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A New Transport Strategy for
Hounslow
2011/12 LIP Delivery Plan
Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Chris Calvi-Freeman - Head of Transport
Mark Frost - Senior Transport Planner
A New Transport Strategy for Hounslow
Aim of presentation: to summarise the process for developing a new 20 year transport strategy for Hounslow (the ‘LIP’) as required by the Mayor of London.
This includes:
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This includes:1. What are the proposed Borough Transport Objectives for the
our strategy?
2. How we will measure the achievement of these objectives? (Performance Management Plan).
3. What will we do to achieve these objectives? (Delivery Plan).
Background to Hounslow’s New Transport
Strategy
Required by the GLA Act (1999), Boroughs must illustrate how they intend to assist the Mayor in the objectives set out in the Mayor of London's’ Transport Strategy (MTS II).
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Strategy (MTS II).
The Strategy must comply with TfL’s issued guidance.
The new Strategy should set out a 20 year plan and a 3 year rolling delivery plan.
Borough Transport Objectives
Limited guidance currently exists from higher level local plans to assist in developing the transport strategy.
In the absence of this officers have used national strategies or guidance, the emerging London Plan and in particular the new Mayor’s Transport Strategy, which the LIP must refer to.
High Level Outcomes of the MTS:
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High Level Outcomes of the MTS:
• Supporting economic development and population growth
• Enhancing the quality of life for all Londoners
• Improving safety and security of all Londoners
• Improving transport opportunities for all Londoners
• Reducing transport’s contribution to climate change, and improving itsresilience.
The ‘Transport Vision’ for the Borough
Hounslow’s transport system will enable all those who live in
or visit the area to make their trips safely and conveniently;
whilst supporting environmentally sustainable economic
growth and improving health.
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Proposed Borough Transport Objectives
1. Safe
To reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions, and increase the perception of personal
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perception of personal safety in the public realm.
Proposed Borough Transport Objectives
2. Environmentally Sustainable
To reduce transport related CO2 emissions and other air pollutants, and maximise the system’s resilience to
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the system’s resilience to the effects of a changing climate.
Proposed Borough Transport Objectives
3. Attractive
To improve residents’ and visitors’ satisfaction in the quality of the street environment and maximise the amenity value of public
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the amenity value of public spaces where possible.
Proposed Borough Transport Objectives
4. Accessible
To ensure the transport system facilitates access to jobs, services and leisure opportunities, regardless of disability or social
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disability or social circumstance.
Proposed Borough Transport Objectives
5. Healthy
To maximise the opportunity for the transport system to improve health outcomes by removing real and perceived barriers to the uptake of
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barriers to the uptake of active travel.
Proposed Borough Transport Objectives
6. Efficient
To ensure that the transport system is managed appropriately to reduce traffic congestion and to maximise the current
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maximise the current capacity of the network – in particular unlocking regeneration opportunities.
Proposed Performance Monitoring Plan
Performance indicators help measure the Borough’s progress in achieving our objectives and can help focus resources.
The Borough is required by TfL to set targets against five mandatory performance indicators.
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In addition, the Borough is also invited to propose a number of local performance indicators and targets that can help monitor the direction of travel with regard to the proposed transport objectives.
Proposed Targets for Mandatory
Performance Indicators
1. Road safety (National Indicator 47) – reduction in number of people KSI by 40% by 2020.
2. Bus reliability – reduction in excess wait time experienced by passengers to west London average by 2020.
3. CO2 emissions – incredibly challenging target set by
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3. CO2 emissions – incredibly challenging target set by the Mayor. Requires reduction of 54% by 2025.
4. Mode share - increase in sustainable modes: 4% Walking and Cycling and 3% by public transport.
5. Asset condition – Reduction in the percentage of the principal road network that requires maintenance to 0% by 2018 (note link to PFI programme).
Proposed Local Performance Indicators and
Targets (1)
1. Children killed and seriously injured – maintenance or reduction of current low level across the borough.
2. Road traffic collisions occurring on Borough roads– reduction in number, baseline being developed.
3. Increase in use of cycles - parked and recorded on key routes across the borough (programme being developed).
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developed).
4. Increase in proportion of children using sustainable modes to travel to school.
Proposed Local Performance Indicators and
Targets (2)
5. Condition of non-principal roads – reduction in percentage of non-principal roads requiring maintenance to 0% by 2018.
