rochdale key centre analysis 1 this powerpoint presentation has been created to accompany gmtu...

1Rochdale Key Centre Analysis

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 998 – GMATS Rochdale Key Centre report

• Whereas report 998 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 998P - Rochdale Key Centre


• The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 998 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Rochdale but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations

• GMTU Reports 998 & 998P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 998P – Rochdale Key Centre


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

• Rail passengers boarding at Rochdale 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 2002Rochdale 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

• The Key Centre monitoring points for the LTP lie inside the ring road

• This latter cordon defines the Key Centre used in this analysis

Rochdale Key Centre Definition


• Nearly 22,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00

• 78% used car• 22% used bus • Only 0.1% by rail

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


• 41% were shopping• 33% were at work

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• Car dominated most activities – 83% work– 67% shopping– 77% leisure– 98% Business

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• 75% of car & 76% of bus trips ended within Rochdale borough

• Only 9% of car trips and 11% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester

• In contrast, 44% of rail trips ended outside GM and only 9% within Rochdale borough

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


• For most activities at least 65% ended their trip in the borough

• 22% of workers finished their journeys in the rest of Greater Manchester and 11% 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 considerably longer for workers (9km) and business visits (11km)

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow far did they travel?

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• 95% walked• 4% 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 1.46 people

• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre:– Work 1.22– Shopping 1.72– Education 1.80– Social/leisure 1.58

• 81% of workers travelled alone

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


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

• Only 19% parked on-street

• 85% of shoppers and 87% of workers parked off-street

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they park?


• 52% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to only 10% who park on-street

• Only 35% of workers pay to park compared to 67% of shoppers

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


• 76% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)

• 73% of LGVs had journeys which finished within Rochdale

• Only 4% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs, but 56% of these journeys finished within the rest of Greater Manchester

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key CentreWhere are they going?


• 52% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the Key Centre

• 42% of LGVs were on ‘other business use’ and 7% were on personal business trips

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Commercial VehiclesWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?


• The average distance for all goods vehicles was 10 km

• HGVs travelled 38 km on average compared to 6 km for LGVs and 21 km for MGVs

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Commercial VehiclesHow far did they travel?


• 70% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home

• The next main activities were business visits 7% and going to work 6%

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


• 75% of trips finished in Rochdale. This did not vary much for different destination activities

• 15% of people going home lived in the rest of Greater Manchester and 10% outside

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


All trips passing through the survey cordon

• 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 Rochdale Station or require an interchange at Rochdale Station are included i.e. passengers on trains such as the Littleborough to Manchester service were not surveyed unless they changed trains or started at Rochdale


• 89% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 10% by bus and 1% by rail

• 74% of car trips and 75% bus trips finished within Rochdale

• 53% of rail trips finished at Manchester

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


• 29% 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

• 21% ‘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 9 Km, for buses 6 Km and for Rail 22 Km

• The longest distances for all modes were ‘Home to employers business’ (18 Km) and ‘Employers business to home’ (18 Km)

• ‘Home to work’ trips were 11 Km by car, 7 Km by bus and 17 Km by rail. The return directions were slightly shorter

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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

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


• On average there were 11 people per bus crossing the cordon between 07:00 and 19:00

• This varied from an average occupancy of 8 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30) and 10 during the inter-peak (09:30 to 15:30) to 15 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30)

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


• 57% walked from their alighting station

• 15% caught a bus• 13% caught a tram• 8% caught another

train• Other modes were car

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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 1.48 occupants

• Occupancy varied very little during the day

• 70% of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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


• 62% of all goods vehicle journeys through the cordon finish in Rochdale

• 66% of LGVs and 53% of MGVs finish their journey in Rochdale

• 42% of lorries with 3 or more axles finish their journeys outside Greater Manchester

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhere are they going?


• 34% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were being used to move goods

• In the case of lorries this rises to over 77%

• 44% of LGVs were being used for business use and 8% 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 Rochdale 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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