Transport: the shortview and the long view '

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Transport the short-view and the long view .

• John Dowie
• Director, Regional Local Transport Delivery
• Department for Transport

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Discussion topics

• Spending challenge
• Delivery
• Smarter Choices
• Housing Growth
• Congestion TIF
• Regions sub-regions

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• THE SPENDING CHALLENGE

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• DELIVERY
• THE Bl--dY DfT AND ALL THAT

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The Delivery Challenge
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Achieving Smarter Delivery .

• For DfT
• Project Management
• Communications
• More proportionate assessment
• Proactively use Block, Majors flexibilities
• Simplify Major Scheme Guidance
• Addressing internal bottlenecks, e.g. modelling

• For LAs
• Better options appraisal
• Tackling over-optimism
• Delivery matters
• Monitoring matters
• Regional challenge
• Capacity LAs and Consultants
• The perils of abdicating responsibility

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And the result
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But whats the point ?

• Light rail scheme unnecessary refurbishment,
  gold-plated accessibility requirements
• Road bypass traffic management arrangements
  ate benefits
• Junction improvement most of the benefits arose
  from one element
• Major HA scheme over-engineered and then some
• Major LA Road scheme cherry-picking the
  benefits
• Rail scheme maximising the benefits

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• SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL
• THE CINDERELLA OPTION?

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Strategic context.
are the planets aligning for sustainable travel?

• Push
• Climate Change Committee et al
• Environment NGOs
• OGC

• Pull
• Travel Towns results opportunity
• Urban strategy post TIF
• Fiscal constraints

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What is sustainable travel?
Sustainable travel has struggled with definition
Sustainable travel/smarter choices package

• Package of measures
• Holistic
• Different choices for different journeys
• Lock in benefits
• Hard infrastructure also

• Emphasis on influencing choice
• Positive/enabling
• Informing trip choice
• Focus on demand

• Local
• Reflects local needs and topography
• Tailored

Delivers real results
Soft measures
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Where are we now?
Vision
Where we are
Smarter measures as a main stream approach not a
bolt-on Sustainable travel at the heart of
local authority transport Locations for new
developments reflect need for sustainable travel
choices Organisations with sustainable travel at
the core of business models and delivering
measurable benefits Government leading by
example both in policy and delivery of their own
facilities
Some recognition although misunderstanding and
scepticism about ability to deliver real
change Some LAs strong but others pay lip
service. 80 mention in LTP2 but many fewer
implement PPG13 in place but transport not
always a sufficiently strong consideration in
decisions 6 of business state have travel plans
but many only due to planning requirements and
query whether active. Cycle to work will
help. Govt estate targets include business
travel but not the commute.
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It can deliver
Sustainable Travel Towns (STTs) relative
changes in trips by mode 2004-2008
For some of this period Darlington was also a
Cycling Demonstration Town Source
Sustrans/Socialdata
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So what are we doing now?
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And looking ahead

• Sustainable travel and low carbon best practice
  guide for LTP3
• Promote Sustainable Travel Town results in new
  year
• Major projects/RFA
• sustainable travel should be considered at
  initial options stage
• and option presented alongside lower cost
  alternative at PE
• A more flexible tool-kit?
• Planning .. Disseminating recent guidance, more
  to reach decision makers in planning system.
  Focus on growth points. PPG13 refresh.
• Sustainable Travel Cities
• Active Travel Strategy and Cycle to Work Guarantee

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• TRANSPORT HOUSING GROWTH

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Pandoras box
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Exemplars

• Northstowe, Cambridge
• North Kent, Thames Gateway
• Kettering, Northants
• Gosport, PUSH
• Or are they?

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Issues

• The spending crunch (again!)
• Sustainable travel seizing the opportunity
• Mainstreaming transport in land-use planning
• Urban extension versus stand-alone

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• CONGESTION TIF

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Some Lessons ?

• One objective or five?
• Public acceptance
• Big bang or incremental
• Get the governance right before attempting
  challenging things
• The underlying issue remains how best to
  divvy-up scarce funds to
• maximise the benefits

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• REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS

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A transport perspective

• RFAs add value
• Regions sub-regions
• City Regions
• Good governance makes the difference

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• Lets Discuss (Later)