Pennine Lancashire Leaders meeting 19 th January 2011 Local Transport Plan 3 progress Mike Cliffe – Blackburn with Darwen BC

What is the LTP? An integrated Plan for transport Addresses issues and proposes solutions Sets out a long term strategy ( ) and short term ( ) implementation plan Details key schemes and how they will be implemented and monitored Sets out how residents and partners are consulted

LTP1 and LTP A great success for the area Delivered over £100m of transport improvements in PL Attracted significant amounts of 3rd party funding Promoted regeneration of our town centres, accessibility, jobs, road safety, and sustainability Useful lessons learned for the LTP3 transport strategy

Planning for LTP3: the story so far Joint LTP3 launch event – November 2009 Spring 2010: series of policy background papers produced Summer 2010: consultation on LTP goals and challenges undertaken in Summer 2010 Over 400 responses received across 3 authorities

Autumn 2010: issues over governance over a joint LTP3 for Lancashire split into the three MAA areas. Outcome: The 3 transport authorities to produce separate LTP strategies and implementation plans as we do now.

Goals and Challenges Goal 1: Supporting Economic Growth Peak time congestion and traffic levels: economic and environmental impacts

Goal 2. Reducing carbon emissions Climate change: transport is responsible for a quarter of UK CO2 emissions (and rising) Importance of maintaining our assets

Goal 3: Promoting equality of opportunity Car dependence: journeys are getting longer as local facilities are centralised. Increasing social exclusion.

Goal 4: Providing better safety and security Casualties: 3000 deaths a year in the UK mostly on local roads

Goal 5: Improving quality of life, health and the natural environment Health: declining walking and cycling – contributing to rising obesity

Context Recession and unemployment Reductions in public spending are upon us Climate Change Act: requires reductions in carbon emissions of 26% by 2022 and 80% by 2050 in the UK In Pennine Lancashire a growing, young population, with low car ownership and high public transport dependency Deprivation: BwD is 17th nationally Need to regenerate and continue the economic development of the area Consequences of doing nothing…….

Key challenges and issues in PL: Hyndburn Need to support transformation of housing Improve access to employment, education and facilities especially in urban centres Improve links to growth centres by road and rail Delivery of Pennine Reach project

Blackburn with Darwen Need to improve access to employment, education and health facilities (RBH, Samlesbury, Whitebirk/Shadsworth) Restructuring of parts of the central Blackburn road network Delivery of Pennine Reach Need for innovative transport solutions particularly for public transport To improve links to growth centres particularly by rail

Burnley Need to address transport capacity and accessibility that could constrain delivery of new employment To work with vulnerable groups to increase travel horizons To encourage walking and cycling and tackle dominance of traffic in inner urban areas To improve links to growth centres by road and rail, particularly the Todmorden Curve

Pendle Need to improve connectivity with Pennine Lancashire, specifically with Blackburn and the Whitebirk Strategic Site To deal with urban traffic issues in Colne at the end of the M65 To improve connectivity to Yorkshire by road (and rail longer term) To improve road safety

Rossendale Need to improve access for those without a car To tackle congestion in Rawtenstall and improve public transport options To improve linkages to areas of growth To develop smarter choice campaign as economic linkages grow with Manchester To improve connectivity to Manchester via Bury and the East Lancashire Railway

Ribble Valley Need to tackle effects of low public transport accessibility To invest within Clitheroe Town Centre as the important public transport hub To target feeder bus services or community transport options To enhance access to the countryside from the main towns (Clitheroe / Whalley / Longridge)

LTP3 consultations with Greater Manchester Trends and scale of the challenge 1 million plus daily commuters with strong PT demands to regional centre Journey times: 60% commuting > 20 mins, 25% > 40 mins, 30% of car <5km LTP1 and LTP2 seen significant investment under PT led strategy 80% of commuting car drivers travel alone 25% increase in motorway traffic since 2000 Strong rail growth now posing an immediate overcrowding challenge Metrolink overcrowding resolution now underway Bus remains a mixed picture – total patronage broadly static, with strength in some (QBC) commuting corridors and senior citizens (NCT) travel

GM core objectives and key delivery proposals Agreed objectives are to: support the ECONOMY ensure CARBON emissions from transport are reduced minimise the adverse impact of transport on HEALTH and SAFETY ensure design and maintenance supports SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS maximise VALUE FOR MONEY Key delivery proposals which will impact on PL: Better buses A rail system for our future economy Fares, tickets and information for sustainable travel

Economic relationships between GM and neighbouring authorities are vital, but also very distinctive

Source: The Work Foundation, July 2010 for Northern Way and others GM has the largest travel-to-work area outside London Manchester’s strength as an economic centre generates labour market relationships with neighbouring areas Manchester is second only to London in terms of the number of higher skilled managerial and professional people within its extensive travel-to-work area Rail passengers tend to be employed in high value jobs. GM data indicates 71% of rail users are ABC1 compared to 36% in general population White collar employment in central Manchester grew from 58% to 70% in the four years to 2007

Rail plays a key role in providing necessary economic linkages for many of our Authorities Rail and the labour pool. The extensive commuter network into Manchester has seen very fast growth over past ten years People are commuting from further afield Impact has been a widening labour/talent pool and spreading of economic benefits across a wide area Rail and business. Greater Manchester is blessed with extensive links between major business centres in region and beyond London service is most frequent major rail service (for its distance) in Europe Connections to Manchester Airport are key Rail and movement of goods. Major terminals (e.g. at Trafford Park) served by railways. Very fast growth in container traffic (e.g. potential development of Port Salford).

What You Can Do Ensure responses are made to BwDBC and Lancashire County Council LTP3 consultations Continue to push for improvements to PL transport system through PLACE Continue to push for additional rail rolling stock and the Northern Hub investment Encourage your MPs to join the All Party Parliamentary Group on Rail in the North