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

1Wigan Key Centre Analysis

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 1001 – GMATS Wigan Key Centre report

• Whereas report 1001 presents detailed tabulations with little commentary, this presentation has been designed to provide the commentary about the data

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 1001P - Wigan Key Centre


• The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 1001 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Wigan but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations

• GMTU Reports 1001 & 1001P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 1001P - Wigan Key Centre


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

• Rail passengers boarding at both Wigan stations 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 2002Wigan Key Centre


• Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the centre. 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 a cordon defined by the railway line to the south and west, the A49 to the east and B5375/Frog Lane to the north

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

Wigan Key Centre Definition


• Nearly 27,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00

• 69% used car• 29% used bus • only 2% used train

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


• 44% were shopping• 28% were at work

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• Car dominated all activities with the exception of education– 37% education– 94% business– 87% personal– 82% work– 72% leisure– 51% shopping

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• 79% of car & 88% of bus trips ended within Wigan borough

• 17% of car trips and 9% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester

• In contrast, 51% of rail trips ended outside GM and only 21% within Wigan borough

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


• For all activities more than 80% ended their trip in the borough

• 87% of shoppers and 73% of workers finished their trips within Wigan

• 31% of business visitors finished outside the borough

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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

• Car trips averaged 7km and bus trips averaged around 4km for all activities

• Workers travelled twice as far by car (8km) as by bus (4km)

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


• 92% walked• 7% 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 1.45 people

• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre:– Work 1.19– Shopping 1.75– Education 2.01– Social/leisure 1.43

• 84% of drivers leaving work and 88% of drivers on business visits 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 15% parked on-street

• 85% of shoppers and 91% of workers parked off-street

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they park?


• 29% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to 21% who park on-street

• Only 14% of workers pay to park compared to 49% of shoppers

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


• 91% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)

• 72% of LGVs had journeys which finished within Wigan

• No commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key CentreWhere are they going?


• 20% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods

• 53% of LGVs were on other business in the Key Centre

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Commercial VehiclesWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?


• The average distance for all goods vehicles was 7 km

• MGVs travelled 12 km on average compared to 7 km for LGVs0

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Commercial VehiclesHow far did they travel?


• 75% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home

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

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


• 80% of trips finished in Wigan. This did not vary much for different destination activities

• 14% of people leaving work finished their journeys is in the rest of Greater Manchester and the 14% 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 either start at Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North Western Stations or require an interchange at either Wigan Station are included i.e. passengers on trains such as the Southport to Manchester route were not surveyed unless they changed trains or started at Wigan

All trips passing through the survey cordon


• 85% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 12% by bus and 3% by rail

• 81% of car and 87% of bus trips finished within Wigan

• 54% of rail trips finished outside 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 a further 17% of trips

• 34% of ‘Employers Business to Home’ and 28% ‘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 9km, for buses 6km and for Rail 57km

• The longest distances for all modes were ‘Home to employers business’ (44km) and ‘Employers business to home’ (26km)

• ‘Home to work’ trips were 11km by car, 7km by bus and 27km by rail. The return directions were similar

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


• 96% of people walked from the alighting bus stop

• 3% 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 5 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30) and 11 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?


• 68% walked from their alighting station

• 8% caught a bus• 6% caught

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Car (picked-up) 6%, car - driver 3%

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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 1.42 occupants

• Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of 1.30

• 78% of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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


• 77% of commercial vehicles crossing the cordon were LGVs

• 70% of all goods vehicle journeys finished in Wigan

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhere are they going?


• 37% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were being used to move goods

• In the case of lorries this rises to over 85%

• 40% of LGVs were being used for business use and 17% 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 Wigan 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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