, policies, programmes and targets within the Bristol Transport Plan are wholly consistent with the Government s approach to safeguarding the environment and developing an integrated urban transport system to tackle problems of congestion, pollution, social exclusion and promote economic regeneration and prosperity. It was particularly pleasing to note that the city s provisional plan was commended on several occasions for these aspects in your department s Good Practice Guide. The Council remains fully committed to deliver at a local level transport policies that meet national needs. The Council undertook a very extensive public consultation exercise during the preparation of the Provisional Local Transport Plan last year, to gain the endorsement and ownership of the adopted transport strategy by local people, businesses, transport stakeholders and a wide variety of particular interest groups. This work has continued again this year with further public participation in a more targeted form, culminating in the involvement of the Bristol Transport Users Group (the Council s main consultation forum on transport) and the reconvened Bristol Transport Plan Commission. There is strong public support for the strategy of investing in alternative modes of transport whilst lessening dependency on private car use and the Council s most urgent need is to ensure these quality alternatives are in place or under construction well in advance of adopting any of the new forms of restraint currently under consideration. To this end, last year s Local Transport Settlement was especially welcome since it resulted in a near doubling of historic settlement levels to an eventual total of £6.72 million. Indeed, of this settlement, the amount available for integrated transport investment increased threefold to £4.5 million. This has enabled the Council to adopt a greatly enhanced programme of capital investment this year. As evidence of the Council s commitment to improving transport it has decided to make available a considerable amount of its own resources this year to top up the programme to the level of the bid for last year-some £12 million in total. Cabinet The Council House Councillor Helen Holland Website College Green Executive Member for Environment, www.bristol-city.gov.uk Bristol BS1 5TR Transport and Leisure This greatly enhanced programme will see the delivery next year of a number of key elements in the strategy including showcase bus routes, a new park and ride facility, expansion of community transport, further development of the national cycle network, more safer routes to school and home zone schemes and improved road safety. Of particular importance to the Council is the proposal to develop Line One of an eventual light-rail network to serve the city and its hinterland. You will be aware that the Council, in conjunction with South Gloucestershire Council, are discussing with Partnerships UK and the private sector, methods of procurement and securing funding for Line One (estimated to cost in total some £120 million) and the acknowledgement of this proposal in the Government s 10 Year Transport Plan is most welcome. The Council is confident that the information presented in the Local Transport Plans of both authorities, together with the further work in hand, will enable the necessary support to be forthcoming for the scheme to be progressed through the Transport and Works Act procedures. As you will be aware, the Council has been an active participant in the Charging Development Partnership which the Government set up with 24 local authorities at the beginning of the year. This high level forum is proving invaluable in identifying and resolving the complex issues that will arise for any authority pursuing new sources of funding from the legislation contained in the Transport Bill currently passing through its Parliamentary stages. The Council will continue to research the role that Road User Charging can play as an element of the strategy, but it will only consider introducing such powers once alternative transport investment is secured and following full public involvement in the decision. The Council also welcomes some of the other provisions contained in the Transport Bill currently before Parliament. In addition to the charging powers described above, it eagerly awaits the provisions that will enable better quality bus and rail services to be put in place including, crucially, better public transport information and more user friendly ticketing. It still believes that it may need to seek approval to introduce Quality Bus Contracts in order to secure the improvements to the bus services that are clearly needed in the city. The Government has invited Local Authorities to bid for Centre of Excellence status and I believe that this Council has considerable experience in developing a range of integrated transport measures and spreading good practice. Details of these activities are included in the Local Transport Plan and there is an emphasis on the leading role exercised in travel demand management techniques and the involvement in European networks and I trust the bid will be given due consideration. Finally, mention should be made of the new arrangements which, since May, the Council has been operating as part of the modernising of local government agenda. The Transport Plan will continue to be subjected to this process and I believe this will give much greater clarity, accountability and speed in introducing measures to the benefit of the city. The Plan has also been drawn up in consultation with neighbouring authorities to ensure co- ordination and consistency of approach where appropriate. The Council believes that it has presented a strong case for obtaining its fair share of the additional funds available for local transport. Accordingly, I am confident that you will be able to recommend a favourable settlement in terms of resource allocation for 2001/02 and beyond. Yours sincerely Councillor Helen Holland Executive Member for Environment, Transport and Leisure A Vision for Bristol A Vision for Bristol "In Bristol we have a city to be proud of with beautiful places to go, masses of things to do and lively communities to live in. Although lots of people in the city have a high standard of living, many do not, and even those who are materially fortunate can be impoverished in other ways.