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

1Tameside Key Centre Analysis

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 999 – GMATS Tameside Key Centre report

• Whereas report 999 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 999P - Tameside Key Centre


• The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 999 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Tameside but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations

• GMTU Reports 999 & 999P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 999P - Tameside Key Centre


• Travellers leaving Tameside Key Centre (Ashton-under-Lyne centre) by car & bus were asked about their journeys as they crossed a cordon around the centre

• Rail passengers boarding at Ashton 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 2002Tameside 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 except to the north where the railway line forms the boundary

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

Tameside Key Centre Definition


• Over 23,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00

• 77% used car• 22% used bus • Less than 1% used train

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


• 48% were shopping• 27% were at work

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• Car dominated all activities– 75% education– 83% work– 70% shopping– 70% leisure– Over 60% of all

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• 71% of car & 70% of bus trips ended within Tameside borough

• Only 4% of car trips and 3% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester

• In contrast, 25% of rail trips ended outside GM and only 13% within Tameside borough

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


• For all activities more than 70% ended their trip in the borough

• Workers (7%) were most likely to travel outside GM, followed those on business visits (5%)

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


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

• Bus trips averaged 4km and car trips 5km

• Car trips were significantly longer than bus trips for workers (5.5km), business visits (7.8km) and education (6.3km)

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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 1.53 people

• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre:– Work 1.22– Shopping 1.79– Education 1.83– Social/leisure 1.59

• 82% of drivers leaving work, 65% of those on business visits and also leisure 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 26% parked on-street

• 76% of shoppers and 77% of workers parked off-street

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they park?


• 49% of those parking off-street paid to park

• 18% of workers and 57% of shoppers pay to park

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


• 84% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)

• 70% of all Goods Vehicles had journeys which finished within Tameside and 10% outside GM

• Only 3% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key CentreWhere are they going?


• 43% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the Key Centre and 45% were on other business

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Commercial VehiclesWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?


• The average distance for all goods vehicles was 7km

• HGVs travelled an average of 47 km compared to 7km for LGVs and 3km for MGVs

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Commercial VehiclesHow far did they travel?


• 69% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home

• The next main activities were going shopping (7%) and business visits (6%) and to drop off/pick up passengers (6%)

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


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

• 27% of people going home finished in the rest of Greater Manchester and only 1% outside the county

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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 start at Ashton-under-Lyne Station are included i.e. passengers on trains travelling through the station were not surveyed

All trips passing through the survey cordon


• 88% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 11% by bus and less than 1% by rail

• 70% of car and 65% of bus trips finished within Tameside

• Only 5% of rail trips finished inside Tameside, 72% were travelling to Manchester and 10% finished outside Greater Manchester

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


• 30% 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

• 17% of ‘Home to Employer’s Business’ and ‘Employer’s Business to Home’ ended outside Greater Manchester

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All trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their purpose?


• The average distance travelled by cars was 10km, buses 6km and rail 14km

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

• ‘Home to work’ trips were 13km by car, 8km by bus and 13km by rail. The return directions were 11km, 6km and 18Km respectively

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


• 93% of people walked from the alighting bus stop

• 6% 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 10 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 14 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30)

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


• 60% walked from their alighting station

• 22% caught a Metrolink tram

• 11% caught another train

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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 was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of only 1.35

• 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?


• 63% of all goods vehicle journeys through the cordon finish in Tameside

• For LGVs 66% and MGVs 57% finished their journey in Tameside

• 46% of lorries with 4 or more axles finish their journeys outside Greater Manchester as compared to 8% of LGVs and 10% of MGVs

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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 75%

• 46% of LGVs were being used for business use and 11% 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 Tameside 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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