IMPROVING TRANSPORT IN THE NORTH WEST 18th March 2005

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IMPROVING TRANSPORT IN THE NORTH WEST18th March
2005

• Developing an Integrated Transport Strategy
• for Merseyside
• Neil Scales OBE
• Chief Executive and Director General, Merseytravel

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1. Introduction

• Transport and the Regeneration of Merseyside
• Merseytravels Local Transport Plan
• Improving links on Merseyside Merseytram and
  Merseyrail
• Merseyside Bus Strategy

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2. The Merseyside Context and Challenges

• Merseyside region has a population of 1.4 million
• After decades of decline REGENERATION is the key
• Eligible for European Funding Support (ERDF
  Objective 1)
• Liverpool City Centre is the Engine for Growth
• Over 1 billion of investment
• Kings Waterfront
• Paradise Street Development Area

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3. Merseytravels Local Transport Plan

• Supporting Sustainable Inclusive Regeneration
• A multi-modal package of measures
• A SINGLE INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK
• Merseytram 3-line network
• Merseyrail Upgrade/Re-franchise
• Liverpool South Parkway
• 15 Quality Bus Corridors
• Interchange Strategy
• Information Strategy
• Park Ride Strategy

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4. Local Transport Plan 2 2005/06 to 2010/2011

• The context for LTP2
• City Centre World Heritage status
• Capital of Culture in 2008
• Stabilising population
• City Centre Living
• Growth John Lennon Airport
• Increasing levels of employment
• Air Quality Management Areas
• Recognised by DfT as Centre of Excellence for
  Delivery
• Aim remains
• Sustainable Inclusive Regeneration

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5. Kings Waterfront

• 300 million project
• English Partnerships, Liverpool Vision
• Mixed-use development including
• Office
• Residential
• Conference Centre
• 9,000 seater Arena

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6. Paradise Street Development Area

• 700 million project
• 1 million sq ft of new retail / leisure uses
• 2 new department stores
• Merseytram provides direct access to the core of
  the development
• Planning consent 2004
• Construction underway
• Opening 2008

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7. Paradise Street Development Area
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8. Single Integrated Public Transport Network

• PTA Policies
• No Household on Merseyside shall be more than
  400m from a bus stop
• No household on Merseyside shall be more that
  800m from a steel wheels stop

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9. Merseytram 3-Line Network

• A 3-line network
• Line 1 City Centre Croxteth/Kirkby
• Line 2 City Centre Page Moss/Prescot
• Line 3 City Centre Speke/Garston
• Liverpool City Centre Loop used by all lines
• Each line serves Strategic Investment Areas
• Liverpool City Centre (all lines) 15,000 new
  jobs
• Approach 580 (Line 1) 11,000 new jobs
• Eastern Approaches (Line 2) 3,000 new jobs
• Huyton/Prescot (Line 2) 5,000 new jobs
• Speke/Halewood (Line 3) 8,600 new jobs

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10. Merseytram 3-Line Network
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11. Merseytram Line 1

• 17km route length
• 95 of route segregated
• 26 stops
• Low floor, level boarding
• 21 trams with conductors
• Operations and Control Centre
• 300 jobs
• Park Ride site
• 5 minute frequency

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12. Merseytram Line 1

• In-Principle funding

Included in LTP
TWA Inquiry
System Opens
Start of Procurement
Development Agreement
Public consultation
TWA Order
Vehicle Supplier
TWA application
Scheme Development
Construction
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13. Merseytram Line 1 and Key Development Sites

• City Centre - The Engine for Growth
• Merseytram integrates with a series of key
  projects and initiatives
• Liverpool City Centre Movement and Public Realm
  Strategy
• Liverpool Vision programme including City Centre
  Living
• ClearZone Trailblazer and Air Quality Management
  Area
• Liverpools World Heritage Status
• Liverpools Capital of Culture status
• Paradise Street Development Area
• Fourth Grace development
• Kings Waterfront

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14. Merseytram and Key Development Sites
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15. Merseytram Line 2

• 15km route length
• 2 route options
• 90 segregated
• 23 stops
• Low floor, level boarding

• 40 minute journey time to City Centre
• 5 minute frequency
• 22 trams with conductors
• Park Ride Site
• 10 million passengers per annum

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16. Merseytram Line 2

• Funding Approval 2005
• TWA Application 2005
• TWA Inquiry 2005
• Construction starts end-2006
• Opens 2008/09

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17. Merseytram Line 3

• City Centre to Speke/Garston, Liverpool John
  Lennon Airport and possibly beyond

• 5 route options

• Scheme Development
• Option development and appraisal
• Route selection July 2005

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18. Merseyrail

• Segregated 3rd Rail Network
• 66 stations
• 750 trains per day
• Most intensive rail network outside of South East

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19. Merseyrail

• Objectives
• Establishment of long term partnership between
  Merseytravel, train operator, infrastructure
  operator and other users to enable Full Local
  Decision Making (FLDM)
• Seeking integration of functions between
  infrastructure and services to achieve
• Cost effectiveness
• Improved performance putting the passenger
  first
• More efficient communication

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20. Merseyrail

• Progress to Date
• Merseytravel has replaced SRA as the "franchising
  authority
• July 2003 - 25 year Concession Agreement to
  Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Ltd
• Next Steps
• Transfer of responsibility for train control and
  infrastructure from Network Rail to Merseytravel
• Creating a separate Infraco to operate,
  maintain and develop network and award long term
  concession
• Improve Integration
• Liverpool South Parkway
• Liverpool Lime Street Development
• Extensive station upgrade programme
• Introduction of smart card ticketing across modes

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21. Merseyside Revised Bus Strategy

• As the principal mode of public transport, the
  bus network needs to meet the accelerating
  regeneration challenges

• Aims of Merseyside Bus Strategy
• Ensure equal access to bus services
• Arrest and reverse the decline in bus patronage
• Ensure bus services are part of the Single
  Integrated Public Transport Network as set out
  in the LTP
• Ensure bus services play a key role in supporting
  sustainable economic regeneration.

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22. Merseyside Bus Strategy Consultation and
Review

• Main Issues from Consultation
• Improving reliability identified as the most
  important priority
• 90 felt Merseytravel should have a greater role
  in planning and controlling how bus companies
  operate services
• Current bus operations are not meeting, and are
  unlikely to meet, the aims and objectives of the
  Bus Strategy nor the regeneration challenges of
  the area

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23. Merseyside Revised Bus Strategy

• Delivery of the Merseyside Revised Bus Strategy
• Continue partnership working
• Review Value for Money
• Meeting social inclusion and regeneration
  objectives
• Delivering a Single Integrated Public Transport
  Network
• Quality Bus Contracts being considered along with
  other options

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24. Conclusions

• Integrated Transport Strategy vital to support
  regeneration
• LTP provides the context addressing social
  inclusion, environment and regeneration
• Single Integrated Public Transport Network is key
• Demand management and car parking strategies are
  also key components

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IMPROVING TRANSPORT IN THE NORTHWEST18th March
2005

• Developing an
• Integrated Transport Strategy for Merseyside
• Neil Scales OBE
• Chief Executive and Director General,
  Merseytravel