John PopeHead of Passenger Transport Essex County Council

Member of Passenger Transport Team Thurrock Council- shared service arrangement

Policy Adviser Public Transport Consortium Local Government Association

Chairman Bus and Coach Working Group Stansted Airport Transport Forum

The Public Transport Consortium (PTC) is a special interest group of the Local Government Association, representing the interests of shire counties and unitary authorities in England and Wales.

Membership includes in excess of 30 authorities.

act as forum for discussion and promotion of public transport issues affecting local authorities outside metropolitan areas;

Promote the exchange of experience and good practice between member authorities and in liaison with other bodies;

advise appropriate committees or other executive bodies of the LGA on public transport issues; and

represent interests of member authorities to Government, the Local Government Association, operators and other organisations involved in public transport

The Consortium aims to:

18.5 million passengers per annum

17 airlines fly to 158 destinations

181 companies on the airport employ 10200 people, 75% of whom live in Essex or Hertfordshire

Cargo firms transported 202756 tonnes of goods

Stansted Airport in 2010

Airports impose demands on surface transport networks

development of transport services to aid travel to and from the airport can provide great benefits for the local community

Surface Access Strategy

One of the largest public, private partnerships

Set up in 1999 to establish a partnership approach to the way in which surface access to and from the Airport and within the surrounding area could be improved

70 organisations represented

Focus on delivery

Stansted Area Transport Forum

Planning permission to grow airport to 25 million passengers per annum

Sets out clear framework for setting challenging targets in the development of surface access to support the Airport development to 2015

Contributes significantly towards sustainability and climate change agendas

Contributes to and influences Local Development Framework and Local Transport plans

Surface Access Strategy for Stansted Airport : update 2011-5

Acts as an Executive Board for the Transport Forum Sets objectives and monitors Working Groups Includes:

Monitoring Group Bus and Coach Working Group Rail Working Group Travel Plan and Local Access Working Group Highways Working Group

Steering Group

Kick start bus and coach services

Infrastructure investment to improve rail, bus and coach interchange

Target Kiss and Fly 20%

Aims

630 bus and coach departures

180 rail departures per day

19 departures per hour to London

Staff Travel Planning: ◦ 19.8% of employees used public transport in 2011

(up from 7% in 2003)◦ 73.4% of those used airport travelcard

Surface Access to Stansted

◦Quarter 1 2012:49.3% air passengers used public transport

◦October – December 2011 passenger transport mode share 51.7% :

25.7% rail26% bus and coach

Private car use decreased from 52.8% in 2000 to 40.3% in 2011

CAA Statistics