1. Business in The Community
Travel Planning Masterclass
Thursday 4th November 2010
Developing Local Transport Plan 3
&
Birchwood Area Travel Plan
2. Statutory requirement for all local transport authorities
in England.
LTPs set out our policies, implementation plans and
targets for improving transport in their community
LTP1 2001-2006
LTP2 2006-2011
LTP3 2011 onwards
Authorities must produce both
Policies and an Implementation Plan.
Local Transport Plan (LTP)
3. Accountable to our community – need to develop close
links with all sectors
Funding for delivering transport policies/schemes is not
ring fenced
Authorities need to take a fresh look at policies and
implementation proposals
Funding levels will be reduced
Develop good prioritisation frameworks for LTP3
policies
LTP3 – key points
4. New National ‘Goals’
Support Economic Growth
Reduce Carbon Emissions
Promote Equality of
Opportunity
Better Safety, Security &
Health
Improve Quality of Life & a
Healthy Natural Environment
7. CPRE
20’s Plenty
Faith sector
Warrington and Co
Children’s Services
Cycle user groups
Emergency Services
Highways Agency
Bus operators
Train Operators
Manchester Airport
Parish Councils
Stakeholders involved include..
Environment Agency
Older Peoples
Engagement Group
Nature conservation
Forum
Area coordinators
LSP members
Homes and
Communities Agency
GMPTE
Merseytravel
Groundwork Merseyside
Travelwatch NW
Warrington Disability
Partnership
Birchwood forum
Business
representatives
Voluntary groups
GONW
Adjacent Highway
authorities
Sustrans
Ramblers Assoc
NHS
PCT
11. How does this relate to Travel Plans?
• Helps to generate conditions which enable
transport by different modes and encourage
changes in travel behaviour
• Warrington Borough Council has a Smarter
Choices team that can provide advice on
developing and updating travel plans
12. Birchwood Area Travel Plan
• The Highways Agency commissioned the study as part of their
‘Influencing Travel Behaviour’ programme.
• Partners include Warrington Borough Council, MEPC, Birchwood Forum,
Sustainability North West and the Birchwood Business Community.
• Birchwood was selected for a number of reasons:
- The size of the business community;
- The location of the site in relation to the M6 and M62 motorways
and the inevitable car culture;
- Attracts high proportion of long distance commuters;
- MEPC Birchwood Park’s successful travel management plan
- Significant problems with congestion, slow journey times, and
associated parking problems, etc.
