Royal Ordnance Site, Bishopton Public Transport Study Report Royal Ordnance Site, Bishopton Public Transport Study Report JMP Consultants Limited Mercantile Chambers 53 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 6TS T 0141 221 4030 F 0800 066 4367 E [email protected] www.jmp.co.uk Job No. SCT3098 Report No. Prepared by Chris Yapp Verified Approved by John McDonald Status Draft Issue No. 2B Date 23 October 2011 Royal Ordnance Site, Bishopton Public Transport Study Report Contents Amendments Record This document has been issued and amended as follows: Status/R evision Revision description Issue Number Approved By Date John Draft 1 14/09/2009 McDonald John Draft 2 02/08/2011 McDonald John Draft 2A 21/08/2011 McDonald John Draft 2B 23/10/2011 McDonald John Final 3 02/11/2011 McDonald Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 Background ............................................................................................................................... 1 Scope of Work........................................................................................................................... 1 The Proposed Development .................................................................................................... 3 Structure of Report ................................................................................................................... 4 2 PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROVISION .......................................................................................... 5 Rail ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Rail Policy.................................................................................................................................. 6 Rail Park and Ride .................................................................................................................... 8 Local Bus Services ................................................................................................................... 9 3 DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT .................................................................................... 14 The Transport Assessment ................................................................................................... 14 Trip Generation ....................................................................................................................... 14 Mode split and trip distribution ............................................................................................. 19 Full Development Trip Patterns ............................................................................................ 31 4 PROVIDING ACCESS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT .................................................................. 35 Bus Services - Key Requirements ........................................................................................ 35 Bus Network Proposals ......................................................................................................... 36 Demand, Revenue and Operating Costs .............................................................................. 37 Services linking Bishopton and Erskine .............................................................................. 37 Services to Inchinnan and Glasgow Airport ........................................................................ 39 Services to Linwood and Bridge of Weir ............................................................................. 40 Services to Glasgow .............................................................................................................. 41 Rail Park and Ride .................................................................................................................. 43 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................... 44 Tables and Figures Table 1.1 Proposed development construction phasing ................................................................... 3 Table 2.1 Schedule of bus services ................................................................................................ 11 Table 2.2 Bishopton commuters - destinations by all modes .......................................................... 12 Table 2.3 Bishopton rail commuter destinations ............................................................................. 12 Table 2.4 Bishopton bus commuter destinations ............................................................................ 12 Table 3.1 Residential people trip generation (peak) ....................................................................... 14 Table 3.2 Residential people trip generation (off-peak) .................................................................. 15 Table 3.3 Employment people trip rates ......................................................................................... 15 Table 3.4 Employment people trip generation ................................................................................ 15 Table 3.5 Primary school staff trip generation ................................................................................ 16 Table 3.6 Number of secondary school pupils ................................................................................ 17 Table 3.7 Food store people trip generation ................................................................................... 17 Table 3.8 Residential trip composition ............................................................................................ 18 Table 3.9 Employment trip composition at 2026-2027 .................................................................... 18 Table 3.10 External one-way trips - net totals on completion of development ............................... 19 Table 3.11 Distance travelled to work by Bishopton residents ....................................................... 20 Table 3.12 Council area of residence and workplace (1999-2002) ................................................ 20 Table 3.13 Proposed residential development - external trip distribution ....................................... 20 Table 3.14 Mode share by distance travelled to work by Bishopton residents ............................... 21 Table 3.15 Residential AM peak external trip distribution by public transport mode ...................... 21 Table 3.16 Residential PM peak external trip distribution by public transport mode ...................... 22 Table 3.17 Residential off-peak external trip distribution by public transport mode ....................... 22 Table 3.18 Distance travelled to work in Bishopton / Inchinnan ..................................................... 23 Table 3.19 Council area of residence and workplace (1999-2002) ................................................ 23 Table 3.20 Proposed employment development - external trip distribution .................................... 24 Table 3.21 Mode share by distance travelled to work in Bishopton ................................................ 24 Table 3.22 Employment AM peak external trip distribution by mode .............................................. 25 Table 3.23 Employment PM peak external trip distribution by mode .............................................. 25 Table 3.24 Employment off-peak external trip distribution by mode ............................................... 26 Table 3.25 AM peak external public transport trip distribution ........................................................ 27 Table 3.26 PM peak external public transport trip distribution ........................................................ 27 Table 3.27 Off-peak external public transport trip distribution ........................................................ 28 Table 3.28 Internal trips generated at 2026/27 ............................................................................... 28 Table 3.29 Internal trips by bus ....................................................................................................... 28 Table 3.30 Bus trips - AM peak period ............................................................................................ 29 Table 3.31 Bus trips - PM peak period ............................................................................................ 30 Table 3.32 Bus trips – Off-peak period ........................................................................................... 31 Table 3.33 Adjusted bus trips - AM peak period ............................................................................. 32 Table 3.34 Adjusted bus trips - PM peak period ............................................................................. 33 Table 3.35 Adjusted bus trips – Off-peak period ............................................................................. 34 Table 4.1 Bus operating cost assumptions ..................................................................................... 37 Table 4.2 Enhanced bus services in Bishopton and Erskine - additional bus operating costs ....... 38 Table 4.3 Enhanced bus services in Bishopton and Erskine - financial performance .................... 39 Table 4.4 Bus service to Inchinnan and Glasgow Airport – additional bus operating costs ........... 39 Table 4.5 Bus service to Inchinnan and Glasgow Airport – financial performance......................... 40 Table 4.6 Bus service to Linwood and Bridge of Weir – additional bus operating