Brighton & Hove Bike Brighton & Hove City Council Share Business Case and Business Plan Report Our ref: 22745301 December 2014 Client ref: Brighton & Hove Bike Brighton & Hove City Council Share Business Case and Business Plan Report Our ref: 22745301 December 2014 Client ref: Prepared by: Prepared for: Steer Davies Gleave Brighton & Hove City Council 28-32 Upper Ground Hove Town Hall London SE1 9PD Norton Road Hove BN3 3BQ +44 (0)20 7910 5000 www.steerdaviesgleave.com Steer Davies Gleave has prepared this work for Brighton & Hove City Council. This work may only be used within the context and scope of work for which Steer Davies Gleave was commissioned and may not be relied upon in part or whole by any third party or be used for any other purpose. Any person choosing to use any part of this work without the express and written permission of Steer Davies Gleave shall be deemed to confirm their agreement to indemnify Steer Davies Gleave for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. 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Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 1 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3 Structure of Document ................................................................................................................. 3 2 Policy Context and Rationale .............................................................................................. 4 National Cycle Policy ..................................................................................................................... 4 Coast to Capital LEP Strategic Economic Plan .............................................................................. 5 City Plan ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Local Transport Plan ..................................................................................................................... 8 Transport and Health .................................................................................................................... 9 Strategy for the Visitor Economy ................................................................................................ 13 Biosphere .................................................................................................................................... 13 One Planet Living ........................................................................................................................ 14 3 Scheme Description and Development .............................................................................. 15 Scheme Description .................................................................................................................... 15 Market Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 16 4 Scheme Costs ................................................................................................................... 31 Capital Costs ............................................................................................................................... 31 Operating and Maintenance Costs ............................................................................................. 33 Bike Renewals ............................................................................................................................. 33 5 Scheme Demand and Revenues ........................................................................................ 34 Demand Forecasts ...................................................................................................................... 34 Revenue Forecasts ...................................................................................................................... 35 6 Strategic and Economic Case ............................................................................................. 37 Strategic Case – Fit with Policy Objectives ................................................................................. 37 Economic Case – Value for Money ............................................................................................. 40 Contribution to the Strategic Economic Plan ............................................................................. 47 Local Policy.................................................................................................................................. 49 7 Financial Case ................................................................................................................... 52 Cost and Funding Profile ............................................................................................................. 52 December 2014 Affordability and Financial Sustainability ................................................................................... 52 8 Management Case - Delivery Plan ..................................................................................... 54 Promoter / Sponsor .................................................................................................................... 54 Planning Consents and TROs ...................................................................................................... 54 Stakeholder Engagement............................................................................................................ 54 Implementation Programme ...................................................................................................... 55 9 System Procurement – Commercial Case ........................................................................... 56 Social Enterprise Approach ......................................................................................................... 56 Organisational Model ................................................................................................................. 59 Protecting Assets ........................................................................................................................ 59 Monitoring and Evaluation ......................................................................................................... 60 Figures Figure 2-1: Brighton & Hove AQMA.............................................................................................. 9 Figure 3-1: Number of Hexcells by Good Potential Score .......................................................... 28 Figure 6-1: User Benefit Calculation: Example JourneyOn Trip .................................................. 44 Figure 8-1: Suggested Implementation Programme .................................................................. 55 Figure 9-1: Breakdown of Total Income by Source .................................................................... 58 Figure 9-2: Breakdown of Total Expenses by Type ..................................................................... 59 Tables Table 2-1: Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership Local Growth Fund Breakdown (£m) .. 7 Table 2-2: Reduced Health Risk Through Physical Activity ......................................................... 11 Table 3-1: Benchmarking Brighton & Hove to Other Bike Share Locations ............................... 17 Table 3-2: Criteria for Assessing Potential for Bike Sharing Location by Hexcell ....................... 28 Table 3-3: Bicycles to Hire per 1,000 Population in Existing Schemes ....................................... 29 Table 4-1: Capital Costs per Bike Share Bike .............................................................................. 32 Table 4-2: Scheme Capital Cost Estimate ................................................................................... 32 Table 5-1: In Scope Population and Daily Trips by User Type .................................................... 34 December 2014 Table 5-2: Current Cycle Mode Share, Potential Bike Share Mode Share and Daily Trips by User Type ............................................................................................................................................ 35 Table 5-3: Tariffs for Existing Bike Share Schemes ..................................................................... 35 Table 5-4: Revenue Estimates, Based on 2,400 trips per Day .................................................... 36 Table 6-1: Economic Appraisal of Bike Share ............................................................................. 42 Table 6-2: Sensitivity Tests (2016/2017, £000s, 2010 prices) .................................................... 43 Table 6-3: Assessment of Economic Benefits Relating to Transport .......................................... 43 Table 6-4: Assessment of Economic Benefits Relating to Economic Growth ............................. 45 Table 6-5: Assessment of Social Distributional Impact ............................................................... 46 Table 6-6: Assessment of Environmental Impact ....................................................................... 47 Table 6-7: Assessment of Impact on Jobs ..................................................................................