gmats surveys 2002 report 974p - bolton key centre

1Bolton Key Centre Analysis

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 974 – GMATS Bolton Key Centre report

• Whereas report 974 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 974P - Bolton Key Centre


• The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 974 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Bolton but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations

• GMTU Reports 974 & 974P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 947P – Bolton Key Centre


• Travellers leaving Bolton Key Centre by car & bus were asked about their journeys as they crossed a cordon around the centre

• Rail passengers boarding at Bolton station were also interviewed

• This presentation gives an overview of the findings from those surveys

• It considers first people who had visited the Centre, then those travelling through

GMATS Surveys 2002Bolton Key Centre


• Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the ring road. The reason for this was to maximise the usefulness of the data, particularly in developing traffic models

Bolton Key Centre Definition


• Nearly 50,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00

• 75% used car• 24% used bus • only 1% used train

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Number of people leaving the key centre 07:00 to 19:00

Visitors to the Key CentreHow many visited the key centre and how did they travel?


• 45% were shopping• 31% were at work

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• Car dominated all activities– 76% education– 78% work– 67% shopping– 93% business– 81% personal– 74% leisure– Over 60% all other

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• 71% of car & 80% of bus trips ended within Bolton borough

• Only 9% of car trips and 1% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester

• In contrast, 26% of rail trips ended outside GM and only 17% within Bolton

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they go after their visit?


• For most activities more than 50% ended their trip in the borough

• Shoppers (75%) were most likely to end their trip within the borough

• 15% of business visitors ended their trips outside the county

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow did their destination vary with their activity?


• For most activities, car trips were only slightly longer on average than bus trips

• Bus trips averaged around 5km for all activities

• On average car trips were significantly longer for workers (9km) and business visits (12km) only

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow far did they travel?Car and bus users only


• 97% walked• 3% interchanged

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow did bus users get to their Key Centre bus stop?


• On average each car carried 1.5 people

• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre:– Work 1.26– Shopping 1.67– Education 1.74– Social/leisure 1.86

• 79% of drivers leaving work travelled alone

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat was the average occupancy of visitors’ cars?


• For all activities in the centre more people parked off-street than on-street

• Only 17% parked on-street

• 86% of shoppers and workers parked off-street

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they park?


• 51% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to only 13% who parked on-street

• Only 34% of workers paid to park compared to 61% of shoppers

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat percentage of car drivers paid to park?


• 81% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)

• 72% of LGVs had journeys which finished within Bolton

• Only 6% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs, but 76% of these journeys finished within the rest of Greater Manchester

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key CentreWhere are they going?


• 48% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the Key Centre

• LGVs were more likely than MGVs and HGVs to be used for other purposes

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Commercial VehiclesWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?


• The average distance for all goods vehicles was15 Km

• Lorries (HGVs) travelled 12km on average compared to 16 km for LGVs and 10km for MGVs

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Commercial VehiclesHow far did they travel?


• 74% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat did they do at their destination?


• 72% of trips finished in Bolton. This did not vary much for different destination activities

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they go/for what purpose?


• All the previous slides have referred to trips starting in the Key centre. These next slides look at all trips crossing the survey cordon

• In the case of bus trips, all trips crossing the survey cordon are included

• In the case of rail, only those trips which either start at Bolton Station or require an interchange at Bolton Station are included i.e. passengers on trains such as the Preston to Manchester route were not surveyed unless they changed trains or started at Bolton

All trips passing through the survey cordon


• 87% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 12% by bus and 2% by rail

• 74% of car trips and 81% bus trips finished within Bolton

• 72% of rail trips finished within Greater Manchester

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All trips passing through the survey cordonHow and where were they travelling?


• 32% of all trips were either ‘Home to Work’ or ‘Work to Home’ trips

• ‘Home to Shopping’ and ‘Shopping to Home’ accounted for another 17% of trips

• 84% of ‘Employers Business to Home’ and 14% ‘Home to Employers Business’ ended outside Greater Manchester

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All trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their purpose?


• The average distance travelled for cars was 11km, for buses 7km and for Rail 33km

• The longest distances for all modes were ‘Employers business to home’ (26km) and ‘Home to employers business’ (25km)

• ‘Home to work’ trips were 13km by car, 7km by bus and 19km by rail. The return directions were similar except for rail (24km)

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All trips passing through the survey cordonHow far were they travelling?


• 96% of people walked from the alighting bus stop

• 4% caught another bus

• This is similar for all journey purposes with the exception of ‘Home to employers business’ (80% walk, 20% caught another bus) and ‘Employer’s Business to Home’ (77% walk, 23% caught another bus)

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Bus trips passing through the survey cordonHow did people get to their destination from the bus?


• On average there were 12 people per bus crossing the cordon between 0700 and 1900

• This varied from an average occupancy of 8 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30) and 11 during the inter-peak (09:30 to 15:30) to 19 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30)

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Bus trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their average occupancy?


• 68% walked from their alighting station

• 11% caught a bus• 6% caught a tram• Other modes were

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Rail trips passing through the survey cordonHow did people get to their destination from the train?


• On average each car had 1.45 occupants

• Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of only 1.34

• 76% of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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Car trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their average occupancy?


• 68% of all goods vehicle journeys through the cordon finish in Bolton

• 71% LGVs and 68% MGVs finish their journey in Bolton

• 33% of lorries with 4 or more axles finish their journeys outside Greater Manchester

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhere are they going?


• 37% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were for business use and 36% were moving goods

• 11% of LGVs were being used for personal use

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?


• For further information on the Bolton Key Centre surveys or any other GMATS surveys please contact:

John Wharf 0161 455 2052

Peter Bearon 0161 455 2062

GMATS Surveys 2002

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