6. Improved public perception of street maintenance– significant improvement as measured by resident panel survey.
7. Percentage of accessible bus stops – 80% of all
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7. Percentage of accessible bus stops – 80% of all bus stops meeting accessibility criteria by 2020.
8. Ensuring sustainable transport is promoted at new developments – baseline currently being developed.
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
As the LIP is a statutory plan, we are required to undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
This has its own objectives, performance indicators and targets, many of which are proposed to be similar to the main LIP (given the focus on sustainable transport), however we are also looking at monitoring the following:
• Biodiversity
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• Biodiversity• Air quality standards for PM10 and NO2
• Road traffic noise
• Physical activity as a result of active travel
• Satisfaction in the quality of the streetscape in the borough,particularly in conservation areas
• The sustainability of our highway construction process.
Transport LIP Delivery Plan 2011/12
The report summarises (for Member comment):
• Background to the provision of TfL funding to the
borough for transport improvements
• Proposed changes to the 2010/11 Delivery Plan
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• Proposed changes to the 2010/11 Delivery Plan
• Proposed 2011/12 Delivery Plan
• Proposed methodology for developing the annual
spending plan in future years.
Background to the TfL LIP Funding Process
Changes have been made to the LIP funding programme which came into force for the 2010/11 financial year. These have now been included in the new LIP programme for all subsequent years.
Much more flexibility is now provided for the Borough, with a large number of TfL initiated programmes being
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a large number of TfL initiated programmes being combined into just five (see next slide) broad categories.
Instead of bidding against other boroughs for funds each year, all boroughs are now provided with set funding, based on a formula which takes into account size, population, number of bus routes/schools, deprivation etc.
New Programme Previous Programme Comment
Maintenance Bridge Strengthening,
Principal Road
Renewal.
Continues to be allocated on the basis of condition
survey information.
Corridors - Bus Priority, Bus Stop
Accessibility, LCN+,
Local Cycling, Walking,
Local Safety Schemes,
20mph Zones.
Formula-funded programme covering holistic
schemes for key corridors that address issues
relating to the smoothing of traffic flows, bus
reliability, safety, cycling, shared space and
removal of street clutter.
Neighbourhoods Freight, Regeneration,
Environment,
Formula-funded programme covering local area
improvements including controlled parking
New LIP Programme Areas from 2010/11
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Environment,
Accessibility,
Controlled Parking
Zones.
improvements including controlled parking
zones, 20 mph zones, Legible London, shared
spaces, removal of street clutter, and an
expansion of the number of electric charging
points and car club bays.
Smarter Travel School Travel Plans, Travel
Awareness,
Education/Training/Pub
licity, Workplace Travel
Plans
Behavioral change initiatives including travel plans
for schools, hospitals, and businesses, plus
additional travel awareness initiatives potentially
integrating corridor or neighbourhood
programmes.
Major Schemes /
Areas Based
Schemes
Station Access, Streets for
People, Town Centres.
Funding by individual needs-based application for
major schemes, generally in town centres.
Management of TfL LIP funds by the Council
Under current funding arrangements, responsibility for scheme & programme design and implementation is spread across two divisions of the Environment Department:
• The Transport Planning & Policy section of the Sustainable Planningdivision.
• The Traffic & Road Safety and Streetcare Services sections of the Public
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• The Traffic & Road Safety and Streetcare Services sections of the PublicRealm division
• The Environment Finance team prepares periodic claims to TfL asschemes are progressed.
• The claims are signed by the Head of Transport.
Delivery Plan 2010/11
The report provides a summary of the current financial year’s delivery plan.
This was approved by the Executive in September 2009 and totals £3,470,000 worth of investment in our transport network, split across maintenance, infrastructure improvement (‘Neighbourhoods’ and ‘Corridors’) and travel demand management (‘Smarter Travel’).
In the main, the plan remains unchanged from that approved, with the exception of the Twickenham Road major scheme, which has been changed to a two year scheme, allowing more time for consultation and
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exception of the Twickenham Road major scheme, which has been changed to a two year scheme, allowing more time for consultation and scheme development.
The funding released from this scheme is proposed to be allocated to approved bus priority schemes on Ealing and Hanworth Road.
Other schemes are currently being progressed by officers.
Proposed Delivery Plan 2011/12
The report provides a summary of the proposed Delivery Plan for next
financial year.
This totals £2,959,000, with additional funding (of up to £500,000) likely to be
received for principal road maintenance, to be confirmed in December 2010.
The package is formed around 12 different programmes representing
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The package is formed around 12 different programmes representing
different transport interventions (both ‘hard’ engineering and ‘soft’ travel
demand management) that the borough can employ to achieve the LIP
objectives:
LIP II Programmes – Infrastructure
Focussed
1. Highway asset maintenance - maintaining our principal road network.
2. Road safety engineering - Tackling ‘accident black spots’ and reducing the perception of road danger.
3. Better streets / accessibility – Improving accessibility across the network for mobility-impaired people and generally improving satisfaction in the public realm.
4. Environmental mitigation – helping to mitigate negative environmental externalities from transport, in particular air pollution and
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environmental externalities from transport, in particular air pollution and noise.
5. Bus priority – improving reliability and journey times for buses.
6. Cycle infrastructure – improving safety (and perception of safety) for cyclists
7. Greenways – developing an accessible ‘green’ off-road network through parks and open spaces for cyclists and pedestrians.
LIP II Programmes – Smarter Travel
Focussed
1. Encouraging efficient car use – developing CPZ’s, increasing car occupancy, promoting fuel efficient vehicles and car clubs.
2. Road safety ETP – road safety training and awareness campaigns.
3. School travel planning – promoting sustainable transport to schools.
4. Efficient business transport – promoting sustainable transport for businesses, including freight operators.
5. Sustainable travel promotion – promoting sustainable transport to
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5. Sustainable travel promotion – promoting sustainable transport to residents, in particular ‘active travel’ promotion in partnership with NHS Hounslow.
Proposed Delivery Plan 2011/12
Highlights of the package include:
Neighbourhoods/Corridors:
1. 2nd year funding for Twickenham Road Major Scheme.
2. Environmental improvements across five areas, including around two
schools, through the Community Streets Programme.
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schools, through the Community Streets Programme.
3. Proposals to improve traffic flow across the borough and particularly in
Hounslow Town Centre.
4. A number of road safety engineering schemes including additional funding
for Wellington Road 20mph zone.
Proposed Delivery Plan 2011/12
Smarter Travel:
1. Continued free cycle confidence training for adults and children.
2. ‘Hounslow Travel Active’ partnership project with NHS Hounslow and
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2. ‘Hounslow Travel Active’ partnership project with NHS Hounslow and
part funded by the EU through the ‘SEGMENT’ programme.
3. Continuation of partnership work with schools and businesses to
promote sustainable transport.
4. Funding to reduce CO2 emissions from the Council’s own operations.
Prioritisation Methodology - Summary:
The package has been developed using a new methodology set out in the report and in detail in Attachment 1.
The methodology was developed using the following key criteria:
1. Must reflect local resident transport concerns and be rooted in the
democratic process.
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democratic process.
2. Must help to address agreed London and local transport policy
objectives.
3. Must help the Council and the LSP to meet wider place-shaping
objectives.
4. Must be deliverable and provide value for money.
Prioritisation Methodology - Process:
1. Resident panel data has been used to set broad budgetary allocations across different transport priorities.
2. Officers completed a brief proforma setting out how the proposed
scheme represents value for money, addresses local (LIP II) and
regional (MTS II) transport policy objectives, reflects resident/
Councillor demand, and is deliverable within a defined time period.
3. The proposals were then scored by the Head of Transport and were
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3. The proposals were then scored by the Head of Transport and were
reviewed by the Traffic Manager and the Lead Member for
Environment.
4. The proposed schemes are then subject to Executive approval,
following presentation at the Area Committees.
Questions you may find useful to consider…
1. Do the draft transport vision and objectives best reflect local need?
2. Do the targets proposed for the mandatory performance indicators best reflect the priorities for the local authority and local strategic partnership?
3. Are there other local indicators (and therefore targets) that should be considered that could assist in ensuring the LIP addresses local priorities?
4. Is the proposed prioritisation methodology suitable for addressing the transport concerns of local people?
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4. Is the proposed prioritisation methodology suitable for addressing the transport concerns of local people?
5. Is the proposed delivery plan for 2011/12 suitable for addressing the draft LIP objectives and reflect local need?
6. Are there other local strategies or policies (e.g. parking, school admissions, land use planning etc) that should be considered in more detail that could help in achieving LIP objectives or targets?
