WYG Transport Planning Bassetlaw District Council District-Wide Transport Study Final Report Publication Draft Growth Scenario WYG Executive Park Report No. RT-A060969 Rev 7 Avalon Way Anstey Leicester 15 th November 2010 LE7 7GR WYG Environment Planning Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands www.wyg.com WYG Transport Planning REPORT CONTROL Document: Report Project: District-Wide Transport Study Client: Bassetlaw District Council Job Number: A060969 File Origin: N:\Projects\A060969\reports\Transport Study\Transport Study - November 2010 - S3 (Final)\Text\Bassetlaw District Transport Study - Nov 2010 - S3 (Final).doc Document Checking: Primary Author: Alistair Gregory Initialled: Contributors: Edward Ducker, Initialled: Andrew Norman, Robert Holland. Review By: Colin Shields Initialled: Issue Date Status Checked for Issue 1 18/12/2009 Draft 2 24/03/2010 Draft 2 23/04/2010 Final 3 28/07/2010 Revised Final 4 29/07/2010 Revised Growth Scenario 5 22/10/2010 Revised Final 6 02/11/2010 Revised Final 7 15/11/2020 Revised Final WYG Environment Planning Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands www.wyg.com WYG Transport Planning Contents 1 Objectives and Scope of the Study ............................................................................ 3 1.1 Context to the study and objectives ............................................................................3 1.2 Structure of the Report...............................................................................................6 2 Baseline Assessment.................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Introduction...............................................................................................................8 2.2 Study Area...............................................................................................................16 2.3 Highways.................................................................................................................19 2.4 Bus Transport ..........................................................................................................28 2.5 Passenger Rail .........................................................................................................36 2.6 Cycling and Walking .................................................................................................44 2.7 Freight ....................................................................................................................50 3 Committed Infrastructure Schemes and Land-Use Developments ......................... 52 3.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................52 3.2 Highways.................................................................................................................53 3.3 Bus Transport ..........................................................................................................56 3.4 Passenger Rail .........................................................................................................60 3.5 Cycling and Walking .................................................................................................64 3.6 Freight ....................................................................................................................68 3.7 Developments..........................................................................................................69 4 Growth Scenario ...................................................................................................... 72 4.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................72 4.2 Housing Growth .......................................................................................................72 4.3 Employment Growth.................................................................................................73 4.4 Growth Site Locations...............................................................................................73 4.5 Distribution of Growth ..............................................................................................75 4.6 Growth Distribution Scenario Tested..........................................................................75 5 Forecast Years and Background Traffic Growth ...................................................... 76 6 Trip Generation, Distribution & Assignment............................................................ 77 6.1 Trip Generation........................................................................................................77 6.2 Trip Distribution & Assignment..................................................................................78 7 Impacts of Growth ................................................................................................... 81 7.1 Multi-Modal Impacts.................................................................................................81 7.2 Highway Link Impacts ..............................................................................................84 7.3 Highway Junction Impacts ........................................................................................84 8 Demand Management .............................................................................................. 86 8.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................86 8.2 Modal Shift ..............................................................................................................86 8.3 Smarter Choices.......................................................................................................86 8.4 Travel Planning ........................................................................................................87 9 Transport Infrastructure Requirements .................................................................. 91 9.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................91 WYG Environment Planning Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands www.wyg.com WYG Transport Planning 9.2 Bus Transport ..........................................................................................................91 9.3 Passenger Rail .........................................................................................................97 9.4 Cycling and Walking .................................................................................................97 9.5 Highways Infrastructure ......................................................................................... 100 9.6 Funding ................................................................................................................. 123 9.7 improvement Priorities............................................................................................ 124 10 Summary ................................................................................................................ 126 10.1 Preamble ........................................................................................................... 126 10.2 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................. 126 10.3 Committed Infrastructure/land-Use Developments ............................................... 128 10.4 Proposed Growth ............................................................................................... 128 10.5 Transport Impacts.............................................................................................. 128 10.6 Strategic Infrastructure Requirements .................................................................129 Tables Table 1 – Transport Indicators ..............................................................................................................10 Table 2 – Destinations of Employment Trips Originating in Bassetlaw......................................................11 Table 3 – Origins of Employment Trips with Destinations in Bassetlaw.....................................................11 Table 4 – Car and Van Ownership .........................................................................................................12 Table 5 – Personal Injury Accident Summary .........................................................................................13 Table 6 – Accident Problem Sites ..........................................................................................................13 Table 7 – Accident Remedial Treatment Sites in Bassetlaw .....................................................................15 Table 8 – Summary of Conditions for Existing ‘A’ Road Network..............................................................20 Table 9 – Council Maintained Car Parks – Tariff Structures......................................................................26 Table 10 – Council Maintained Car Parks – Tariff Locations .....................................................................26 Table 11 – Accessibility to Existing Bus Services.....................................................................................29 Table 12 – Bus Services in the Retford Area...........................................................................................30 Table 13 – Bus Services in the Worksop Area.........................................................................................31