Fort William Strategic Transport Study Pre-Appraisal, the Case for Change APPENDICES HITRANS Project number: 60562301 27th August 2018 FINAL Fort William Strategic Transport Study - Pre FINAL Appendices Appraisal Prepared for: HITRANS, Inverness Prepared by: AECOM Limited 1 Tanfield Edinburgh EH3 5DA United Kingdom T: +44 131 301 8600 aecom.com © 2018 AECOM Limited. All Rights Reserved. This document has been prepared by AECOM Limited (“AECOM”) for sole use of our client (the “Client”) in accordance with generally accepted consultancy principles, the budget for fees and the terms of reference agreed between AECOM and the Client. Any information provided by third parties and referred to herein has not been checked or verified by AECOM, unless otherwise expressly stated in the document. No third party may rely upon this document without the prior and express written agreement of AECOM. Prepared for: HITRANS Fort William Strategic Transport Study - Pre FINAL Appendices Appraisal Table of Contents Appendix A Policy and Document Review ................................................................................................................. 4 Appendix B Transport Baseline ................................................................................................................................ 19 A.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 22 A.2 Supply-side Baseline ......................................................................................................................... 22 Active Travel .................................................................................................................................................. 22 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 Rail ........................................................................................................................................................... 42 Ferry ........................................................................................................................................................... 44 Public transport tickets .................................................................................................................................. 45 Freight ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 Roads-related Infrastructure and analysis .................................................................................................... 46 A.3 Demand-side Baseline ...................................................................................................................... 51 Fort William Traffic Model development & Future Network .......................................................................... 51 INRIX – Travel Time Variability ..................................................................................................................... 59 Roadside Interview Surveys (RSIs) .............................................................................................................. 68 Seasonal and Temporal Traffic Flows ........................................................................................................... 71 Annual Traffic Trends .................................................................................................................................... 75 Vehicle classification ..................................................................................................................................... 77 Road network resilience ................................................................................................................................ 78 Census Car Access ....................................................................................................................................... 80 Census Travel-to-Work Data ......................................................................................................................... 80 Hands up Survey Data .................................................................................................................................. 85 Bus satisfaction ............................................................................................................................................. 86 Rail usage ..................................................................................................................................................... 88 Rail Satisfaction ............................................................................................................................................ 91 Ferry Usage ................................................................................................................................................... 91 Accidents ....................................................................................................................................................... 92 Appendix C Engagement – additional information ................................................................................................... 96 A.4 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 96 A.5 Focus group ....................................................................................................................................... 96 A.6 Placecheck comments (Feb/Mar 2018) and categorization of comments ....................................... 99 th A.7 Fort William Public drop in session, 8 March 2018 ....................................................................... 112 Appendix D Stakeholder Workshop Note ............................................................................................................... 116 Appendix E Problems Identification........................................................................................................................ 117 Prepared for: HITRANS Fort William Strategic Transport Study - Pre FINAL Appendices Appraisal Appendix A Policy and Document Review Prepared for: HITRANS Fort William Strategic Transport Study - Pre FINAL Appendices Appraisal Document (Title, Year, Summary Problems in Fort William Opportunities for Fort Any relevant policy drivers or Any proposed transport Any useful data? Source) area and any evidence William area and any priorities from document? interventions from the evidence document? Key Transport Strategies / documents Strategic Transport STPR is the first Lack of alternative Opportunities to Report does not focus on A82 improvements, - Projects Review (2009, nationwide, multi-modal routes to the A82 improve reliability policies but has a number of including carriageway Transport Scotland) and objective-led, appraisal means diversion through better use of priority areas, including: widening at selected process which aims to routes add significant road capacity, Everyone, regardless of locations between Corran address transport issues. It additional time and including intelligent location, should share in the Ferry and Fort William. provides a robust analysis distance to journeys. transport systems and benefits of sustainable of Scotland’s transport There are Constraints demand management economic growth. Transport system at the time of on the A82. systems; although plays a critical role in this. publication (2009) and Congestion identified these are not identified Identifies interventions to be identifies national strategic as problematic, specifically for Fort delivered, although they only land-based transport although Fort William William. form part of overall transport priorities for the medium to not specifically investment in Scotland. long term (2032). highlighted. National Transport The NTS sets a framework No areas specific to Fort No opportunities Underlying principles of the NTS A82 improvements noted. - Strategy (2016, for transport in Scotland up William are highlighted. specific to Fort William include: However, main improvements Transport Scotland) to around 2026 with a Scotland wide trends are highlighted. A vision for accessible, safe, located on A82 away from refresh produced in 2016. It may be applicable to A82 Improvements integrated and reliable Fort William at Pulpit Rock, is designed to be a useful the area, including a may have a positive transport in Scotland. This Tarbert and Crianlarich. tool for all working in decline in bus impact on Fort William, helps the Scottish transport. patronage and a although these are Government achieve its general reduction in focused on areas out purpose of increasing congestion. with Fort William, e.g. sustainable economic at Crianlarich and growth. Pulpit Rock. Strategy acts as an enabler Investment in the West of economic growth. Highland rail route may Promotion of social inclusion increase visitor by connecting remote and numbers to the town. disadvantaged communities. Draft HITRANS RTS refresh includes A main challenge for the Economic development Delivering connectivity Rail Freight Strategy, Headline findings from Regional Transport details of committed regional economy opportunities, including across the region which including the freight terminal data only. Relevant data Prepared for: